Archive: 30/10/2013
In search of the best diet in terms of health and body weight
The Nutrition and Obesity Research Group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is studying the effects of diet composition on people's body weight and health. Its participation in the PREDIMED project features among ...
Oct 30, 2013
Type 2 diabetes: New associations identified between genes and metabolic markers
In two comprehensive studies, scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and Technische Universität München (TUM) discovered new associations of two major type 2 diabetes ...
Oct 30, 2013
Research finds pain in infancy alters response to stress, anxiety later in life
(Medical Xpress)—Early life pain alters neural circuits in the brain that regulate stress, suggesting pain experienced by infants who often do not receive analgesics while undergoing tests and treatment in neonatal intensive ...
Oct 30, 2013
RNA build-up linked to dementia and motor neuron disease
A new toxic entity associated with genetically inherited forms of dementia and motor neuron disease has been identified by scientists at the UCL Institute of Neurology. The toxin is the result of a genetic mutation that leads ...
Oct 30, 2013
Results of the SORT-OUT VI trial presented
A new study found that both drug-eluting stents (DES) with biocompatible polymers and DES with biodegradable polymers were associated with low major adverse coronary events, demonstrating the non-inferiority of the biocompatible ...
Oct 30, 2013
New look at old test may provide earlier detection of meningitis, researchers find
Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found a more accurate method to screen for bacterial meningococcal infection in its early stages, when it's hardest to detect. According to the researchers, ...
Oct 30, 2013