Archive: 08/07/2020

Menthol cigarette ban in the US may lower number of smokers

Extending the United States cigarette flavour ban to include menthol products could encourage existing smokers to quit and lower the rates of people starting to smoke, according to a study published in the open access journal ...

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Higher fruit, vegetable and whole grain intake linked to lower risk of diabetes

Higher consumption of fruit, vegetables and whole grain foods are associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to two studies published by The BMJ today.

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Large-scale fall prevention study finds smaller than expected benefit

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among older Americans and lead to 3 million emergency department visits every year. About one out of every three adults age 65 years and older falls each year, and 20 to ...

Jul 8, 2020

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Experimental drug shows early promise against inherited form of ALS, trial indicates

An experimental drug for a rare, inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has shown promise in a phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Massachusetts ...

Jul 8, 2020

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Drug treatment could improve effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer patients

While immunotherapy—a form of treatment that uses the body's immune system to recognize, attack and kill tumor cells—has given hope to people across the globe, it fails in a significant proportion of cancer patients.

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Nurses and midwives take the lead in providing HIV services in Eastern and Southern Africa

"Nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral therapy" (NIMART) is an innovative approach to making effective medications more accessible to people living with HIV (PLWH) in low-resource countries. A new study identifies challenges ...

Jul 8, 2020

Spatial mapping method pinpoints potential new therapeutic targets in lupus

A team of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) used a new method of pinpointing potential disease-causing changes in the genome to identify two new potential therapeutic targets for lupus, while also ...

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Researchers uncover a critical early step of the visual process

The key components of electrical connections between light receptors in the eye and the impact of these connections on the early steps of visual signal processing have been identified for the first time, according to research ...

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Immediate outreach increases children's likelihood of completing PTSD screens, says researcher

The Child Trauma Response Team, an innovative police and community-based organization partnership, demonstrated success at screening and treating children for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) immediately following incidents ...

Jul 8, 2020

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'Anti-vaxxers' gain traction against HPV vaccine on Facebook, study shows

One of the biggest social media sites—Facebook—has allowed "anti-vaxxers" to gain a stronger voice against the use of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, according to a new study from a media expert at the University ...

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