Archive: 15/03/2018

FDA considers lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes (Update)

(HealthDay)—In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it plans to cut the amount of addictive nicotine in the nation's cigarettes.

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Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective—it's time to reboot research

Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective in pain relief, and researchers are calling for the treatment to be properly established in our modern medical arsenal. A new special issue of the European Journal of Internal Medicine ...

Mar 15, 2018

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New educational app helps support GvHD diagnosis and scoring after HCT

Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) is a curative and established treatment approach for patients with haematological malignancies such as leukaemia. However, graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), where the transplanted ...

Mar 15, 2018

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The coffee cannabis connection

It's well known that a morning cup of joe jolts you awake. But scientists have discovered coffee affects your metabolism in dozens of other ways, including your metabolism of steroids and the neurotransmitters typically linked ...

Mar 15, 2018

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Faulty cellular membrane 'mix' linked to Parkinson's disease

Working with lab-grown human brain cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have uncovered a much sought-after connection between one of the most common genetic mutations in Parkinson's disease and the formation of fatty ...

Mar 15, 2018

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After infection, herpes lurks in nerve cells, ready to strike—New research reveals what enables the virus to do so

Once herpes simplex infects a person, the virus goes into hiding inside nerve cells, hibernating there for life, periodically waking up from its sleep to reignite infection, causing cold sores or genital lesions to recur.

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New survey finds huge and unnecessary variation of salt levels in bread

Bread features heavily in many diets worldwide, and is one of the biggest sources of salt in diets. A new survey by World Action on Salt and Health (WASH), based at Queen Mary University of London, has revealed the shocking ...

Mar 15, 2018

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Study identifies potential drug for treatment of debilitating inherited neurological disease

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have demonstrated in mouse studies that the neurological disease spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) can be successfully treated with drugs. The finding paves the way for ...

Mar 15, 2018

Study finds alcohol dampens brain waves associated with decision-making but not motor control

We all know that alcohol impairs our judgement, alertness and performance on tasks requiring attention, but the mechanism behind booze's effect on cognition still isn't well-understood. Now, a new study led by psychologists ...

Mar 15, 2018

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Number of deaths from meningitis due to plummet after new medical advice

Experts aim to halve the number of deaths from a type of meningitis by changing drug treatment as a result of a new medical study.

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