Archive: 17/10/2016
Understanding the epidemiology of fractures in diabetes
Due to the ageing of populations as well as increasing obesity and adverse lifestyle factors, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is reaching epidemic proportions in many parts of the world. People with diabetes have been shown to be at ...
Oct 17, 2016
Reducing risk of lung distress in preterm babies
Currently, corticosteroids are recommended for women at high risk of preterm birth between 23 and 33 weeks of pregnancy, but not after. A new meta-analysis compiling evidence from six clinical trials confirms earlier work ...
Oct 17, 2016
Starving pancreatic cancer cells: Scientists identify potential pancreatic cancer target
Researchers have found that a protein called SLC6A14 is overexpressed by several fold in pancreatic tumors taken from patients and in cancerous pancreatic cells lines compared with normal pancreatic tissue or normal pancreatic ...
Oct 17, 2016
Exercising the elderly heart: No value in overexertion
The more, the merrier, but don't sweat too much. That's the basics from an analysis about the value of physical activity and exercise in helping to prevent heart disease related deaths among senior citizens. It highlighted ...
Oct 17, 2016
Fruit-rich mediterranean diet with antioxidants may cut AMD risk by more than a third
People who closely follow the Mediterranean diet - -especially by eating fruit—may be more than a third less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness, according to a study presented ...
Oct 17, 2016
Pregabalin may lessen pain from irritable bowel syndrome, study finds
A pilot study by researchers at Mayo Clinic has found that patients suffering from pain related to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may benefit from taking pregabalin, a neuro-pain inhibitor commonly used to treat fibromyalgia. ...
Oct 17, 2016