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** ALLERGY News **
Allergy to bee stings could be a protective mechanism
http://mnt.to/l/4hBh
There may be an evolutionary explanation for allergic reactions according to study of mice injected with bee venom that showed it protected them from potentially lethal doses.
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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
Study uncovers link between Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
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Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease may be linked, after a study from University of Florida researchers details a biological connection between an LRRK2 enzyme and tau proteins.
Researchers seeking early diagnostic for Alzheimer's disease
http://mnt.to/l/4hzV
If Alzheimer's disease is to be treated in the future it requires an early diagnosis, which is not yet possible.
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** ARTHRITIS / RHEUMATOLOGY News **
Don't use biological disease modifying drugs in rheumatoid arthritis, to begin with, doctors urged
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Treatment of early stage rheumatoid arthritis should continue to include conventional synthetic disease modifying drugs (DMARDs) plus steroids, advises the European League against Rheumatism...
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** AUTISM News **
Potential route to better treatments for Fragile X, autism
http://mnt.to/l/4hzq
When you experience something, neurons in the brain send chemical signals called neurotransmitters across synapses to receptors on other neurons.
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** BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY News **
Images captured of open channel that moves proteins across cell membranes
http://mnt.to/l/4hzR
Similar to passengers on an urban transit system, every protein made in the cell has a specific destination and function.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
'Photoacoustic mammoscope,' could someday be used for routine breast cancer screenings
http://mnt.to/l/4hzc
Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer and cancer deaths among women worldwide.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Determining heart disease risk in type 1 diabetes patients
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Physicians should weigh up both harmful and protective factors when establishing a patient's risk of heart disease, say researchers from Pittsbugh.
Testosterone therapy for men may reduce risk of cardiovascular disease
http://mnt.to/l/4hzB
Research from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) suggests that testosterone treatment in hypogonadal (testosterone deficient) men restores normal lipid profiles and may reduce the risk...
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** CLINICAL TRIALS / DRUG TRIALS News **
Patient.co.uk and TrialReach partner to give patients greater access to clinical trials, UK
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The UK's leading independent health information website, Patient.co.uk, and TrialReach.
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
Colorectal cancer: current screening guidelines 'may lead to missed diagnoses'
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Huntsman Cancer Institute researchers want a review of colorectal cancer screening programs claiming that 10% of diagnoses may be missed among those with a family history of CRC.
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** CONFERENCES News **
3rd Annual Pharma Pricing & Reimbursement Forum, March 20th & 21st, Vienna
http://mnt.to/l/4hCs
Pharma Industry has recently been facing increasing pressure from governmental and private stakeholders, such as patients, physicians and public payers as well.
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** CROHN'S / IBD News **
Potential new treatment for colitis discovered
http://mnt.to/l/4hzF
A drug currently on the market to treat leukemia reversed symptoms of colitis in lab tests, according to recently published findings by medical researchers with the University of Alberta.
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** CYSTIC FIBROSIS News **
Study on transitioning cystic fibrosis care
http://mnt.to/l/4hzM
Children's National pediatrician and researcher, Lisa Tuchman, MD, MPH, co-authored a new study on cystic fibrosis (CF) care that found patients had a less rapid decline in pulmonary function...
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** DIABETES News **
How diabetes predisposes individuals to Alzheimer's disease
http://mnt.to/l/4hzs
Diabetes and dementia are rising dramatically in the United States and worldwide.
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Activation mechanism of a protective protein against cataracts resolved
http://mnt.to/l/4hzJ
The lens of the human eye is made up of a highly concentrated protein solution that imparts the eye its high refractive power.
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** FERTILITY News **
Over 60% of women aged 35 to 45 in England feel stigmatised for not having had children
http://mnt.to/l/4hBf
New data reveals that over half of women aged 35 to 45 without children feel judged for leaving it until later in life to have a child.
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** GENETICS News **
Biological nanopore engineered to open new cellular doorway for drug transport
http://mnt.to/l/4hzT
A living cell is built with barriers to keep things out - and researchers are constantly trying to find ways to smuggle molecules in.
Origins of genetic disorders traced 20 times more accurately with new software
http://mnt.to/l/4hzP
KU Leuven researchers have successfully applied advanced artificial intelligence to enable the automated analysis of huge amounts of genetic data.
Seeing a DNA repair protein in action offers new insight into genome integrity and biological detection of mismatched DNA
http://mnt.to/l/4hzh
Errors in the human genetic code that arise from mismatched nucleotide base pairs in the DNA double helix can lead to cancer and other disorders.
Differences between humans and great apes identified via induced pluripotent stem cells
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Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have, for the first time, taken chimpanzee and bonobo skin cells and turned them into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a type of...
Microbial 'signature' discovered in oral bacteria that can discriminate between ethnicities
http://mnt.to/l/4hzf
The bacteria in the human mouth - particularly those nestled under the gums - are as powerful as a fingerprint at identifying a person's ethnicity, new research shows.
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** HIV / AIDS News **
Rapid-results AIDs tests render pre-test counseling redundant
http://mnt.to/l/4hBd
With improved treatment options and quick test results, researchers from Miami say pre-test counseling does not affect acquisition of STDs rates.
First child 'cured' of HIV remains in remission for 18 months
http://mnt.to/l/4hBc
A 3-year-old girl from Mississippi who acquired HIV from her mother at birth, has been in remission for 18 months after antiretroviral therapy ceased.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Tailored doses of cytostatic improve survival rate
http://mnt.to/l/4hzC
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and colleagues at University Children's Hospital Zürich in Switzerland have managed to improve cytostatic therapy for children with the chronic...
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
Research into how liver 'talks' to muscle has implications for fatty liver, obesity and diabetes
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A major collaborative research effort involving scientists at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard University have uncovered a novel signal...
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** LUNG CANCER News **
Metformin could serve as a radiosensitizer to treat patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4hzw
Treating aggressive lung cancer with the diabetes drug metformin along with radiation and chemotherapy may slow tumor growth and recurrence, suggests new preliminary findings from researchers at...
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA / MYELOMA News **
New genetic errors identified that could cause one of the most deadly leukaemias
http://mnt.to/l/4hzN
Acute dendritic leukaemia is a rare type of leukaemia, but one with the worst prognosis - the average patient survival rate is just 12-14 months - that is difficult to treat.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Toronto company develops groundbreaking armband to improve patient safety in hospitals
http://mnt.to/l/4hzx
For years, it has been standard practice in hospitals. Patients arriving at registration are issued an armband to identify who they are.
TopoChip reveals the braille code of cells, could optimize the surfaces of medical implants
http://mnt.to/l/4hzd
Cells in the human body change shape as they crawl, split, or cling to other surfaces, but while the scientific literature is filled with examples of how cell shapes shift in response to things...
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** MEDICAL STUDENTS / TRAINING News **
Giant human hologram gives doctor's training extra dimension
http://mnt.to/l/4hzG
A full colour, animated 3D hologram of the human body - the first anatomy teaching tool of its kind - is to go on public display for the first time.
'Etiquette-based' communications among doctors-in-training needed to improve medical outcomes
http://mnt.to/l/4hz5
Johns Hopkins investigators have found that doctors-in-training are unlikely to introduce themselves fully to hospitalized patients or sit down to talk to them eye-to-eye, despite research...
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Bone cancer pain in dogs relieved by neurotoxin
http://mnt.to/l/4hzp
By the time bone cancer is diagnosed in a pet dog, it is often too late to save the animal's life.
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** PANCREATIC CANCER News **
Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer via simple test could save lives
http://mnt.to/l/4hz6
Reporting on a small preliminary study, Johns Hopkins researchers say a simple blood test based on detection of tiny epigenetic alterations may reveal the earliest signs of pancreatic cancer, a...
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** PARKINSON'S DISEASE News **
Researchers pool global knowledge on Parkinson's disease to create interactive map
http://mnt.to/l/4hz9
Parkinson's disease continues to puzzle physicians and biologists alike - even though it is well-established that symptoms like muscle tremors, rigidity, and, during the final stages, immobility...
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Childhood participation in arts and crafts linked to patents generated and businesses launched as adults
http://mnt.to/l/4hzz
Good news for parents: Those pricey piano lessons or random toy parts littering your floors may one day lead to the next scientific breakthrough.
Potentially harmful substances in vinyl flooring at schools and daycare centers
http://mnt.to/l/4hzr
Large areas of vinyl flooring in daycares and schools appear to expose children to a group of compounds called phthalates, which have been linked to reproductive and developmental problems...
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** PHARMA INDUSTRY / BIOTECH INDUSTRY News **
Biomolecules for the production line
http://mnt.to/l/4hzQ
Insulin, antibodies for use in vaccines and cancer medicines, enzymes for the food, cosmetics, and detergent industries: many such substances can already be produced on a large scale using...
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Prenatal diagnosis and birth location may significantly improve neonatal HLHS survival
http://mnt.to/l/4hz4
A first-of-its-kind study led by Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), published online in the journal, Circulation, found that infants with hypoplastic left heart...
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** PRIMARY CARE / GENERAL PRACTICE News **
Majority of GPs back Government's plan to charge migrants, survey finds, UK
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GPs support the Government's plans to charge migrants to access the NHS by a margin of almost 2-to-1, despite strong opposition from the BMA and the RCGP, according to a Pulse survey.
Patient outcomes improved by complete care
http://mnt.to/l/4hz8
Complete Care, a collaborative approach to meeting patient needs, is improving outcomes for Kaiser Permanente patients.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Communication with similar people stronger than believed
http://mnt.to/l/4hzv
People's tendency to communicate with similar people is stronger than earlier believed, which restricts the flow of information and ideas in social networks.
How and when the auditory system registers complex auditory-visual synchrony
http://mnt.to/l/4hzn
Imagine the brain's delight when experiencing the sounds of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" while simultaneously taking in a light show produced by a visualizer.
The motivating factors behind hazing
http://mnt.to/l/4hzm
It happens in military units, street gangs and even among athletes on sports teams. In some cultures, the rituals mark the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
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** REHABILITATION / PHYSICAL THERAPY News **
'Anklebot' that measures joint stiffness could help rehab
http://mnt.to/l/4hBg
Via a custom-designed shoe and knee brace, robot measures ankle stiffness in different directions providing useful data for rehabilitation of stroke and movement disorder patients.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Enhanced geriatric social work training the focus of three new centers
http://mnt.to/l/4hz7
The Hartford/GSA National Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence has named Hunter College, the University of Southern California, and the University of Washington as the newest...
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Discovery of new biological links between sleep deprivation and the immune system
http://mnt.to/l/4hzH
Population-level studies have indicated that insufficient sleep increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes.
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** TUBERCULOSIS News **
How TB tricks the immune system could help combat the disease
http://mnt.to/l/4hzD
Researchers have identified a potential way to manipulate the immune system to improve its ability to fight off tuberculosis (TB).
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
Purdue innovation kills waterborne microorganisms, produces safer drinking water
http://mnt.to/l/4hBb
Whether turning on a tap to fill a container or drinking from a fountain, people in developed countries normally have readily available and inexpensive access to a clean, safe water supply.
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