Gene affects how some women store fat — and ups their diabetes risk
Credit: University of Virginia School of Medicine WHAT'S NOTABLE: A naturally occurring version of the gene KLF14 affects some women's body fat distribution and puts...
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Simple one-page tool improves patient satisfaction with doctor visit
Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - A simple, one-page form given to patients ahead of their doctor visit can significantly improve satisfaction with the care...
FDA approves new standard of care for kidney cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - April. 17, 2018 - The standard of care for kidney cancer patients continues to improve. The U.S. Food and Drug...
Model can predict success of treatments that manipulate the gut microbiota
A new mathematical model can predict the effectiveness of microbiome therapies that manipulate the immune system through live bacteria and could help doctors choose the...
Could statins ease deadly heart condition in rare neuromuscular disease?
PHILADELPHIA - In preclinical studies using cell models that mimicked liver cells of patients with the rare disease Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a widely used cholesterol-lowering...
Scientists identify potential targets for new autoimmune disease treatments
Researchers have provided new insight into how a gene associated with autoimmunity contributes to disease in humans. Their findings, published in the journal eLife, could...
Conference addresses dementia in the UK — and Far East
The annual Plymouth International Dementia Conference takes place at Plymouth Guildhall, UK on 4 May this year with a full programme covering everything from scams...
The enzyme designers
Credit: Sophie Mader/TUM Practically all biochemical processes involve enzymes that accelerate chemical reactions. A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now...
Boosting employment rate is unlikely to curb opioid use
PRINCETON, N.J.--Improving job prospects for people in economically depressed parts of the United States is unlikely to help curb the opioid epidemic, according to a...
A new Listeria species from Costa Rica identified
Listeria costaricensis is the official name given to the new bacterial species described by investigators from the Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC) and the...
Statins save lives of people with high levels of LDL cholesterol
Credit: Tom Langdon Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to save thousands of additional lives when used in people with higher levels of LDL cholesterol, or...
High-quality nursing homes lower risks for long-term care placement for older adults
After being discharged from the hospital, an older person often is admitted directly to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). SNFs specialize in the skilled care...
Personalized Medicine accepted for coverage by MEDLINE
Personalized Medicine contributes to one of the most up-and-coming areas in modern medicine: how genetic and 'omic information can effectively be used in the clinic....
Can a simple blood test rule out lung cancer?
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Every year, health care providers in the United States discover more than 1.6 million lung nodules in patients. Many...
New highly selective antitumor photodynamic therapy agents synthesized
Credit: Lobachevsky University A team of researchers from Lobachevsky University (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) headed by Professor Alexei Fedorov, Chair of the Organic Chemistry Department, is...
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