Archive: 09/10/2018

Recovering from a heart attack? Hold the antibiotics

The community of microorganisms that live in the human gut has been shown to confer all kinds of health benefits. Now, an international team of researchers has shown in mice that a healthy gut microbiome is important for ...

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Invasive breast cancers punch tunnels into neighboring tissue

Cancers pose the greatest danger when they become invasive and then spread from their originating tissues throughout the body.

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Supercharged natural killer cells may hold promise for cancer

A type of 'supercharged' immune cell could be mass-produced to help fight cancer.

Oct 9, 2018

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Researchers identify common molecular mechanism in two skeletal disorders

A rare and as-yet-unnamed skeletal disorder shares a common "signaling pathway" with another rare skeletal disorder called Jansen metaphyseal chondrodysplasia. (A signaling pathway is a group of molecules in a cell that work ...

Oct 9, 2018

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Anorexia nervosa patients prefer underweight bodies

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems placed test persons in front of their virtual ...

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Greater diagnostic certainty in choosing the right treatment for breast cancer

Choosing the correct individualised treatment for breast cancer depends upon determination of receptors for oestrogen, progesterone and HER2. The gold-standard method is currently immunohistochemistry (IHC). However, in 5 ...

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Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure

A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle lowered systolic blood pressure more than an educational program alone delivered in other churches, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality ...

Oct 9, 2018

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Scoliosis linked to essential mineral

Nobody knows why some children's backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, have no known risk factors.

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Doctors, scientists fight superbugs that could kill millions

Catching an ear infection is uncomfortable enough, but imagine if the antibiotics a doctor prescribed didn't work.

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Evidence does not support statin use for conditions other than heart disease

Despite studies suggesting benefits for conditions beyond cardiovascular disease (CVD), the evidence does not support revising current statin prescribing guidelines. Findings from an evidence review and meta-analysis are ...

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