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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Almost two-thirds of a college student sample used false IDs to buy alcohol
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Many underage youth use false identification (ID) to circumvent minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws in order to obtain alcohol.
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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
Alzheimer's: resveratrol targets certain protein interactions
http://mnt.to/l/4hxQ
Beta-amyloid creation - linked with Alzheimer's - can be prevented by increasing levels of an anti-aging protein in people who have ApoE4, a cholesterol-carrying protein, present.
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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
Insufficient vitamin D may raise anemia risk in children
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Study of 10,400 children finds consistently lower levels of vitamin D in those with low hemoglobin levels, compared with non-anemic counterparts, plus significant racial variances.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Clarified role of signal-relay proteins may help explain spread of cancer
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Cell biologists at The Johns Hopkins University have teased apart two integral components of the machinery that causes cells to move.
Targeting the common cancer protein KRAS
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Patients with cancers driven by the protein KRAS, which are particularly hard to treat, may benefit from small molecules that attach to and disrupt the function of a KRAS-containing protein...
The X chromosome often affected by mutations in cancer
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Every case of cancer originates from changes in a person's genetic material (mutations).
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** CROHN'S / IBD News **
How bacteria can benefit gut health
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Scientists from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, United States have shown that specific gut bacteria are beneficial for maintaining a healthy intestine in the fruit fly...
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** DERMATOLOGY News **
Baldness cure a step closer with promising new treatment
http://mnt.to/l/4hwW
Manipulating cell cultures to establish three-dimensional spheroids appears to restore the hair-growing ability of dermal papilla cells taken from human donors.
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** ECZEMA / PSORIASIS News **
Psoriasis Foundation vaccine recommendations for people on immunosuppressive drugs
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People with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis should talk with their doctors about vaccinations before starting on biologic drugs or other treatments that suppress the immune system, according...
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
What is contact lens discomfort, why does it occur and how can it be treated?
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Contact lens discomfort (CLD) may be the leading cause of patient dissatisfaction with, and discontinuation of, contact lens wear throughout the world - but there is little agreement among...
No evidence to support stem cell therapy for pediatric optic nerve hypoplasia
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A study performed at Children's Hospital Los Angeles found no evidence that stem cell therapy improves vision for children with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH).
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** GENETICS News **
Antihistamine compound reduces bad memories
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By using genomic information linked to bad memories, researchers have identified potential targets and compounds - including an antihistamine - which could help to treat PTSD.
Researchers delve into the behavior of cohesins
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Cohesins are protein complexes that join the two copies of each chromosome - called sister chromatids - to ensure that they are shared fairly between the daughter cells during cell division.
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** HYPERTENSION News **
Actelion receives US FDA approval of Opsumit (macitentan) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension
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Actelion Ltd (SIX: ATLN) announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the orally available endothelin receptor antagonist Opsumit®...
Risk of future stroke increased by hypertension during pregnancy
http://mnt.to/l/4hvR
High blood pressure during pregnancy could dramatically raise a woman's lifetime risk of stroke, according to a study presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
First-ever use of oral cholera vaccine during outbreak in Africa
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In a report published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and its scientific...
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Study explores the role of uncertainty in infectious disease modelling
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Research by scientists at the University of Liverpool has found that greater consideration of the limitations and uncertainties present in every infectious disease model would improve its...
New approach to detecting food contamination enables real-time testing of food and processing plant equipment
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As anyone who has ever consumed bacteria-contaminated food and experienced "food poisoning" can tell you, it's a miserable experience.
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
Only 3% of hepatitis C patients in England receive treatment
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A new report, published by The Hepatitis C Trust, has found that hepatitis C is grossly under-prioritised in England. Despite it being curable, only 3% of people receive treatment each year.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
Overcoming crizotinib resistance in lung cancers
http://mnt.to/l/4hwb
PF-06463922, an investigational drug being developed by Pfizer Inc., has the potential to become a new treatment option for patients who have lung cancer harboring abnormalities in the ALK gene...
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA / MYELOMA News **
Link between inherited gene variation and high-risk pediatric leukemia, greater risk of relapse
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Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has linked an inherited gene variation to a nearly four-fold increased risk of developing a pediatric acute lymphoblastic...
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Computer simulation shows how cells' 'molecular muscles' help them sense and respond to their environments
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Johns Hopkins researchers used suction to learn that individual "molecular muscles" within cells respond to different types of force, a finding that may explain how cells "feel" the environment...
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** MEDICARE / MEDICAID / SCHIP News **
Nutritional intervention may help decrease 30-day readmission rates among Medicare patients
http://mnt.to/l/4hw6
In the U.S., one in five Medicare patients is readmitted to a hospital each year at an estimated cost of $17.5 billion annually.
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** MELANOMA / SKIN CANCER News **
Preclinical results show potential new drug effective against drug-resistant melanoma and drug-resistant breast cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4hw9
LEE011, a small-molecule inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) 4/6 being developed by Novartis Oncology, showed promising results in drug-resistant melanoma and drug-resistant breast...
Researchers identify how "phenotype switching" can make melanoma become metastatic and resistant to drugs
http://mnt.to/l/4hvW
One of the challenges of understanding cancer is trying to determine the mechanisms that drive metastasis, or the process by which tumor cells are able to spread throughout the body.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Basic science translates to human disease - two genetic wrongs make a biochemical right
http://mnt.to/l/4hwn
In a biological quirk that promises to provide researchers with a new approach for studying and potentially treating Fragile X syndrome, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical...
Similarities in how human and rodent subjects adapt to errors
http://mnt.to/l/4hwh
People and rats may think alike when they've made a mistake and are trying to adjust their thinking.
Cutting-edge microscopy reveals how neuron 'claws' in the brain enable flies to distinguish one scent from another
http://mnt.to/l/4hwd
Think of the smell of an orange, a lemon, and a grapefruit. Each has strong acidic notes mixed with sweetness. And yet each fresh, bright scent is distinguishable from its relatives.
Learning dialects shapes brain areas that process spoken language
http://mnt.to/l/4hw7
Using advanced imaging to visualize brain areas used for understanding language in native Japanese speakers, a new study from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute finds that the pitch-accent in...
Delaying gratification, when the reward is under our noses
http://mnt.to/l/4hsM
How can some people resist the attraction of immediate pleasures and pursue long-term goals, while others easily succumb and compromise their ultimate expectations?
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Girls and boys respond differently to a school-based healthy diet intervention in Argentina
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A randomized controlled trial conducted with over 400 school-aged children in Argentina showed gender differences in likelihood to adopt healthy lifestyle changes.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Portions of ready meals, pies and crisps 'out of control'
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Individual curry ready meals and portions of crisps from family bags have ballooned in size by 50 per cent in the last 20 years, according to a new report into UK portion sizes.
Most new mums have low self-esteem and feel under pressure to lose baby weight, survey shows
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Weight gained in pregnancy has a negative impact on the self-esteem of 82 per cent of new mums and around a third (31 per cent) feel under pressure to get back to their pre-pregnancy size...
Tackling abdominal obesity with exercise and nutrition
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Lifestyle programs focused on high-intensity interval training combined with nutritional counselling on the Mediterranean diet have shown dramatic results for improving the heart health of...
Spike in sugary drink consumption among California adolescents
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While consumption of soda and other sugary drinks among young children in California is starting to decline, a new study shows an alarming 8 percent spike among adolescents, the biggest...
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Iroko Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval for ZORVOLEX™
http://mnt.to/l/4hwJ
Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a global specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing the science of analgesia, has announced that the U.S.
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** PANCREATIC CANCER News **
Obesity may reduce pancreatic cancer survival rates
http://mnt.to/l/4hxP
Obese patients who have pancreatic cancer are likely to have a reduced survival rate, compared with patients of a healthy weight, new research suggests.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Bottle feeding linked to stomach obstruction in infants
http://mnt.to/l/4hvQ
Researchers from Seattle Children's Hospital set out to establish if bottle feeding during early infancy increases the risk of developing hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Exercise can boost teens' academic performance
http://mnt.to/l/4hvP
Children who carry out regular moderate to vigorous exercise are more likely to succeed academically, compared with those with low levels of physical activity, researchers say.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Researcher says Skid Row cancer study has implications for treatment today
http://mnt.to/l/4hvX
An ethically dubious medical research study from the 1950s and 60s, known as the "Bowery series," foreshadowed and shared commonalities with prostate cancer screening and treatment measures as...
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Preventive sessions between paramedics and seniors result in less EMS calls, save on emergency room trips
http://mnt.to/l/4hvV
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) staff are accustomed to responding to emergencies.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Program helps at-risk seniors in rural communities plan ahead for emergencies
http://mnt.to/l/4hwT
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adults age 65 and older falls at least once every year.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Lack of sleep may increase Alzheimer's risk
http://mnt.to/l/4hwv
Lack of sleep and bad sleep quality may cause an increase in the build-up of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain - a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
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** UROLOGY / NEPHROLOGY News **
Home dialysis improves kidney health, reduces heart disease risk
http://mnt.to/l/4hvS
Receiving dialysis at home while sleeping not only improves kidney health and quality of life for people with kidney disease, it could also decrease their risk of heart disease, says new study...
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