Archive: 26/02/2019

Young sisters share battle with different types of heart disease

Having spent the day at a cousin's cookout, 25-year-old Kelli Tinney and her 27-year-old sister Amanda went back to their house, turned on the television and flopped onto the couch. They eventually both fell asleep there.

Feb 26, 2019

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Steroid treatment for premature babies linked to low birth weight

Steroid injections given to mothers at risk of giving birth prematurely are linked to babies being born with lower body weights.

Feb 26, 2019

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Lowering lactose and carbs in milk does not help severely malnourished children

Treating hospitalized, severely malnourished children with a lactose-free, reduced-carbohydrate milk formula does not improve clinical outcomes, according to a study published February 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine ...

Feb 26, 2019

The 411 on nutritious, tasty seeds

(HealthDay)—Nuts and seeds are often mentioned in the same breath, but nuts seem to get all the attention. Time to stop overlooking seeds—they might be tiny, but they pack in a lot of nutrients. They're also tasty and ...

Feb 26, 2019

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You recognize your face even when you don't 'see' it

Given the limited capacity of our attention, we only process a small amount of the sights, sounds, and sensations that reach our senses at any given moment—what happens to the stimuli that reach our senses but don't enter ...

Feb 26, 2019

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An existing drug may have therapeutic potential in mitochondrial disease

New preclinical findings from extensive cell and animal studies suggest that a drug already used for a rare kidney disease could benefit patients with some mitochondrial disorders—complex conditions with severe energy deficiency ...

Feb 26, 2019

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Study reveals that night and weekend births have substantially higher risk of delivery complications

As if expecting mothers didn't have enough to worry about, a new study published in Risk Analysis: An International Journal found that the quantity of delivery complications in hospitals are substantially higher during nights, ...

Feb 26, 2019