Cardiology
Global study shows diabetes and heart disease can be a deadly combination
The combination of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease can be deadly.
Jun 12, 2016
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University of Connecticut
Medical research
Study shows positive results for herpes vaccine
(Medical Xpress) -- A therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of genital herpes has shown positive results in studies in a number of animal models and in a small randomized clinical study. The results are published in two ...
Sep 26, 2011
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Cardiology
Blood pressure declines 14 to 18 years before death
Blood pressure in the elderly gradually begins to decrease about 14 or so years before death, according to a new study published today in the JAMA Internal Medicine.
Dec 4, 2017
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Neuroscience
Hearing speech requires quiet— in more ways than one
Perceiving speech requires quieting certain types of brain cells, report a team of researchers from UConn Health and University of Rochester in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Neurophysiology. Their research reveals a ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
A potential milestone in cancer therapy: Team discovers weak spot in prostate cancer cells
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in men worldwide. According to international estimates about one in six men will get prostate cancer during their lifetime and worldwide, over 375,000 patients will die from ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Health
Yoga helps preserve muscle mass in older women, study says
A new study by the University of Connecticut finds that practicing yoga may improve protein utilization among older women, and lead to the maintenance of muscle at a time in life when muscle loss is common.
Apr 7, 2017
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Medications
Where pharma spends, docs prescribe more gabapentin, a potential drug of abuse
Pharmaceutical companies' payments to doctors may be influencing them to prescribe more expensive, brand-name versions of the pain drug gabapentin, a team of researchers report in the July 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, ...
Jul 8, 2019
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Medical research
Even damaged livers can handle life-saving medication
When you ingest a drug—whether over-the-counter Tylenol or medication prescribed by a doctor—your liver is your body's first responder. And just like other first responders, sometimes the liver gets hurt. Doctors used ...
Feb 28, 2020
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Neuroscience
Meat, multiple sclerosis and the microbiome
Eating more meat, having less of certain bacteria in the gut, and more of certain immune cells in the blood, all link with multiple sclerosis, reports a team of researchers led by UConn Health and Washington University School ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Medical research
The veins in your brain don't all act the same
Certain blood vessels in the brainstem constrict when blood vessels elsewhere in the body would dilate. And that contrary behavior is what keeps us breathing, according to a new paper by UConn researchers published May 8 ...
May 9, 2017
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