Archive: 08/07/2019

Counterfeit alcohol, sometimes containing jet fuel or embalming fluid, is a growing concern for tourists abroad

The news about the tragic deaths of several American tourists in the Dominican Republic in May 2019 has created an outcry and a media frenzy. As of June 30, there were at least nine deaths with similar circumstances in the ...

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Teens abusing painkillers are more likely to later use heroin

It's an unforeseen side effect of the nation's opioid epidemic: Adolescent heroin users.

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Where pharma spends, docs prescribe more gabapentin, a potential drug of abuse

Pharmaceutical companies' payments to doctors may be influencing them to prescribe more expensive, brand-name versions of the pain drug gabapentin, a team of researchers report in the July 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, ...

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Yearlong birth control supply would cut unintended pregnancies, costs

New research from the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shows that dispensing a year's supply of birth control pills up front would support women's reproductive autonomy while also ...

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Billie Eilish and Tourette's: new study reveals what it's really like to live with the condition

The American singer Billie Eilish recently spoke to her fans about having struggled with Tourette's syndrome since she was a child. She'd previously avoided going public about her diagnosis as she said she didn't want to ...

Jul 8, 2019

Scientists identify an essential protein for correct heart contraction and survival

A team of scientists led by Dr. Enrique Lara Pezzi at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has identified the RNA-binding protein SRSF3 as an essential factor for proper heart contraction and survival. ...

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Scientists find urine test could offer a non-invasive approach for diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Scientists at McMaster University have identified new biomarkers for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in urine, which could lead to better treatments and reduce the need for costly and invasive colonoscopy procedures currently ...

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Infection-fighting protein also senses protein misfolding in non-infected cells

Researchers at the University of Toronto have uncovered an immune mechanism by which host cells combat bacterial infection, and at the same time found that a protein crucial to that process can sense and respond to misfolded ...

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The best mental health treatments for youth are slow to catch on in Philadelphia, study finds

Not all therapy is created equal.

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Do you need vitamin-enhanced foods?

(HealthDay)—Many packaged foods have the potential to give you vitamin overload, especially if you're already taking a daily multivitamin. Here's what you need to know.

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