Archive: 26/09/2016

New theory on how insulin resistance, metabolic disease begin

Does eating too much sugar cause type 2 diabetes? The answer may not be simple, but a study published Sept. 26 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation adds to growing research linking excessive sugar consumption—specifically ...

Sep 26, 2016

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Crowdsourcing for scientific discovery: Researchers find novel ways to analyze data for drug and target discovery

In a unique project, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have crowdsourced the annotation and analysis of a large number of gene expression profiles from the National Center for Biotechnology Information's ...

Sep 26, 2016

Mouse study shows how 'hair-of-the-dog' approach works to treat allergies

The hair-of-the-dog-that-bit-you is a time-honored allergy remedy for a good reason: It works.

Sep 26, 2016

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Walking is medicine? It helped high-risk seniors stay mobile

It's not too late to get moving: Simple physical activity—mostly walking—helped high-risk seniors stay mobile after disability-inducing ailments even if, at 70 and beyond, they'd long been couch potatoes.

Sep 26, 2016

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Research opens the possibility of new, noninvasive genetic prenatal testing

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and RareCyte, Inc. have determined that it is feasible to develop a prenatal, noninvasive genetic test based on rare ...

Sep 26, 2016

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Artificial sweeteners hit sour note with sketchy science

University of Sydney researchers have confirmed widespread bias in industry-funded research into artificial sweeteners, which is potentially misleading millions by overstating their health benefits.

Sep 26, 2016

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Newly discovered immune cell type protects against lung infections during chemotherapy

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have identified a new form of an immune cell that protected mice from life-threatening lung infections under conditions that mimic cancer chemotherapy. The research appears ...

Sep 26, 2016

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Parkinson's disease protection may begin in the gut: Intestinal cells' immune response protects vital neurons

Your gut may play a pivotal role in preventing the onset of Parkinson's disease. And the reason may be its knack for sleuthing.

Sep 26, 2016

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Official: One-third of calls to VA suicide hotline roll over

More than one-third of calls to a suicide hotline for troubled veterans are not being answered by front-line staffers because of poor work habits and other problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to the ...

Sep 26, 2016

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Fatty diet activates oldest branch of immune system, causing intestinal tumors

A high-fat-diet-induced immune reaction causes inflammation leading to intestinal cancer in a mouse model – even among animals that are not obese—according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ...

Sep 26, 2016

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