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Drug Improves Survival in Bone Cancer Patients

Drug Improves Survival in Bone Cancer Patients

A therapeutic drug to treat patients with bone marrow cancer showed improved outcomes and survival rates. Newly diagnosed myeloma patients treated with the medication in the most extensive study by Newcastle University researchers....

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First Line Immunotherapy Combination Fails to Improve Overall Survival in Lung Cancer: Study

First Line Immunotherapy Combination Fails to Improve Overall Survival in Lung Cancer: Study

In unselected patients with lung cancer, first line immunotherapy with durvalumab or the combination of durvalumab and tremelimumab does not improve overall survival, according to...

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Protection from Breast Cancer Starts Decades Later After Pregnancy

Protection from Breast Cancer Starts Decades Later After Pregnancy

It is a well-known fact that breast cancer risk is low in women who have had children compared to women who have never given birth. But, this breast cancer protection occurs many...

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Diet & Nutrition News »

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Damages of Folate Deficiency is Irreversible

Damages of Folate Deficiency is Irreversible

Problems in DNA replication occurs in connection with folate deficiency, where the damage cannot be reversed. The people should be well aware of their blood folate levels, say researchers....

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Early Physical Therapy Reduces Risk of Opioid Use

Early Physical Therapy Reduces Risk of Opioid Use

Patients with physical therapy were 7 to 16 percent less likely to use opioids in the subsequent months, stated study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Duke University School of Medicine. "We asked ...

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Study on Concussion in Football's Youngest Players

Study on Concussion in Football's Youngest Players

Among football players ages 5-14 concussion rates were higher than previously reported, with five out of every 100 youth, or 5%, sustaining a football-related concussion each...

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New Genetic Clues to Early-onset Form of Dementia Discovered

New Genetic Clues to Early-onset Form of Dementia Discovered

Lone mutation in a single gene identified by scientists causes an inherited form of frontotemporal dementia makes it harder for neurons in the brain to communicate with one another, leading to neurodegeneration. The study was conducted by ...

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Fresh Insights into Huntington's Disease

Fresh Insights into Huntington's Disease

New study confirms role of brain's support cells in Huntington's disease, pointing to novel therapies. The study, which appears today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, shows that support cells in the brain are key contributors to the disease. ...

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Homeless People Are Getting Hospitalized More Often Than What We Thought

Homeless People Are Getting Hospitalized More Often Than What We Thought

Hospitalizations for homeless individuals are seeing an increase. Mental illness and substance use have been found to be the main reason for their hospitalizations. A homeless individual is one who lacks fixed and reliable housing, and it ...

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Babies Exposed to Zika Virus Before Birth Had Severe Abnormalities in First 18 Months

Babies Exposed to Zika Virus Before Birth Had Severe Abnormalities in First 18 Months

Study provides a reliable estimate of the frequency of neurodevelopmental, vision and hearing defects in infants and toddlers after they are exposed in utero to Zika. ...

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Teens Get More Sleep With Later School Start Time

Teens Get More Sleep With Later School Start Time

Teenagers at two Seattle high schools were found to get more sleep on school nights after start times were pushed later -- a median increase of 34 minutes of sleep each night, stated study published in Science Advances....

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New Strategy for Brain Regeneration After Stroke Discovered

New Strategy for Brain Regeneration After Stroke Discovered

A new mechanism for neuronal regeneration, using the mouse model for ischemic stroke has been revealed by Dr. Kazunobu Sawamoto (Professor, Nagoya City University and NIPS) and Dr. Naoko Kaneko (Associate professor, Nagoya City University) in ...

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Study Explains Why Urinary Tract Infection Recurs in Patients

Study Explains Why Urinary Tract Infection Recurs in Patients

Recurrence of urinary tract infection depends on the bacterial strain, found new study published in journal PLOS Pathogens by Thomas Hannan and Scott Hultgren of Washington University School of Medicine, and colleagues. As noted by the authors, the ...

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Magnesium Optimizes Vitamin D Status

Magnesium Optimizes Vitamin D Status

A new study has found that magnesium optimizes vitamin D status, increasing it in people with deficient levels and lowering it in people with high levels. The study was conducted by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers. The study ...

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Exercise Hormone Irisin Provides Bone Health

Exercise Hormone Irisin Provides Bone Health

A hormone released by muscles during an exercise called irisin directly acts on key regulatory cells that are responsible for the breakdown and formation of bones, reveals recent research. This developed new insights into the treatment of ...

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Diabetes May Lead to Decline in Brain Function in Older People

Diabetes May Lead to Decline in Brain Function in Older People

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with a decline in brain function for more than 5 years in older people, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Diabetologia ....

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Most Accurate Tool Yet to Predict Asthma in Kids: Study

Most Accurate Tool Yet to Predict Asthma in Kids: Study

Most accurate tool yet developed has the potential to predict asthma in children, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ....

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Women Health News »

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Stress in New Mothers have Lasting Health Effects

Stress in New Mothers have Lasting Health Effects

Physical ‘wear and tear’ experienced by African-American women during the first year after childbirth is more compared to Latina and white women. The stress may have long-lasting health effects, reveals a study of a diverse group of more than 2,400 ...

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Breastfeeding Beyond 6 Months Can Lead to Smaller Maternal Waist Circumference

Breastfeeding Beyond 6 Months Can Lead to Smaller Maternal Waist Circumference

Breastfeeding for more than six months is associated with smaller maternal waist circumference, reports a new study....

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Mental Health News »

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Association of Dementia and Stroke with Deaths in a Swedish Study

Association of Dementia and Stroke with Deaths in a Swedish Study

A consistent correlation exists between dementia and stroke, with many folds increased risk towards death. The association between dementia and ischemic stroke (IS) deaths were figured out in a retrospective survey of patient data in the Swedish ...

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Men´s Health News »

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Computer Model Predicts the Course of Disease in Prostate Cancer

Computer Model Predicts the Course of Disease in Prostate Cancer

From the examination of tumor genomes of nearly 300 prostate cancer patients, it was found that changes in the prostate cells genetic information lead to the development of cancer. A computer model has been developed by the scientists that predicts ...

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AIDS/HIV News »

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Control HIV by Treating Schistosomiasis

Control HIV by Treating Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis infections are linked to increased HIV onward transmission, HIV acquisition in HIV negative women with urogenital schistosomiasis, and progression to death in HIV...

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Child Health News »

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Cause of and Cure for Brain Injury Associated With Gut Condition

Cause of and Cure for Brain Injury Associated With Gut Condition

The molecular causes of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and its associated brain injury have been uncovered by Johns Hopkins scientists. The discovery enabled the team to combine...

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Children Closer to Parents have Protection from Long-Term Effects of Stress

Children Closer to Parents have Protection from Long-Term Effects of Stress

Violence and poverty in early childhood can have a lasting impact in adulthood. But, recent research showed that strong parental relationships could help young children change the way they perceive environmental cues, making them distinguish between ...

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Heart Disease News »

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Heart Failure Risk can be Predicted from Your Weight History

Heart Failure Risk can be Predicted from Your Weight History

Receiving information from older adult patients about their weight history at 20 and 40 years will help clinicians predict the patient’s future risk of heart failure, stroke, and heart attacks. Information gathered from a medical record analysis of ...

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Stem Cells Allow Diseased Heart to Heal Themselves

Stem Cells Allow Diseased Heart to Heal Themselves

The Rutgers scientists developed a new model that reduces the need for bypass surgery, heart transplants, and artificial pumping machines. By the process of ‘reverse engineering’ connective tissue cells removed from the human heart into heart stem ...

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Heart Attack Risk Soars on Christmas Eve

Heart Attack Risk Soars on Christmas Eve

New study spotlights that heart attack risk spikes at around 10 pm on Christmas Eve. The findings of the study are published in The BMJ ....

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Medical Gadgets »

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Artificial Intelligence to Predict the Presence of <i>S.Epidermidis</i>

Artificial Intelligence to Predict the Presence of S.Epidermidis

Ubiquitous colonizer of human skin Staphylococcus epidermidis causes serious nosocomial infections with indwelling devices and surgical procedures like a hip replacement....

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