Archive: 09/09/2019

Scientists isolate protective proteins that influence outcomes for type 2 diabetes

Scientists from the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, have, for the first time, discovered a family of proteins that are associated with lower blood sugar levels among obese patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Researchers identify negative impacts of food insecurity on children's health

Food insecurity—uncertainty about or a lack of consistent access to food that meets the needs of household members—is a persistent social problem in the United States that affected roughly 14.3 million households in 2018 ...

Sep 9, 2019

NIAID officials call for innovative research on sexually transmitted infections

Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, pose a significant public health challenge. Globally, more than one million new STI cases are diagnosed each day. In a new article in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, experts from ...

Sep 9, 2019

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Researchers develop custom data collection system to improve health disparity research

Epidemiological studies rely heavily on survey research; however, limitations of traditional data collection methods—paper-based, in-person, phone, mail, and internet surveys—can serve as barriers to recruitment and retention ...

Sep 9, 2019

HIV significantly increases risk for irregular heartbeat

HIV infection significantly increases the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF)—one of the most important causes of irregular heartbeats and a leading cause of stroke—at the same rate or higher than known risk factors such ...

Sep 9, 2019

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Protein mapping pinpoints why metastatic melanoma patients do not respond to immunotherapy

Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center researchers say they have discovered why more than half of patients with metastatic melanoma do not respond to immunotherapy cancer treatments.

Sep 9, 2019

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Offering children a variety of vegetables increases acceptance

Although food preferences are largely learned, dislike is the main reason parents stop offering or serving their children foods like vegetables. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by ...

Sep 9, 2019

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Study: Action-oriented goals produce higher probability of purchases under tight deadlines

If you want something done, ask a busy person—or so the saying goes. According to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois scholar who studies attitudes and persuasion psychology, if you want to sell something ...

Sep 9, 2019

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How brain rhythms organize our visual perception

To investigate how information of different visual features is processed in the brain, the neuroscientists from the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute of Primate Research in Göttingen, Germany, the Iran University ...

Sep 9, 2019

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Less TV, more activity may mean extra years free of heart disease and stroke

People who watch less TV and are physically active live more years free of heart disease, according to a new study.

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