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Route from One Illness to Another Mapped by Researchers

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A big data has been analysed by researchers, for the first time, relating to an entire country's disease development. The new ground-breaking results are based on data from 6.2 million Danes who were followed for 14.9 years - using state-of-the-art systems biology, researchers have boiled down the massive amount of data to 1,171 so-called thoroughfares with central information on the course of diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, arthritis and cardiovascular ...

Diagnosis and Monitoring Adrenal Gland Diseases With New Smartphone Technology and App

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Diagnosis of diseases of adrenal gland have long been difficult, but a new technology of using saliva and smartphone is now affordable and easy way of diagnosis and monitoring the disease. Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, have developed new smartphone technology to help screen patients for a number of adrenal gland diseases, including Cushing's syndrome. The new tool also helps to identify adrenal insufficiency, monitor cortisol replacement ...

Health Insurance Options for Freelancers

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Today Americans are following the trend and more of them work as independent contractors and freelancers.Many of them do part time jobs, while those who have retired work as entrepreneurs. Many of them have found it difficult to get health insurance covers. Now with The Affordable Care Act it will be easier for them. Those under 65 years can buy a health insurance policy in the marketplace even with pre-existing illnesses - these ailments are not limited to ...

Painkiller Ibuprofen Can Slow Down Ageing Process by Fighting Arthritis

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Ibuprofen, one of the most popular painkillers, can now be used to slow down ageing process and death by combating arthritis, a new UK study claims. Scientists have succeeded in unveiling a strong biological link that exists between chronic inflammation caused by an over-active immune system, accelerated ageing and associated diseases, and shortened lifespan. They also discovered that the widely used over-the-counter painkiller ibuprofen could ...

Physical Fitness Level Affects Kidney Function in Type 2 Diabetes: Study

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A new study finds type 2 diabetes adults who improve their physical fitness lower their chances of getting chronic kidney disease (CKD). Health care providers have long known that exercise has a beneficial impact on overall health and wellness in both the general public and people with Type 2 diabetes. This study, though, demonstrated the benefit of improved physical fitness on a common complication of diabetes-CKD-which in some people can lead to kidney ...

Goose-Bump Sensor, a New Technology

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Measuring emotional states with a new technology can open up new avenues for the advertising, manufacturing and social media companies. Imagine a world in which a consumer's real-time physical and emotional response helped to determine his/her experience of music, online ads or the temperature in the room. That may not be so far away -- a team of researchers at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea has developed a flexible, wearable 20mm x 20mm polymer sensor that can directly ...

Bangalore Entrepreneur Gets Award for Baby Deafness Detecting Device

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Neeti Kailas, an entrepreneur from Bangalore, is among 5 global designers to bag the Rolex Award for Enterprise 2014 for designing a cheap, easy-to-use device to improve hearing loss screening in newborn babies. Kailas is a former student of National Institute of Design and runs the Sohun Innovation Lab in Bangalore with her husband Nitin Sisodia, who is an engineer. The award was also given in recognition of her ongoing efforts to build a network of ...

Heart Disease Risk Could Reduce With Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

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Risk of heart disease in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, without excessive surgical risk could be reduce with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, a new clinical trial shows. The results were presented Tuesday at ICE/ENDO 2014, the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago. "There is emerging evidence highlighting the potential health benefits of bariatric surgery in managing obese patients with Type 2 diabetes. ...

Diabetics can Improve Quality of Life With Gastric Bypass Surgery

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Gastric bypass surgery for weight loss leads to greater reduction in adverse effects of obesity on quality of life, compared to intense weight loss program involving lifestyle changes, which improves obese diabetic patients' physical and mental health as well as gastric bypass surgery does over two years.These results, from a new study in patients with Type 2 diabetes, were presented Tuesday at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine ...

Nonsurgical Treatment for Prostate Enlargement Underway

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A nonsurgical treatment for prostate enlargement via pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) is underway and will be available soon. This is a cheerful news for old people who are vulnerable to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which is a urological condition caused by a benign increase in the size of the prostate as men get older. Henceforth, these people need not undergo surgery for this condition. Men suffering from BPH struggle ...

New Genes That Promote Brain Cancer Discovered

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GFI1 and GFI1B two oncogenes that promote the development of medulloblastoma have been discovered by scientists. Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. The findings, published June 22 in iNature/i, suggest that GFI1 and GFI1B are worthy gene candidates for molecular-targeted therapy."Using state-of-the-art technologies to survey the genomes of tumors derived from medulloblastoma patients, we have identified new oncogenes ...

Study Confirms 3D Imaging Detects More Breast Cancer Than Digital Mammography Alone

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Latest findings emerging from the largest study of its kind to date has shown that three-dimensional imaging finds more breast cancers than traditional, digital mammography alone. The technique, called 3D mammography, or tomosynthesis, was approved by US regulators in 2011 after initial research showed it could reduce false-positives and improve cancer detection. "This study confirms what we already know: 3D mammography finds more of the invasive, harmful ...

Fashion and Fitness Combo: New Smart Swiss 'Watch' to Track Your Fitness

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Smart gadget specialty firm Withings has combined fashion and fitness by introducing a fashionable Swiss-made time piece that doubles as your fitness tracker. The French company billed "Activite" as a chic watch with computing brains to track steps taken, calories burned, distance traveled, and sleep patterns. "Our mission is to inspire health," Withings chief executive Cedric Hutchings said in a release. Fitness has been a hotspot in the ...

Cancer Probably can Never be Completely Eradicated: Research

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In Germany, every year around 450,000 people are diagnosed with cancer. Each one of them dreams of a victory in the battle against it. But can cancer ever be completely defeated? Researchers at Kiel University (CAU) have now reached a sobering conclusion: "cancer is as old as multi-cellular life on earth and will probably never be completely eradicated", says Professor Thomas Bosch in his latest research results. The study by an international team led by Bosch ...

The UK National Health Service - Committed to Failure?

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A project has failed, so why continue to invest in a failed project? This is a pertinent question for large organisations, like the UK National Health Service, which has a history of investing vast amounts of taxpayer's money into unrealistic and ultimately unsuccessful projects. According to business experts, organisations develop blind spots due to a perfect storm of unworkable policies and defensive behaviour. In fact, organisations and individuals have a few ...

New Virus Kills Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells and Tumor Cells

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Penn State College of Medicine researchers claim that a virus not known to cause disease kills triple-negative breast cancer cells and killed tumors grown from these cells in mice. Understanding how the virus kills cancer may lead to new treatments for breast cancer.Adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) infects humans but is not known to cause sickness. In prior studies, the researchers tested the virus on a variety of breast cancers that represent degrees of aggressiveness ...

Professional Pessimism Guiding the Care for Patients With Brain Metastases

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A blue-ribbon team of national experts on brain cancer says that professional pessimism and out-of-date "myths," rather than current science, are guiding - and compromising - the care of brain cancers patients. In a special article published in the July issue of Neurosurgery, the team, led by an NYU Langone Medical Center neurosurgeon, argues that many past, key clinical trials were designed with out-of-date assumptions and the tendency of some physicians to "lump ...

Peru Reports Its First Case of the Chikungunya Virus

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Peru reported its first cases of the chikungunya virus in two people who recently traveled to the Dominican Republic. Health ministry director Henry Rebaza said the man and woman who were diagnosed in Lima had recently traveled to a popular Caribbean vacation spot where the virus has been detected. Rebaza said the couple have been isolated and so far are the only ones known to have been infected, and then diagnosed in Peru. The virus -- ...

World Cup Brings Global Hangover

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Around the globe, the hangover goes like a Mexican wave - a trail of destructive and sometimes deadly celebration is left after every win and the World Cup 'sickie' has become an epidemic. Bogota's mayor ordered a ban on alcohol sales during Colombia's World Cup matches after nine people died in fighting and car accidents sparked by the country's 3-0 win over Greece. "We want peaceful celebrations. We must reject violence," said the mayor, Gustavo Petro. ...

Michael Jackson's Fortunes Blooming Five Years After Death

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Michael Jackson fans will place flowers on his grave this week to mark the fifth anniversary of his death in Los Angeles. But half a decade on, the pop icon's financial fortunes are positively blooming. The self-proclaimed King of Pop was struggling to avoid bankruptcy when he died on June 25, 2009. At the time, he was in rehearsals for a series of comeback shows he hoped would resurrect his earlier jaw-dropping wealth. But in five years since, the ...

Thai Women Pay High Price for Drug Offence

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Lured by easy money, an escape from poverty or family pressure, thousands of women are locked up for drug offences in Thailand. Thailand has one of the world's highest rates of female imprisonment. Mai, 27, was sentenced to three years in jail after she was caught with 20 "yaba" pills -- a slang term for methamphetamine known locally as "crazy medicine" -- used by tens of thousands of Thais from taxi drivers to students. "The amount of yaba was more ...

Mormon Women's Leader Excommunicated By Church

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The Mormon church has ex-communicated the founder of a prominent women's group for "conduct contrary" to its laws and order, reveals an email cited by the woman involved. Kate Kelly, a founder of Ordain Women, said in a blog that she had been informed of her ouster after an all-male panel held a disciplinary trial over her case on Sunday. The panel convicted her of the charge of apostasy, she said, and has decided to excommunicate her, the most serious ...

French Film Composer Alexandre Desplat to Head Up Venice Film Fest Jury

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French film composer Alexandre Desplat - whose dozens of works include the scores for "The King's Speech" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - will head up this year's Venice festival jury, reveal organisers. The Golden globe-winner behind the music in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "New Moon" from the Twilight saga will be the first composer to lead the jury at the world's oldest film festival, taking place this year from August 27 to September ...

African American Women More Resistant to Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Aspirin Than White American Women

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New research finds that African American women respond differently to the anti-inflammatory effect of aspirin than do white American women. The results were presented Monday, June 23 at ICE/ENDO 2014, the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago. "African American women appear to be more resistant than white American women to the anti-inflammatory benefits of aspirin in reducing cardiovascular disease and ...

Death Sentence on Sudanese Woman on Apostasy Charge Cancelled

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A Sudanese woman, sentenced to death on an apostasy charge and for abandoning her Islamic faith has been freed from jail. The BBC quoted her lawyer, as saying that Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appellate court. The country's official Suna news agency said that Meriam had been earlier sentenced to death for violating Sharia laws by marrying a Christian man. Shehad also refused to renounce Christianity. Her husband, Daniel ...

Rare Genetic Disorders Diagnosis Aided by Computer, from Family Snaps

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Computer analysis of family photographs could help doctors diagnose the condition of a child with a rare genetic disorder, say Oxford University researchers. The researchers, funded in part by the Medical Research Council (MRC), have come up with a computer programme that recognises facial features in photographs; looks for similarities with facial structures for various conditions, such as Down's syndrome, Angelman syndrome, or Progeria; and returns possible matches ...

Prisoners Not Included in Potentially Beneficial Clinical Research

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Taking part in potentially beneficial clinical research is being unfairly denied to prisoners on the grounds that it would be too difficult and expensive to do so, indicates a study published online in the emJournal of Medical Ethics/em. And current guidance governing research in prisons is too 'protectionist' and restrictive, denying prisoners the chance to access the same research opportunities as the rest of the population, conclude the authors, adding that ...

Experts Urge Making Life Jackets Compulsory for All Recreational Boaters to Save Lives

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With the number of deaths due to boating incidents in Victoria, Australia, seeing a fall following a legislation that made wearing life jackets compulsory for all recreational boaters, experts said that life jackets should be compulsory in other regions as well, a new study published in the journal Injury Prevention reveals. Recreational boaters make up a sizeable proportion of drowning deaths, not only in Australia, but in many other developed countries, warn the ...

Racial Disparity in Colon Cancer Highlighted in Study

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A type of colon cancer that is linked to better outcomes occurs half as likely in Caucasian patients compared to African-Americans with colon cancer. The finding may provide insight into why African-Americans are more likely to die of colon cancer than Caucasians with the same stage of disease. The population-based study of 503 people with colon cancer found that 14 percent of Caucasians and 7 percent of African-Americans had a genetic marker called microsatellite ...

Number of Professional Inquiries About Harmful Effects of 'Fat Burning' Agents Sees a Sharp Rise

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A new study published in the online edition of Emergency Medicine Journal reveals that the number of professional inquiries received by National Poisons Information Service regarding the harmful effects of 'fat burning' agents, popular among body builders and dieters, has seen a sharp rise over the last three years. 2,4-Dinitrophenol, or DNP for short, is a synthetic chemical originally used in the manufacture of dyes, wood preservatives, phototographic developers, ...

Taking Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements can Help Pregnant Women With Gestational Diabetes

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Researchers led by Dr Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran have found that the metabolic profile of pregnant women with gestational diabetes can be improved through calcium and vitamin D supplementation, a new study published in the journal Diabetologia reveals. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a pregnancy complication, is characterised by carbohydrate intolerance and metabolic disorders. Approximately 7% of all pregnancies in ...

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Sometimes Provides More Benefits to Women Than Men

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Female heart attack survivors sometimes benefit more from cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator implantation (CRT-D) compared to men though they are less likely to receive the therapy, a new study led by Robbert Zusterzeel at Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reveals. Background: Women are underrepresented in CRT trials for heart failure, making up only about 20 percent of participants. In selected ...

Two Years After Weight Loss Surgery, Bone Loss Persists

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Even after weight stabilizes, patients continue to lose bone for at least two years after bariatric surgery, a new study shows. The results-in patients undergoing gastric bypass, the most common type of weight loss surgery-were presented Monday at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago. "The long-term consequences of this substantial bone loss are unclear, but it might put them at increased ...

Hospital Admissions for the Most Severe Form of Heart Attacks Has Quadrupled in China Over the Last Decade

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A new study published in The Lancet reveals that the number of hospital admissions in China due to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), which is the most serious type of heart attack, has more than quadrupled between 2001 and 2011. The study, funded by the Chinese government, evaluates medical records, care processes, and outcomes for 13,815 hospital admissions for STEMI in 162 hospitals across China. It shows that in 2001, there were an estimated ...

Mount Sinai Study Finds Defense Mechanism of Mammals Against Viruses Different Than That of Invertebrates

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A new study conducted by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in the journal Cell Reports has rejected the conclusions of prior studies showing that mammals and invertebrates have a similar defense mechanism against viruses. In the Mount Sinai study, the results found that the defense system used by invertebrates - RNA interferences or RNAi - is not used by mammals as some had argued. RNAi are small molecules that attach to molecular ...

Family With Six Fingers Hopes for a Sixth World Cup Triumph for Brazil

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A family living in Brazil's capital city is hoping that their unusual and rare 'defect' of being born with six fingers will prove to be a sign of the country winning its sixth World Cup trophy this month. The Da Silva family likes to be called the "Hexa" in a nod to Brazil's bid to become "hexachampions," which would extend the country's record haul of World Cup titles. The Da Silvas, who live in the capital Brasilia, see themselves as a sort of talisman, ...

Hypothyroidism may Result In Impaired Driving

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Impaired driving similar to those who are driving when intoxicated by alcohol can be experienced with people with significant hypothyroidism, finds a new study. The results were presented Sunday at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago.Hypothyroidism, insufficient thyroid hormone, is very common and has been known to cause impairment of many bodily functions, including brain function. ...

Favela Anxiously Awaits Brazil Match

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Foreign football fans and residents of the Rio favela of Vidigal were preparing for a massive party as Brazil's clutch World Cup match against Cameroon took place on Monday. The streets were strung with flags in the green and yellow of Brazil, and locals were noticeably anxious in the tense build-up to the match, taking place at the National Stadium in Brasilia. Residents of all ages -- many in Brazil jerseys -- climbed and descended the shantytown's ...

Brain Changes That Raise Depression Risk Caused by High Blood Sugar

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A possible biological reason why people with diabetes are prone to depression has been found by researchers. A new study shows that high blood glucose (sugar) levels in patients with Type 1 diabetes increase the levels of a brain neurotransmitter associated with depression, and alter the connections between regions of the brain that control emotions. The results will be presented Sunday at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ...

Study Probes Lifetime Intellectual Enrichment and Cognitive Decline in Older Patients

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New research has indicated that higher scores that gauged education and occupation as well as higher levels of mid/late-life cognitive activity were linked to better cognition in older patients. Author: Prashanthi Vemuri, Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn., and colleagues. Background: Previous research has linked intellectual enrichment with possible protection against cognitive decline. The authors examined lifetime ...

Web-Based Program can Help Improve Driving Performance of Teenagers

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A new study led by Jessica H. Mirman from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has found that providing a web-based program for teen drivers before they are licensed can improve their driving performance by providing quality supervised practice time. Background: During the learner phase of driver education, most states have requirements for supervisors and practice content. However, parent supervisors can vary in their interest, ability and approach to ...

IGF1 Found Effective in Treating Some Symptoms of Rett Syndrome

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A new study has found that a growth factor known as IGF1 is beneficial in treating some of the symptoms associated with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes mental retardation, autism, and physical deformities. Children who received the drug for four weeks showed improvements in mood and anxiety, as well as easier breathing, in a trial led by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital. MIT scientists first identified IGF1 as a possible treatment for ...

Study Reveals ER Screening for HIV Unearths Patients Who are in the Most Infectious Stage

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A new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that while providing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening for emergency patients in institutions that have large number of ethnic minority, underinsured and uninsured people does reveal few HIV positive patients, around a quarter of them are in acute phase and have infections that have already advanced to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). "People may believe that HIV and AIDS are ...

Life Expectancy Higher Among Heart Attack Survivors Who Quit Use of Smokeless Tobacco

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A new study published in the journal Circulation suggests that quitting the use of tobacco can extend the life expectancy of those who experience a heart attack. "We didn't expect to see such a strong association among those people who stopped using (smokeless tobacco)," said Gabriel Arefalk, M.D., lead researcher and cardiologist at Uppsala University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. "After a heart attack, no doubt smoking cessation reduces the risk of death approximately ...

Monet's "Water Lilies" Fetches (Dollar) 54 Million

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An auction in London saw French artist Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" painting sold for (Dollar) 54 million, making it the second most expensive sale of the artist's painting. The 1906 painting "Nympheas" formed part of a seminal exhibition held at the Galerie Durand-Ruel, in Paris, in 1909 to unveil Monet's Water Lily works. The instantly recognisable Impressionist masterpiece once belonged to the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel and remained in his personal ...

Novel Method Promises "On Demand" Drug Delivery

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A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests a novel way to locally deliver chemotherapy drugs as and when needed rather than using the current drug delivery systems that release a constant dose of the drug over time. Led by David J. Mooney, Ph.D., a Core Faculty member at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard School ...

Research: Vaccine Developed From Complex of Two Malaria Proteins Protects Mice from Lethal Infection

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Ten years ago, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, had developed an experimental vaccine designed to spur production of antibodies against a key malaria parasite protein, AMA1. It showed promise in test-tube and animal experiments and in early-stage clinical trials, but returned disappointing results in recent human trials conducted in malaria-endemic countries. Now, ...

New Insight into Oral Microbiome Gained Via Computational Technique

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A new technique has been applied by scientists to comprehensively analyze the human oral microbiome. This is expected to provide greater knowledge of the diversity of the bacteria in the mouth. For the first-time, scientists can provide high-resolution bacterial classification at the sub-species level. This work will enable researchers to more closely examine the role of bacterial communities in health and disease. The study, "Oligotyping analysis of ...

Effectiveness of Focal Treatment for Prostate Cancer Probed

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Previous research has shown that focal therapy for prostate cancer can prolong life, result in less complications such as incontinence, and improve post-treatment quality of life. But the long-term effectiveness of focal treatments has not been well-studied. A new analysis that followed patients treated with optimized cryoablation of prostate cancer for an average of 10 years post-treatment is published in iJournal of Men's Health/i, a peer-reviewed publication ...

Risk of Liver Cancer Lower Among Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Who Undergo Antiviral Therapy

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Undergoing antiviral therapy can reduce the risk of liver cancer among patients who have chronic hepatitis B infection, two new studies that have been published in the journal Gastroenterology reveal. In the first paper,1/a researchers from National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan showed that the licensed oral antiviral agent nucleos(t)ide (NUC) resulted in a reduced long-term risk for liver cancer in a large, nationwide cohort of chronic hepatitis B patients. ...

New 'Smart Pill' can Help Obese and Overweight Individuals Lose Weight Safely

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Results of a new study presented at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago reveals that a new pill called Gelesis100 was more effective in inducing weight loss among overweight and obese individuals compared to an active comparator/placebo capsule when all of the participants were on a similar diet and exercise instructions. Gelesis100 (formerly Attiva) is an orally administered capsulated ...

Soy Supplements Could be Safe, Beneficial to Diabetic Men

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Men with type 2 diabetes, who already have borderline-low testosterone, could benefit from soy protein supplements which contain natural estrogens and do not reduce testosterone levels in them, revealed a new study. The results were presented Saturday at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago. "Because soy contains phytoestrogens that are similar to the female hormone estrogen, it was not ...