Archive: 17/03/2017

Drug against alcoholism works, researchers claim

French researchers provided fresh evidence Friday to support claims that a drug touted as a miracle cure for alcoholism, and prescribed for this purpose in France, actually works.

Mar 17, 2017

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New research shows late bilinguals are sensitive to unique aspects of second language

Imagine coming across a sentence in English that reads like this: "Mary apple eats her delicious." For most native-English speakers, the sentence would likely strike you as odd because it doesn't seem to be structured in ...

Mar 17, 2017

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Study of ASU football team produces largest known dataset for concussion diagnostics

Following a three-year study of the Arizona State University football program, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have created the largest dataset to date of extracellular small RNAs, which ...

Mar 17, 2017

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Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries of all populations yet studied, providing clues to healthy lifes

The Tsimane people - a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon - have the lowest reported levels of vascular ageing for any population, with coronary atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) being five ...

Mar 17, 2017

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Atrial fibrillation patients may safely discontinue blood thinners after successful ablation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other cardiovascular complications, and it is estimated to afflict nearly three million Americans. For ...

Mar 17, 2017

New study finds antithrombotic therapy has no benefit for low-risk atrial fibrillation patients

Findings from a large, community-based study show that antithrombotic therapy doesn't decrease low-risk atrial fibrillation patients' risk of suffering a stroke within five years. In fact, researchers found that low-risk ...

Mar 17, 2017

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Support people with asthma to manage their illness, researchers say

People with asthma should be given tailored support to help them manage their condition, experts say.

Mar 17, 2017

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Moderate exercise may be beneficial for HCM patients

As one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in young people, a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can push patients into sedentary lifestyles.

Mar 17, 2017

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New 'gene silencer' drug reduce cholesterol by over 50 percent

The findings come from the largest trial yet to test the safety and effectiveness of this kind of therapy. The technique, known as RNA interference (RNAi) therapy, essentially 'switches off' one of the genes responsible for ...

Mar 17, 2017

Americans having less sex, new study finds

Americans have been saying more often: Honey, not tonight.

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