Diabetes has become a major health problem worldwide; some estimates suggest that in 20 years, there will be around 600 million diabetics. The disease is caused by impaired insulin secretion, which in turn hinders cell glucose ...
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A new study published in JNeurosci advances understanding of how the potent opioid analgesic fentanyl can increase pain sensitivity in animals. These findings could inform the development of treatments for chronic pain that ...
Feb 5, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is accurate in differentiating T1 or lower tumors from T2 or higher tumors among patients with bladder cancer, according to a review published in the February issue of Radiology.
Jan 29, 2018
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(HealthDay)—It seems like "gluten-free" labels are popping up everywhere, including on foods that never had any gluten to begin with. Is this a health bandwagon you should jump on … or shy away from?
Jan 29, 2018
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The team lead by Sílvia Vilares Conde, from CEDOC-NOVA Medical School, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Galvani Bioelectronics, demonstrated through findings in rats that is possible to restore insulin sensitivity ...
Jan 15, 2018
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(HealthDay)—A targeted microbiome intervention, accomplished through microencapsulated delayed-release niacin, beneficially affects insulin sensitivity in humans, according to a study published online Dec. 6 in Diabetes ...
Dec 18, 2017
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A UCL-led research team has identified a rare mutation that causes one family to have unusually low sensitivity to pain.
Dec 13, 2017
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Recent functional studies conducted at the University of Helsinki and Aarhus University suggest that noise sensitivity, a trait describing attitudes towards noise and predicting noise annoyance, is associated with altered ...
Dec 13, 2017
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(HealthDay)—A deep learning algorithm can detect metastases in sections of lymph nodes from women with breast cancer; and a deep learning system (DLS) has high sensitivity and specificity for identifying diabetic retinopathy, ...
Dec 12, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Individuals with prior Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (GB) have blunted β-cell sensitivity to changes in glycemia, according to a study published online Nov. 20 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.
Dec 11, 2017
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