Archive: 09/06/2015

Danish nasal filter more than halves symptoms of hay fever

Getting through the pollen season can now become easier for some of the approximately 500 million people worldwide who suffer from sneezing and a runny nose, watery eyes and drowsiness during the allergy season (seasonal ...

Jun 9, 2015

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Can not having enough to eat lead to poor diabetes management?

Latinos who worry about having enough food to eat—so-called food insecurity—report having a poorer diet and exhibit worse glycemic control than those who aren't worried about having sufficient food to survive, according ...

Jun 9, 2015

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GLP-1 alters how the brain responds to food

Gut hormone-based medications used to treat diabetes, such as GLP-1 receptor agonists, have also been shown to reduce body weight. Researchers have been working to understand how. This study, presented today at the American ...

Jun 9, 2015

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Are offspring of obese moms pre-programmed for obesity and metabolic disease?

The evidence is clear that the children of obese parents are prone to obesity themselves, placing them at higher risk for type 2 diabetes, but how and why this occurs remains under investigation. A study being presented at ...

Jun 9, 2015

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Physician waivers to prescribe buprenorphine increases potential access to treatment

American physicians with waivers allowing them to provide office-based medication-assisted buprenorphine treatment to patients addicted to opioids were able to increase potential access to effective medication-assisted treatment ...

Jun 9, 2015

Been there? Done that? If you are sure, thank your 'memory cells'

The witness on the stand says he saw the accused at the scene of the crime. Is he sure? How sure? The jury's verdict could hinge on that level of certainty.

Jun 9, 2015

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Officials monitoring rodents for plague at Grand Canyon

Summertime in Arizona's higher terrain means an increased risk of residents and tourists coming into contact with rodents that carry the plague. Health officials spend the warmer months monitoring squirrels, mice and prairie ...

Jun 9, 2015

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Researchers find possible molecular explanation for caffeine reducing mood disorders

(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has found a possible molecular explanation for the stress reducing capabilities of caffeine. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

Jun 9, 2015 report

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Researcher helps discover Ebola virus in eye fluid of recovered survivor

A leading Flinders University ophthalmology researcher has co-authored a case study which found that live Ebola virus was present in a patient's eye fluid, 10 weeks after the virus was no longer detectable in the patient's ...

Jun 9, 2015

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Clinicians reluctant to prescribe medication that counteracts effects of opioid overdose

A variety of factors including questions about risk and reluctance to offend patients limits clinician willingness to prescribe a potentially life-saving medication that counteracts the effects of an opioid overdose, according ...

Jun 9, 2015

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