Health
Arthritis can flare up in colder weather: Tips to easing the pan
An arthritis sufferer's joints start to get ornery when the weather turns colder, getting stiff and achy as the mercury drops.
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Neuroscience
Study finds brain intervenes in walking only after discoordination exceeds a certain threshold
Walking is an activity that is often taken for granted. Most people usually think they can multitask by "walking and chewing gum" simultaneously with hardly any taxation of their mental effort. Indeed, each leg can move rhythmically ...
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Diabetes
New blood test could be an early warning for diabetes in children
A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity including type two diabetes, liver and heart disease, say scientists.
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Oncology & Cancer
Antidepressant shows promise for treating brain tumors
Glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive brain tumor that at present is incurable. Cancer doctors can extend patients' life expectancy through operations, radiation, chemotherapy or surgical interventions. Nevertheless, ...
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Medications
Revolution or mirage? Controversy surrounds new Alzheimer's drugs
Two new drugs, the first capable of slowing down the debilitating progression of Alzheimer's disease, have become embroiled in one of the biggest medical controversies in recent years.
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Pediatrics
Improvement seen in vaccine completion among military children
Among military children, there has been an improvement in vaccine completion and timeliness, but the risk for noncompletion is higher among children born to younger parents and those with a well-child care location change, ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Searching for a vaccine against an ancient scourge: Syphilis genetics study points to a potential target
Syphilis cases have surged worldwide, leaving public health officials scrounging for ways to stop the spread. Now, a large, collaborative study of syphilis genetics from four continents has found hints of a possible target ...
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Medical research
Novel drug molecule could help treat Parkinson's disease in young patients
More than 100,000 Canadians currently live with Parkinson's disease. A novel drug molecule being studied by researchers from McGill University could reactivate housekeeping functions in brain cells of young Parkinson's patients, ...
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Immune cells linked to blood vessel damage and neurodegeneration
A new study helps explain why having ApoE4—the gene variant most closely linked to Alzheimer's disease—increases the risk of neurodegeneration and white matter damage.
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Oncology & Cancer
Vaccine experts report positive results on Phase 1 trial of personalized vaccine for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
A team of researchers from City of Hope and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has reported safety and efficacy results from a Phase 1 trial that featured a personalized vaccine to treat lymphoplasmacytic ...
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