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BCG Vaccine Leads to Long-term Blood Sugar Improvement in Type 1 Diabetes Patients: Study

BCG Vaccine Leads to Long-term Blood Sugar Improvement in Type 1 Diabetes Patients: Study

New study reported that the effects of BCG vaccine on blood sugar control appear to depend on a totally novel metabolic mechanism that increases ...

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New Device may Detect Heart Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors

New Device may Detect Heart Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors

A wireless device designed for detection of heart dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracycline chemotherapy was found to be ...

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Living in Mountains May Affect Your Bone Growth

Living in Mountains May Affect Your Bone Growth

People residing in mountains or higher altitudes may have relatively shorter lower arm segments, reports a new study. The team, however, found ...

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How Gummi Candy Paves Way for New Medical Diagnostic Tools

How Gummi Candy Paves Way for New Medical Diagnostic Tools

Experiments in printing sensors on gummi bears may show the way forward to major changes in medical diagnostics, observes a Munich research team. ...

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Fat Cells May Regulate Fat Cell Growth: Study

Fat Cells May Regulate Fat Cell Growth: Study

Fat cells may regulate fat cell growth, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in Nature . Obesity is the plague of our ...

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Who Pulls the Molecular Trigger for Cell Death?

Who Pulls the Molecular Trigger for Cell Death?

Cancer treatments can take a hit if the human cells are 'triggered' late to undergo an inflammatory type of cell death on seeing the cancer cells, ...

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Weight Loss: Lonely and Long-term Struggle for People with Severe Obesity

Weight Loss: Lonely and Long-term Struggle for People with Severe Obesity

People with severe obesity have a lonely and long-term struggle with their weight, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in ...

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Exercise Makes the Blood of Obese People Healthier: Study

Exercise Makes the Blood of Obese People Healthier: Study

Exercise can make the blood of obese people healthier by reducing inflammation and changing the characteristics of their blood, reveals a new ...

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Obesity Rate in Florida Higher than Health Survey Findings

Obesity Rate in Florida Higher than Health Survey Findings

A widely used national health survey puts the overall obesity rate in Florida at 27.8 percent. However, a new study based on an analysis of a robust ...

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Huntington's Disease: New Insights into What Causes the Disease

Huntington's Disease: New Insights into What Causes the Disease

Deeper truths with regard to the Huntington's disease and its real cause are being discussed in this study. Improper transport of Glutamine (an amino ...

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Drug Impairs Cancer Cell Growth and Survival

Drug Impairs Cancer Cell Growth and Survival

Pre-clinical results for IACS-10759 drug lead to Phase I clinical trials in acute myeloid leukemia and solid tumors, revealed two papers published in ...

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Protein Inhibitor Drug Benefits AML Patients

Protein Inhibitor Drug Benefits AML Patients

In a study of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with relapsed or refractory disease, ivosidenib, an experimental drug known to inhibit a ...

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Important Insights on Mental Disorders from Massive Genome Study

Important Insights on Mental Disorders from Massive Genome Study

A major undertaking by the Brainstorm Consortium to analyze the genomes of nearly 900,000 people has revealed important insights into the genetic ...

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Beat Stress, Anxiety with Mindful Movement

Beat Stress, Anxiety with Mindful Movement

Mentally reviewing your to-do list while taking a walk may be your usual practice, but using the time to instead be more mindful of your breathing ...

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A Blend of Face-to-Face and Online Classes – The Best Learning Method?

A Blend of Face-to-Face and Online Classes – The Best Learning Method?

A "blended" course format where online content presentation is accompanied by weekly interactive class meetings may improve academic achievement in ...

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Ketamine: Molecular Explanation For Its Lasting Effect On Depression

Ketamine: Molecular Explanation For Its Lasting Effect On Depression

How does ketamine actually work and why is it that its effects last longer in depressed patients? The Molecular answers to these questions are being ...

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Anti-cancer Drugs Have to Ride With Albumin to Get to Cancer Cells.

Anti-cancer Drugs Have to Ride With Albumin to Get to Cancer Cells.

The diminishing effectiveness of an anticancer drug-floxuridine is being rectified here, in this study. It is being combined with natural serum ...

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Should Pharmacists Prescribe Drugs?

Should Pharmacists Prescribe Drugs?

Diverse groups of stakeholders hold positive views and experiences supporting the legal approval of pharmacists prescribing drugs, a review ...

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Brain Anatomy May Influence Your Food Choices

Brain Anatomy May Influence Your Food Choices

Brain structure may play a role in determining food choices, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in The Journal of ...

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Coconut Oil May Improve Survival in Peroxisomal Disorders

Coconut Oil May Improve Survival in Peroxisomal Disorders

Coconut oil diet may improve survival in peroxisomal disorders, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal PLOS ...

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Eating More Fermentable Carbohydrates may Improve Metabolism

Eating More Fermentable Carbohydrates may Improve Metabolism

Good bacteria in the gut help to regulate our metabolism and diet that can help develop good bacteria may improve metabolism, research at the Boston ...

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Want to Donate Blood? Facebook Tells You Where

Want to Donate Blood? Facebook Tells You Where

Facebook launches a new blood donations center on its platform to show people where blood donations are really needed; this may include nearest blood ...

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Vapor Smoke of E-cigarettes is 99 Percent Less Toxic Than Cigarette Smoke

Vapor Smoke of E-cigarettes is 99 Percent Less Toxic Than Cigarette Smoke

Vapor smoke associated with myblu pod-system e-cigarette has been found to be less toxic to people, compared to normal cigarette smoke, finds a new ...

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All Outdoor Professionals Have Their Own Risk of Skin Cancer

All Outdoor Professionals Have Their Own Risk of Skin Cancer

All professionals who work outside, have their own risk of skin cancer depending upon their exposure time and protective gear, finds a new study. The ...

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Exam Roulette - New Learning Technique to Reduce Essay-induced Anxiety

Exam Roulette - New Learning Technique to Reduce Essay-induced Anxiety

Playing 'Exam Roulette', a week before exam can help reduce essay-induced anxiety in kids, finds a new study. This new learning technique devised by ...

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What Motivates the Parents to Get Their Children HPV Vaccinated?

What Motivates the Parents to Get Their Children HPV Vaccinated?

Cancer prevention is believed to be the most important motivating factor for the parents to get their children HPV vaccinated, finds a new study. The ...

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New Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from a Patient in the US

New Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from a Patient in the US

A new and a more virulent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K pneumoniae) has been isolated from a patient in the US. This strain is said to be ...

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