Archive: 30/09/2015

Scientific literature overstates psychotherapy's effectiveness in treating depression

The scientific literature paints an overly rosy picture of the efficacy of psychological treatments for depression.

Sep 30, 2015

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Study blocks inflammatory bone loss in gum disease

Periodontitis, a severe form of gum disease, doesn't just cause soft-tissue inflammation and bleeding. It also destroys the bone that supports the teeth. If it progresses unchecked, it can lead to tooth loss and is even associated ...

Sep 30, 2015

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Doctors trained to be confidantes for risk-taking teenagers

Doctors have successfully reduced risk-taking behavior in teenagers and young people, in a world-first trial led by the University of Melbourne.

Sep 30, 2015

Latest technology could help curb repeat Ebola crisis, experts say

Recent developments in surveillance technology could enable a swifter, more effective response to potentially deadly outbreaks of disease, a study has found.

Sep 30, 2015

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Dormant viral genes may awaken to cause ALS

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health discovered that reactivation of ancient viral genes embedded in the human genome may cause the destruction of neurons in some forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The ...

Sep 30, 2015

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Aspects of patient/physician interaction may help alleviate heartburn symptoms

The results of a small study of patients being treated for chronic heartburn suggest that the longer, more comprehensive interaction that is typical of visits with complementary and integrative medicine providers may result ...

Sep 30, 2015

Four gut bacteria decrease asthma risk in infants

New research by scientists at UBC and BC Children's Hospital finds that infants can be protected from getting asthma if they acquire four types of gut bacteria by three months of age. More than 300 families from across Canada ...

Sep 30, 2015

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'Avatars' reveal new genetic sources of drug response in late-stage colorectal therapy

Using pieces of human tumors grafted into mice, a team led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers and their colleagues from the University of Torino has identified new mutations in six genes related to drug resistance ...

Sep 30, 2015

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Scientists create world's largest catalog of human genomic variation (Update)

An international team of scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans, providing researchers with powerful clues to help them establish why ...

Sep 30, 2015

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Genes that protect African children from developing malaria identified

Published today in Nature, the findings detail a new gene locus that can explain why, in communities where everyone is constantly exposed to malaria, some children develop severe malaria and others don't. Now, researchers ...

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