Archive: 31/05/2019

A new molecular mechanism could explain the origins of the depressive symptoms in Huntington's disease

About 40 percent of the affected patients with Huntington's disease—a neurodegenerative pathology- show depression symptoms, even in early stages before the apparition of the typical motor symptoms of the disease. An altered ...

May 31, 2019

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Could a Mediterranean diet and exercise reduce dementia risk?

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are launching a new study to see whether eating a Mediterranean-style diet and being more active could improve brain function and reduce dementia risk.

May 31, 2019

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How to make anti-smoking campaigns more persuasive

The damaging effects of smoking on our health are well known, and governments are curbing tobacco advertising to reduce the number of smokers. But, in Indonesia, the number of teens and adults who smoke continue to grow at ...

May 31, 2019

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We don't have a cure for monkeypox virus, but the body can heal itself

News of a recent case of monkeypox in Singapore has made countries in Southeast Asia wary about the spread of the disease.

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Examining perceptions of accessibility symbols

Recent research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Occupational Therapy has assessed individual comprehension and perceptions of nine existing and newly created accessibility pictograph symbols, and ...

May 31, 2019

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Novel approach to test the adverse impacts of man-made chemical mixtures

Concerns over our seemingly constant exposure to chemical mixtures of all kinds have been growing in the past two decades. This is because endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) found in various materials such as pesticides, ...

May 31, 2019

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How the enzyme lipoxygenase drives heart failure after heart attacks

Heart failure after a heart attack is a global epidemic leading to chronic heart failure pathology. About 6 million people in the United States and 23 million worldwide suffer from this end-stage disease that involves dysfunction ...

May 31, 2019

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Media reporting of unused opioid medication disposal

Proper and timely disposal of unused prescription opioid medication can prevent accidental overdose or misuse of these medicines. However, the debate surrounding unused opioid medicines and whether people can flush unused ...

May 31, 2019

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Pre-surgical immunotherapy shows promise in trial for patients with early stage lung cancer

For patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), pre-surgical "neoadjuvant" treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor was well tolerated and, in many cases, caused significant tumor cell death in a large, ...

May 31, 2019

Yoga improves health in later life, study says

Older adults who practice yoga are more likely to be in better mental and physical shape, research suggests.

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