Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases: News and Research on Metabolism, Inborn Errors

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How childhood dementia begins in brain cells

An Australian-led international research collaboration has delivered a promising breakthrough in the quest to better understand and treat childhood dementia. Recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the study ...

ACC/AHA guidelines updated for dyslipidemia management

In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and nine other leading medical associations, updated recommendations are presented for managing dyslipidemia. ...

Active ingredient of Viagra can help treat rare genetic disease

Sildenafil—an active ingredient also marketed under the name of Viagra—improves symptoms in patients with Leigh syndrome. This has now been reported in the journal Cell by researchers at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, ...

Why is gout on the rise?

A condition once called the "disease of kings" is affecting even the general population. Rates of gout, a type of inflammatory arthritis that causes severe, sudden stabbing pain in the big toe, have increased by more than ...

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