Health
A doctor's reassurance speeds healing from an allergic reaction
To feel better faster, a dose of reassurance might be just what the doctor ordered.
Sep 4, 2018
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News tagged with histamine
Obstetrics & gynaecology
New approach discovered for early detection of pre-eclampsia
In the last trimester of a pregnancy, a woman can develop high blood pressure and undesirable excretion of protein in the urine. If these symptoms of so-called pre-eclampsia are not treated, the condition could become life-threatening ...
Apr 24, 2018
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Immunology
Here's how stress may be making you sick
A Michigan State University researcher is providing new insight into how certain types of stress interact with immune cells and can regulate how these cells respond to allergens, ultimately causing physical symptoms and disease.
Jan 10, 2018
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Medical research
Tourette-like tics vanish in mice treated with histamine
Yale scientists produced increased grooming behavior in mice that may model tics in Tourette syndrome and discovered these behaviors vanish when histamine—a neurotransmitter most commonly associated with allergies—is ...
Jun 6, 2017
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Pediatrics
Nearly one in four babies in NICUs receive acid suppressing medication
Since 2006, several published studies have associated the use of some acid suppression medications in hospitalized high-risk babies with infections, necrotizing enterocolitis and increased risk of death. Those medications ...
Apr 27, 2016
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Neuroscience
Organic cation transporter CarT crucial for Drosophila vision
Scientists at UMass Medical School have identified a cell membrane transporter—CarT—that maintains vision in the fruit fly Drosophila by recycling the neurotransmitter histamine in the brain. Details of the study were ...
Feb 29, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hay fever medicine reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome
Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium, have identified the cause of abdominal pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). As a result, they were able to select a medicine that could reduce or end that pain. This medicine ...
Jan 14, 2016
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Neuroscience
Study finds brain chemicals that keep wakefulness in check
Mice that have a particular brain chemical switched off become hyperactive and sleep for just 65 per cent of their normal time.
Jul 29, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers develop quick test for fish toxin
Flinders University researchers have invented a revolutionary method to test for food poisoning in fish.
Feb 27, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers identify brain areas activated by itch-relieving drug
Areas of the brain that respond to reward and pleasure are linked to the ability of a drug known as butorphanol to relieve itch, according to new research led by Gil Yosipovitch, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department ...
Sep 24, 2014
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