By National University of Singapore
A recent study opens a possible new route for treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a devastating disease that is the most common genetic cause of infant death and also affects young adults. As there is currently no known cure for SMA, the new disco
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By Johns Hopkins Medicine
In a study of national data on colon surgery, researchers found that while patients who undergo either minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery or the high-tech robotic approach have similar outcomes, robotic surgery is significantly more expensive.
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By Association for Psychological Science
While residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life. The findings suggest that meaning in life may be higher in poorer nations as a result
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By American Gastroenterological Association
The anti-TNF-± biologic agents, such as infliximab or adalimumab, are recommended to induce remission in patients with moderately severe Crohn's disease , according to a new guideline from the American Gastroenterological Association.
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By Children's Hospital of Orange County
Researchers have identified a new technique that will significantly decrease pain for children following high-risk urology surgeries.
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By University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
A mosquito-borne virus that kills about half of the people it infects uses a never-before-documented mechanism to "hijack" one of the cellular regulatory systems of its hosts to suppress immunity, according scientists. The discovery could aid in
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By University of New Hampshire
The restraint and seclusion of students in U.S. public schools in response to student behavior problems are used much more frequently on students with a disability than on students without a disability, and especially in affluent school districts, accordi
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By Frontiers
The uptake rate of preventative dental care increased over a ten-year period in the United States, but there remains a large disparity among ethnic groups, reports one of the largest and most comprehensive studies on the subject.
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By RAND Corporation
Estimating the market for marijuana use is important as the states of Colorado and Washington prepare to regulate the sale of the drug for recreational use. The information will aid decisions about the number of marijuana sales licenses to issue, to accur
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By Duke University
One of the first areas of the brain to be attacked by Alzheimer's disease, the posterior cingulate cortex, or PCC, has been found to step in during a cognitive challenge to improve the brain's performance. This small study in monkeys establishes a role fo
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By DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Researchers have identified a method for protein crystallography that reduces damage to the protein crystal. This will allow crystals to be studied for longer periods of time as researchers study protein structures for new pharmaceuticals.
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By National Association for Healthcare Quality
Patient assessment of clinical services quality was shown to be an independent predictor of survival for colorectal cancer patients in a study recently published.
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By University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Understanding stem cell cancer suppression could help create prevention strategies for patients susceptible to squamous skin cancer. New research shows that stem cells cycle between an active and dormant state, and do not develop into cancer while dormant
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By American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board of Directors recently approved an AUC to help physicians treat patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
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By UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research
Researchers have identified a potential biomarker of rapidly progressive pulmonary fibrosis and pinpointed a defective molecular function as a potential therapeutic target.
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By NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
An international team of researchers has discovered a way to identify, at a molecular level, malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to artemisinin, the key drug for treating this disease.
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By BMJ-British Medical Journal
Prescribing an apple a day to all adults aged 50 and over would prevent or delay around 8,500 vascular deaths such as heart attacks and strokes every year in the UK -- similar to giving statins to everyone over 50 years who is not already taking them -- a
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By Stanford University Medical Center
In genetically susceptible people, narcolepsy can sometimes be triggered by a similarity between a region of a protein called hypocretin and a portion of a protein from the pandemic H1N1 virus, according to a new study.
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By NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
A vaccine study in monkeys designed to identify measurable signs that the animals were protected from infection by SIV, the monkey version of HIV, as well as the mechanism of such protection has yielded numerous insights that may advance HIV vaccine resea
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By American Society for Cell Biology
Researchers have pinpointed the biological activities that are out-of-control in chronically infected wounds that will not heal and then determined potential treatment for these wounds, which can affect patients with type 2 diabetes as well as individuals
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