Archive: 14/10/2014
Immune cells in the liver drive fatty liver disease and liver cancer
Immune cells that migrate to the liver and interact there with liver tissue cells get activated by metabolic stress (e.g. through lipids of a high fat diet) and drive the development of fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic ...
Oct 14, 2014
FDA weighs removing bolded warning from Chantix
(AP)—The Food and Drug Administration will ask a panel of experts later this week whether a bold-letter warning on the anti-smoking drug Chantix should be removed based on company-supported evidence that the drug does not ...
Oct 14, 2014
Personalised treatment for stress-related diabetes
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are testing a treatment for type 2 diabetes which targets the disease mechanism itself - and not just the symptoms. For the first time, knowledge about the individual patient's genetic ...
Oct 14, 2014
Exercise can improve memory in 60-year-olds
A new study, in which researchers from Karolinska Institutet participated, shows that physical activity can improve memory performance in older people through increasing volume and blood flow in an area of the brain called ...
Oct 14, 2014
WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen
(AP)—A World Health Organization official says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months.
Oct 14, 2014
Common anesthetic procedure dramatically improves well being of veterans with PTSD
A single application of a common anesthetic procedure could be the answer to alleviating anxiety, depression and psychological pain in those suffering from chronic, extreme post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Oct 14, 2014