Archive: 20/11/2018

Scientists identify new genetic causes linked to abnormal pregnancies and miscarriages

A team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University have identified three genes responsible for recurrent molar pregnancies, a rare complication that occurs ...

Nov 20, 2018

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Women benefit from mammography screening beyond age 75

Women age 75 years and older should continue to get screening mammograms because of the comparatively high incidence of breast cancer found in this age group, according to a new study being presented next week at the annual ...

Nov 20, 2018

Does Netflix's '13 Reasons Why' influence teen suicide? Survey asks at-risk youths

A significant proportion of suicidal teens treated in a psychiatric emergency department said that watching the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" had increased their suicide risk, a University of Michigan study finds.

Nov 20, 2018

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Scientists unveil completely human platform for testing age-specific vaccine responses

A team of scientists at Boston Children's Hospital has developed the first modeling system for testing age-specific human immune responses to vaccines—outside the body. The practical, cost-effective new platform, using ...

Nov 20, 2018

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We predicted banning legal highs wouldn't work – and a new review shows it's as bad as we feared

The trade in "legal highs" was banned in 2016 when the UK government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Act. Two years later, the government has published a review of the effects of its legislation. It's interesting that ...

Nov 20, 2018

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Researchers improve potential to identify diet-disease relationships

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have developed a new data mapping method which improves the capacity to identify diet-disease relationships.

Nov 20, 2018

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Opioids increasingly tied to deaths of pregnant women

(HealthDay)—As the U.S. opioid epidemic rages unchecked, new research shows that pregnancy-related deaths due to opioid misuse more than doubled between 2007 and 2016.

Nov 20, 2018

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Researchers use MRI to predict Alzheimer's disease

MRI brain scans perform better than common clinical tests at predicting which people will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society ...

Nov 20, 2018

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11th child dies in adenovirus outbreak at N.J. care facility

(HealthDay)—An 11th child has died in an outbreak of a respiratory virus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Jersey, health officials say.

Nov 20, 2018

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The skinny on new sugar calorie counts

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is getting serious about added sugars.

Nov 20, 2018

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