Archive: 19/01/2016

UnitedHealth 4Q profit drops, still tops Street 4Q forecasts

UnitedHealth Group closed 2015 with a 19 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit, but the nation's largest health insurer still topped Wall Street's expectations thanks in part to growth outside of its core insurance business.

Jan 19, 2016

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Immune booster drugs meant to kill tumors found to improve Alzheimer's symptoms in mice

(MedicalXpress)—A team of researchers working at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has found that a type of drug meant to help the immune system kill tumors also reduces Alzheimer's type symptoms in mouse models. ...

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Want to get fit in 2016? Then follow these workout tips

Last week, we polled the Northeastern University community, asking students, faculty, and staff to vote for their top New Years resolutions. Once the responses started to roll in, we got to work, enlisting experts to share ...

Jan 19, 2016

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UK doctors suspend planned two-day strike amid talks

Junior doctors in England have called off a two-day strike as union leaders continue talks with the government over a bitterly-disputed contract.

Jan 19, 2016

Broken UV light leads to key heart muscle cell discovery

For a team of Vanderbilt investigators trying to generate heart muscle cells from stem cells, a piece of broken equipment turned out to be a good thing.

Jan 19, 2016

Revealing the intra-cellular mechanism underlying ALS

A new study uncovering the mechanism behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or also Lou Gehrig's disease) has brought doctors a step closer to identifying drug targets for the malady. Tsukasa Uchida and collaborators at ...

Jan 19, 2016

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Protein 'handbrake' halts leukaemia in its tracks

Melbourne researchers have showed that they can stop leukaemia in its tracks by targeting a protein that puts the handbrake on cancer cell growth.

Jan 19, 2016

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Virtual bone biopsy helps identify why people with diabetes are at risk of bone fractures

A Southampton study using high resolution imaging to create a "virtual bone biopsy" has shed new light on why people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of bone fractures.

Jan 19, 2016