Archive: 12/03/2018

Poor sleep may heighten Alzheimer's risk

(HealthDay)—Older adults who are sleepy during the day might have harmful plaque building in their brain that is a sign of impending Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

Mar 12, 2018

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1 in 20 younger women suffers major depression

(HealthDay)—Depression is a big problem in women during and after pregnancy, but it's also a concern throughout the reproductive years.

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Lead poisoning may hasten death for millions in US: study

Persistent, low-level exposure to lead over decades is statistically linked to some 400,000 premature deaths in the United States each year, far more than previously thought, researchers said Monday.

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Colonoscopy significantly reduces mortality from colorectal cancer in Veterans Affairs study

Colonoscopy was associated with a 61 percent reduction in colorectal cancer mortality among veterans receiving care through the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system. The reduction was observed for both left- and right-sided ...

Mar 12, 2018

Gun laws stopped mass shootings in Australia—new research

The odds of a 22-year absence of mass shootings in Australia since 1996 gun reforms being due to chance are one in 200,000, new research reveals.

Mar 12, 2018

Gerontologists tackle social isolation, increasingly a public health concern

Social connectivity and meaningful social engagement must be promoted as integral components of healthy aging, according to a new collection of articles in the latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report (PP&AR) from The ...

Mar 12, 2018

Researchers discover structure of protein associated with inflammation, Parkinson's

In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, Saint Louis University scientists report that they have determined the structure of a key protein that is involved in the body's inflammatory response. This finding opens ...

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Babies fed soy-based formula have changes in reproductive system tissues

Infants who consumed soy-based formula as newborns had differences in some reproductive-system cells and tissues, compared to those who used cow-milk formula or were breastfed, according to a new study. The researchers say ...

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Extracellular vesicles could be personalized drug delivery vehicles

Creating enough nanovesicles to inexpensively serve as a drug delivery system may be as simple as putting the cells through a sieve, according to an international team of researchers who used mouse autologous—their own—immune ...

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ASTRO issues clinical guideline for whole breast radiation therapy

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued a new clinical guideline for the use of whole breast radiation therapy for breast cancer that expands the population of patients recommended to receive accelerated ...

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Archive: 12/03/2018

Poor sleep may heighten Alzheimer's risk

1 in 20 younger women suffers major depression

Lead poisoning may hasten death for millions in US: study

Colonoscopy significantly reduces mortality from colorectal cancer in Veterans Affairs study

Gun laws stopped mass shootings in Australia—new research

Gerontologists tackle social isolation, increasingly a public health concern

Researchers discover structure of protein associated with inflammation, Parkinson's

Babies fed soy-based formula have changes in reproductive system tissues

Extracellular vesicles could be personalized drug delivery vehicles

ASTRO issues clinical guideline for whole breast radiation therapy

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