Archive: 05/04/2018

Don't forget the 'epi' in genetics research, scientist says

In a review article published April 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientist Andrew Feinberg, M.D., calls for more integration between two fields of DNA-based research: genetics and epigenetics.

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How prescription creativity can improve mental and physical health

The idea of arts on prescription and social prescribing may seem like a new one, but it is actually more than 10 years since UK government policy first referenced linking patients with non-medical support in the community.

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New actors identified in atherosclerosis

Stroke and heart attack are the leading cause of death in the Western world. Würzburg scientists have used a special technique to get a clearer picture of the cells involved and their activity.

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Fewer Americans are fixing their noses

Americans love cosmetic surgery.

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Immunotherapy—cancer's new frontier

Your immune system never sleeps. Every moment of the day, immune cells monitor your body for disease, calling for backup when they detect a threat. It's a system that works elegantly—most of the time. It's not foolproof; ...

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Alcohol narrows field of vision

Alcohol can make a person engrossed in an activity oblivious to what's going on around them, no matter how bizarre or unexpected that might be.

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Increasing public support for mental health services without stigmatizing mental illness

In public-health campaigns to boost support for improvements in the mental health system, messages that link mental illness to violence may be counterproductive, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...

Apr 5, 2018

Thermo-chemotherapy combo eradicates primary and metastatic tumors in mice

Bioengineers at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed a smart anti-cancer nanoparticle with precisely targeted tumor-killing activity superior to previous technologies.

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'Super gonorrhoea' raises the stakes in the war against superbugs

There has been a lot of news over the past few weeks about the rise of superbugs and antibiotic overuse, including a nasty sexually transmitted infection in the United Kingdom. A British man is the first in the world to be ...

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How NAFTA will make Canadians fat if the U.S. has its way

Canada's health went under a trade-related microscope recently in two parallel developments.

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