A three-fold jump since 1975 in the percentage of adults worldwide who are obese has been driven mainly by a shift in diet and lack of exercise, but genes do play a role as well, according a large-scale study published Thursday.
Jul 04, 2019
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Electronic cigarette use, or vaping, is unsafe for children, adolescents and young adults. Electronic cigarettes often contain nicotine and other harmful substances. Nicotine is addictive and can curb adolescent brain development, ...
Jun 11, 2019
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A large, multi-ethnic genome-wide association study (GWAS) of asthma identified novel associations with potential relevance for asthma susceptibility in older adults of diverse racial backgrounds. The study, "Large-scale, ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
Apr 15, 2019
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Researchers have described a new mechanism by which influenza A viruses (IAV) alter the host immune system and make them more or less susceptible to often deadly co-occurring bacterial infections. The role of the PDZ-binding ...
Mar 21, 2019
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An international collaboration including Javier Belda, professor of surgery at the University of Valencia, has reported a new genetic variant associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The work, with a sample ...
Jan 28, 2019
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Scientists at GeneCapture, Inc., an associate company on the campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, have developed a method to report phenotypic antibiotic sensitivities/resistances direct from patient samples ...
Jan 23, 2019
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About 1.5 billion years ago, tiny visitors came to live inside the cells that later evolved into all plant and animal life—including humans.
Nov 07, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Brain iron at quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is associated with disability in multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study recently published in Radiology.
Sep 25, 2018
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a mounting burden on health-care systems globally.
Jun 12, 2018
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