Archive: 20/09/2018

Certain factors linked with kidney function recovery in children on dialysis

Children with kidney failure due to certain diseases may regain kidney function and therefore no longer need dialysis, and kidney transplantation might be postponed. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of the ...

Sep 20, 2018

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Genomic dark matter activity connects Parkinson's and psychiatric diseases

Dopamine neurons are located in the midbrain, but their tendril-like axons can branch far into the higher cortical areas, influencing how we move and how we feel. New genetic evidence has revealed that these specialized cells ...

Sep 20, 2018

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We all carry a personal cloud of germs, chemicals

(HealthDay)—You might feel squeaky clean after that morning shower, but you carry an invisible cloud of bacteria, viruses, fungi and chemicals every day.

Sep 20, 2018

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After EMR implementation, surgeons spend less time interacting with patients

Implementing an electronic medical records (EMR) system at an orthopaedic clinic may have unanticipated effects on clinic efficiency and productivity - including a temporary increase in labor costs and a lasting reduction ...

Sep 20, 2018

Full, but still feasting: Mouse study reveals how urge to eat overpowers a signal to stop

Almost everyone knows the feeling. You're at a restaurant or a holiday meal, and your stomach is telling you it's full, so logically you know you should stop eating.

Sep 20, 2018

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Investigational steroid mirrors prednisone's benefits while taming its side effects

A head-to-head trial comparing the decades-old steroid, prednisone, and a promising new steroid, vamorolone, finds both act on the same key set of genetic pathways involved in controlling inflammation, indicates a new study ...

Sep 20, 2018

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Affordable Care Act: Study finds surprising gaps in HIV care providers' knowledge

A new study has revealed surprising gaps in some HIV medical providers' knowledge of the Affordable Care Act, with more than a quarter of providers surveyed unable to say whether their state had expanded Medicaid.

Sep 20, 2018

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New evidence for coordinated hedgehog and Wnt pathway activation in appendage regeneration

Researchers have made a significant new discovery concerning the signaling mechanisms that enable newts to regrow their tails after injury. Specifically, this process is shown to require the coordinated activation of the ...

Sep 20, 2018

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Cancer immunotherapy might benefit from previously overlooked immune players

Cancer immunotherapy—efforts to boost a patient's own immune system, allowing it to better fight cancer cells on its own—has shown great promise for some previously intractable cancers. Yet immunotherapy doesn't work ...

Sep 20, 2018

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Gut fungus exacerbates asthma in antibiotic-treated mice

A non-pathogenic fungus can expand in the intestines of antibiotic-treated mice and enhance the severity of allergic airways disease, according to a study published September 20 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by ...

Sep 20, 2018

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