Archive: 12/07/2018

Researchers narrow in on genetic factors that cause preterm birth

Mutations in a gene involved in steroid signaling likely contribute to preterm birth, report Johanna Huusko of the University of Oulu and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and colleagues, in a study of European ...

Jul 12, 2018

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Gammaherpesviruses linked to tumors in macaques with simian immunodeficiency virus

Viruses known as gammaherpesviruses may raise the risk of cancer in macaques infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus or Simian Human Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV/SHIV), according to new research published by Vickie Marshall ...

Jul 12, 2018

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Antioxidant benefits of sleep

Understanding sleep has become increasingly important in modern society, where chronic loss of sleep has become rampant and pervasive. As evidence mounts for a correlation between lack of sleep and negative health effects, ...

Jul 12, 2018

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In Medicaid patients, high opioid doses and concurrent sedative use are risk factors for fatal opioid overdose

Among Medicaid recipients taking prescription opioids, high opioid doses and concurrent treatment with benzodiazepine sedatives are among the key, potentially modifiable risk factors for fatal overdose, reports a study in ...

Jul 12, 2018

Machine learning helps to predict the treatment outcomes of schizophrenia

Could the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders one day be aided through the help of machine learning? New research from the University of Alberta is bringing us closer to that future through a study published ...

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Wearable device can predict older adults' risk of falling

Every year, more than one in three individuals aged 65 and older will experience a fall.

Jul 12, 2018

Chemicals associated with oxidative stress may be essential to development

Some level of molecules linked to oxidative stress may be essential to health and development, according to new animal studies.

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Researchers turn exercise into a game and see encouraging results

A majority of American workers spend most of their day sitting and don't get enough exercise, putting them at risk for a variety of chronic diseases ranging from diabetes to cancer.

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Study: Obesity alone does not increase risk of death

Researchers at York University's Faculty of Health have found that patients who have metabolic healthy obesity, but no other metabolic risk factors, do not have an increased rate of mortality.

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Novel therapy delays muscle atrophy in Lou Gehrig's disease model

Supplementing a single protein found in the spinal cord could help prevent symptoms of Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Researchers found high levels ...

Jul 12, 2018

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Archive: 12/07/2018

Researchers narrow in on genetic factors that cause preterm birth

Gammaherpesviruses linked to tumors in macaques with simian immunodeficiency virus

Antioxidant benefits of sleep

In Medicaid patients, high opioid doses and concurrent sedative use are risk factors for fatal opioid overdose

Machine learning helps to predict the treatment outcomes of schizophrenia

Wearable device can predict older adults' risk of falling

Chemicals associated with oxidative stress may be essential to development

Researchers turn exercise into a game and see encouraging results

Study: Obesity alone does not increase risk of death

Novel therapy delays muscle atrophy in Lou Gehrig's disease model

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