Archive: 27/03/2017

Breast-feeding may not lead to smarter preschoolers

(HealthDay)—Breast-feeding may not make kids sharper or better behaved than their non-nursed peers over the long-term, a new study suggests.

Mar 27, 2017

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'Medicinal food' diet counters onset of type 1 diabetes

Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute researchers have led an international study that found - for the first time - that a diet yielding high amounts of the short-chain fatty acids acetate and butyrate provided ...

Mar 27, 2017

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Gastric medications increase risk for recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found patients who use gastric suppression medications are at a higher risk for recurrent Clostridium difficile (C-diff) infection. C-diff is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from ...

Mar 27, 2017

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Major genetic study identifies 12 new genetic variants for ovarian cancer

A genetic trawl through the DNA of almost 100,000 people, including 17,000 patients with the most common type of ovarian cancer, has identified 12 new genetic variants that increase risk of developing the disease and confirmed ...

Mar 27, 2017

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MicroRNA treatment restores nerve insulation, limb function in mice with multiple sclerosis

Scientists partially re-insulated ravaged nerves in mouse models of multiple sclerosis (MS) and restored limb mobility by treating the animals with a small non-coding RNA called a microRNA.

Mar 27, 2017

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Implementing large-scale teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program

Can a large-scale, primary care-based teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening (TDRS) program reduce wait times for screening and improve the timeliness of care in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the ...

Mar 27, 2017

New collaboration looks for trans-Atlantic common ground in geriatrics

Healthcare professionals across the Atlantic and around the world need to think beyond single-disease guidelines as they look to provide high-quality, person-centered care for more and more older adults living with multiple ...

Mar 27, 2017

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Analysis of antibiotics, appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis in kids

An analysis of several studies including 404 pediatric patients suggests antibiotic treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis was safe and effective in the majority of patients but the risk that antibiotic treatment ...

Mar 27, 2017

New tool allows analysis of single-cell RNA data in pre-malignant tumours

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists and their collaborators have developed a new analysis tool that was able to show, for the first time, which genes were expressed by individual cells in different genetic versions ...

Mar 27, 2017

How randomness helps cancer cells thrive

In a research effort that merged genetics, physics and information theory, a team at the schools of medicine and engineering at The Johns Hopkins University has added significantly to evidence that large regions of the human ...

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Archive: 27/03/2017

Breast-feeding may not lead to smarter preschoolers

'Medicinal food' diet counters onset of type 1 diabetes

Gastric medications increase risk for recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection

Major genetic study identifies 12 new genetic variants for ovarian cancer

MicroRNA treatment restores nerve insulation, limb function in mice with multiple sclerosis

Implementing large-scale teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program

New collaboration looks for trans-Atlantic common ground in geriatrics

Analysis of antibiotics, appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis in kids

New tool allows analysis of single-cell RNA data in pre-malignant tumours

How randomness helps cancer cells thrive

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