Archive: 01/10/2020

Zika infections drastically underreported during 2015 epidemic

More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the Caribbean went undetected between 2015 and 2018, according to a new study.

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AGA releases largest report on safety and effectiveness of fecal microbiota transplantation

Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) released the first results from the NIH-funded AGA Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) National Registry, the largest real-world study on the safety and effectiveness ...

Oct 1, 2020

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LED-based UV irradiation safely prevents the loss of bone and muscle mass in mice

A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed that narrow-range ultraviolet (UV) irradiation using light emitting diodes (LEDs) safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and thereby prevents the loss ...

Oct 1, 2020

Rates of alcohol-induced deaths increased from 2006 to 2018

(HealthDay)—The rates of alcohol-induced deaths increased from 2006 to 2018 for adults aged ≥25 years, with a greater rate of increase in rural versus urban areas, according to an October data brief published by the U.S. ...

Oct 1, 2020

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Home-based telerehabilitation beneficial for stroke patients

(HealthDay)—Home-based motor training telerehabilitation is beneficial for stroke patients, with enhanced interhemispheric functional connectivity of the M1 areas, according to a study published online Sept. 30 in Neurology.

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Medical mystery: 'Creeping fat' in Crohn's patients linked to bacteria

In many patients with Crohn's disease abdominal fat migrates to the wall of the inflamed small intestines. What prompts the fat tissue to "creep" through the abdomen and wrap around the intestines of many patients with this ...

Oct 1, 2020

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Not all patients are offered the same effective breast cancer treatment

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the U.S. It's also the most costly cancer to treat. Now, Jefferson researchers have shown that although the use of an effective and less expensive treatment is ...

Oct 1, 2020

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Cells sacrifice themselves to boost immune response to viruses

Whether flu or coronavirus, it can take several days for the body to ramp up an effective response to a viral infection. New research appearing in the journal Nature Immunology describes how different cells in the immune ...

Oct 1, 2020

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Cause of 1990s Argentina cholera epidemic uncovered

The evolution of epidemic and endemic strains of the cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae in Argentina has been mapped in detail by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical ...

Oct 1, 2020

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'Social cells' related to social behavior identified in the brain

A research team led by Professor Takumi Toru of Kobe University's Graduate School of Medicine (also a Senior Visiting Scientist at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) have identified 'social cells' in the brain ...

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