Archive: 10/02/2017

Progress toward HIV cure highlighted

A comprehensive collection of articles describing the broad scope and current status of this global effort is published in a special issue of AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.

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Laser-based camera improves view of the carotid artery

Strokes and heart attacks often strike without warning. But, a unique application of a medical camera could one day help physicians know who is at risk for a cardiovascular event by providing a better view of potential problem ...

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Researchers develop new model for earlier treatments for AMD

An international team of researchers from Queen's University Belfast, University College London and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA have developed a cell culture model that could help to develop earlier treatment ...

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Research suggests wearing a police uniform changes the way the brain processes info

New research from a team of cognitive neuroscientists at McMaster University suggests that simply putting on a uniform, similar to one the police might wear, automatically affects how we perceive others, creating a bias towards ...

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Study provides new insights on how diabetes drug works

Many individuals with type 2 diabetes produce abnormally low levels of a gut hormone called GLP-1, which normally stimulates insulin release from the pancreas.

Feb 10, 2017

How does penis length change after prostate cancer surgery?

Many patients who have their prostate glands removed as a treatment for prostate cancer complain of shortening in the length of the penis.

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New treatment to help children with autism overcome phobias

Following research showing that a unique immersive virtual reality can help children with autism spectrum disorder overcome their fears and phobias, the service known as the Newcastle Blue Room is now being offered on the ...

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Prebiotics may help to cope with stress

What are some ways you cope with stresses in your life? Do you do yoga? Meditate? Exercise? Perhaps you should add taking prebiotics to that list.

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Pre-eclampsia deaths are avoidable

Pregnancy in the UK has never been safer, say scientists from King's College London writing in the latest edition of The Lancet.

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Disparities in economic opportunities lead minorities to take more hazardous jobs, study finds

Latino immigrants and African-American men work in jobs with the highest risk of injury, according to a new study of workplace injuries and disability.

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