Archive: 09/04/2019

Melatonin's heart protective effects not related to its antioxidant properties

Although melatonin does improve the outcomes of induced heart attacks in rats, those improvements are not the result of its antioxidant effect, new research finds. The study comparing antioxidant activity and heart protection ...

Apr 9, 2019

Electric bikes can boost older people's mental performance and their well-being

Getting on your bicycle can give you an enormous sense of freedom and enjoyment. It can increase your independence and knowledge of the local area, and improve your access to the natural (or urban) environment. It can also ...

Apr 9, 2019

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High-strength MRI tracks multiple sclerosis progression

The development of scars, or lesions, in the brain's cortical gray matter is a powerful predictor of neurological disability for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to study appearing in the journal Radiology. ...

Apr 9, 2019

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Vacuum cleaner for the brain: doctor's first-hand account of using groundbreaking stroke treatment

Thrombectomy is a revolutionary stroke treatment where the offending clot is literally sucked out of the patient's brain. I performed my first thrombectomy in 2006, but I remember it as though it was yesterday. I was working ...

Apr 9, 2019

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Study shows thousands of neurons becoming active during thirst and quench cycle

A team of researchers with Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute has used a new tool to record activation of thousands of neurons due to thirst and quenching in a mouse brain. In their paper published in ...

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CDC: TB incidence declined slightly in United States in 2017

(HealthDay)—In 2017, tuberculosis (TB) incidence declined in the United States and modest progress was made toward global TB elimination, according to two studies published in the March 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for ...

Apr 9, 2019

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FDA warns against use of preowned or unauthorized test strips

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning patients not to use preowned test strips or test strips not authorized for sale in the United States because of possible infection or inaccurate results that ...

Apr 9, 2019

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First two-drug regimen approved for HIV-1 treatment

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Dovato (dolutegravir and lamivudine), the first approved two-drug, fixed-dose, complete regimen for adults with HIV-1 who have not been previously ...

Apr 9, 2019

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Role of vested interests in hypertension overdiagnosis criticized

Did you know the definition of high blood pressure (hypertension) in the United States was recently greatly expanded? Overnight, tens of millions of people were reclassified, leaving one in every two adults with a diagnosis ...

Apr 9, 2019

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Anti-inflammatory medicine can have a beneficial effect on depression

The World Health Organization (WHO) calls depression one of the most serious mental disorders, and researchers around the world are trying to improve treatment of the disease.

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