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Genetic link to IBS identified in women
New research coordinated by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden links certain DNA variants to increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...
Chronic illnesses, functional limitations a risk in older adults with heart failure
Heart failure affects more than 6 million people in the U.S.--most of whom are older adults. Roughly half the older...
An index measures similarity between cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells
The theory that cancer progression involves the acquisition by tumor cells of features similar to those of stem cells has...
Why noise can enhance sensitivity to weak signals
Credit: Kasai S., et al., Applied Physics Express, Feb. 16, 2018. A team of Japanese researchers has discovered a new...
Expert in symptoms and pain receives Society of General Internal Medicine’s highest award
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Kurt Kroenke, MD, a Regenstrief Institute investigator and the director of the institute's education and...
Fentanyl overdose survivors require little if any hospital treatment
Most fentanyl overdose survivors, if given the antidote promptly, don't need prolonged hospital treatment, according to a study by University...
New immunotherapy for lung cancer shows promise of success
Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina In a groundbreaking development, results from a recent clinical trial to treat...
New breakthrough in treatment for rare skin condition
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at Osaka University developed a new drug treating skin lesions in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a...
Tracking Aedes mosquito invasions in Panama
Credit: Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI According to new research in the journal PLOS ONE by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical...
Risk of type 1 diabetes climbs when one population of T cells falls
Credit: Stephanie M. McPherson BOSTON - (April 5, 2018) - In autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, some of...
Better roads essential for safer cycling
Credit: QUT CARRS-Q A QUT-led study of Queensland motorists and cyclists recommends that efforts to improve cyclist safety during overtaking...
New health benefits discovered in berry pigment
Credit: Plugi Naturally occurring pigments in berries, also known as anthocyanins, increase the function of the sirtuin 6 enzyme in...
Carbon taxes can be both fair and effective, study shows
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of...
Findings from breast and gynecological cancer study may have potential for future clinical applicati
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a startling amount...
Bertarelli Symposium 2018 to tackle the mysteries of the senses
Our senses -- vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, pain -- form the very foundation of our ability to understand and...
Don’t forget the ‘epi’ in genetics research, Johns Hopkins scientist says
In a review article published April 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientist Andrew Feinberg, M.D., calls for...
In Europe, CHMP missed an opportunity for osteoporosis patients at high risk of fracture
Experts from the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and...
Organoids created from patients’ bladder cancers could guide treatment
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (April 5, 2018)-Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers...
It’s all about the (stem cell) neighborhood
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Stem cells have the ability to develop, or differentiate, into the many different cell types in...
Women who believe their sex drive changes can better cope with low libido
Women who believe that their sex drive will change over time are better able to handle difficulties with sexual desire,...
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