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Exposure to London's 1952 smog linked to increased incidence of childhood, adult asthma

London's Great Smog of 1952 resulted in thousands of premature deaths and even more people becoming ill.

8 Jul 2016

Watching TV for long hours during childhood linked to lower bone mineral content

Consistently watching high levels of television during childhood and adolescence were linked with lower peak bone mass at age 20 years in a recent study.

7 Jul 2016

Researchers show how barefoot running can reduce injury risk

Scientists from the Universities of Granada and Jaén have demonstrated how barefoot running, when done properly, can considerably decrease the risk of injury as it produces significant changes to foot strike patterns, regardless of the speed of the runner.

7 Jul 2016

World’s most intelligent prosthetic limb? An interview with Professor Saeed Zahedi

The main challenges for lower limb amputees are safety and pain. Lack of sensory feedback leading to an increased risk of falling, compensatory movements due to instability causing lower back pain and discomfort between the residual limb and prosthesis all contribute to a significant reduction in confidence and an inability to live a full life.

7 Jul 2016

Hippocampal inflammation linked to depressive symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis

Patients with multiple sclerosis have higher rates of depression than the general population, including people with other life-long disabling diseases. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis arise from an abnormal response of the body's immune system.

7 Jul 2016

Standard methods may completely underestimate global obesity burden

Standard methods for estimating obesity may grossly underestimate the burden of overweight worldwide -- on the scale of hundreds of millions -- according to a paper published in Obesity Reviews.

7 Jul 2016

Genetic risk score may help detect Alzheimer's disease risk in healthy young adults

New research shows that a genetic risk score may detect those at higher risk for Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear—even possibly in healthy young adults, according to a study published in the July 6, 2016, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

7 Jul 2016

Genetic test detects colon cancer-linked DNA in blood to predict disease recurrence risk

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and University of Melbourne report they have used a genetic test that spots bits of cancer-related DNA circulating in the blood to accurately predict the likelihood of the disease's return in some — but not all — of a small group of patients with early-stage colon cancer.

7 Jul 2016

Study reveals high healthcare costs for chronic pain patients in Canada

Costs of patients who develop chronic post-surgical pain could range from $2.5 million to $4.1 million a year, in one Ontario hospital alone, according to a study in Pain Management.

6 Jul 2016

Conceptual model highlights transmission of chronic pain risk from parent to children

Can an increased risk of chronic pain be transmitted from parents to children? Several factors may contribute, including genetics, effects on early development, social learning, and more according to a report in the journal PAIN, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

6 Jul 2016

Diabetes drug metformin could help reduce toxic acid levels linked to MSUD

Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder involving the dysfunction of an enzyme which breaks down three essential amino acids: leucine, isoleucine and valine.

6 Jul 2016

Study finds no substantial link between gadolinium exposure and parkinsonism

In a study appearing in the July 5 issue of JAMA, Blayne Welk, M.D., M.Sc., of Western University, London, Canada, and colleagues conducted a study to assess the association between gadolinium exposure and parkinsonism, a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination.

6 Jul 2016

Sleep disturbances, long sleep duration linked to inflammatory illnesses

A new meta-analysis in Biological Psychiatry reports that sleep disturbances and long sleep duration are associated with increases in markers of inflammation.

6 Jul 2016

Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats in diet can confer substantial health benefits

Consuming higher amounts of unsaturated fats was associated with lower mortality, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

5 Jul 2016

Study finds link between cortisol levels and obesity in patients with bipolar disorder or recurrent depressions

Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol are linked to obesity, high levels of fat in the blood and metabolic syndrome among patients with recurrent depressions or bipolar disorder. This according to a study at Umea University in Sweden published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

5 Jul 2016

Scientists discover new genetic variations linked to increased myeloma risk

Researchers have identified eight new genetic variations in the human genome that could be linked to an increased risk of developing myeloma. The findings provide additional evidence and build on existing research that suggests myeloma can run in families.

5 Jul 2016

New research reveals increase in fatalities linked to adolescent abuse and neglect

New research from the University of Warwick reveals an increase in the number of adolescents who died or were seriously harmed as a result of abuse or neglect.

5 Jul 2016

LouLou Foundation, ODC announce 11 new grants for research on CDKL5 deficiency

LouLou Foundation and the Orphan Disease Center (ODC) in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are pleased to announce the award of 11 new research grants into CDKL5 deficiency - a rare X-chromosome-linked genetic disorder that causes severe neuro-developmental impairment and early-onset, difficult-to-control seizures.

5 Jul 2016

Bringing healthcare home: an interview with Dr Andrew Lin

The goal of CliniCloud is to bring healthcare home. For us, what that means is a patient-centered and patient-modeled healthcare system, where we focus on the fact that consumers want access to healthcare and to a doctor. We're building an ecosystem around the tools and the software to really enable that to happen as conveniently and as affordably as possible.

5 Jul 2016

Scientists identify genetic mutations linked to synchronous colorectal cancers

Researchers have identified genetic mutations affecting the immune system which may lead to the development of more than one bowel tumour at the same time. Understanding how these cancers develop could improve targeting of therapies, according to the study published in Nature Communications.

5 Jul 2016

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Exposure to London's 1952 smog linked to increased incidence of childhood, adult asthma

Watching TV for long hours during childhood linked to lower bone mineral content

Researchers show how barefoot running can reduce injury risk

World’s most intelligent prosthetic limb? An interview with Professor Saeed Zahedi

Hippocampal inflammation linked to depressive symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis

Standard methods may completely underestimate global obesity burden

Genetic risk score may help detect Alzheimer's disease risk in healthy young adults

Genetic test detects colon cancer-linked DNA in blood to predict disease recurrence risk

Study reveals high healthcare costs for chronic pain patients in Canada

Conceptual model highlights transmission of chronic pain risk from parent to children

Diabetes drug metformin could help reduce toxic acid levels linked to MSUD

Study finds no substantial link between gadolinium exposure and parkinsonism

Sleep disturbances, long sleep duration linked to inflammatory illnesses

Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats in diet can confer substantial health benefits

Study finds link between cortisol levels and obesity in patients with bipolar disorder or recurrent depressions

Scientists discover new genetic variations linked to increased myeloma risk

New research reveals increase in fatalities linked to adolescent abuse and neglect

LouLou Foundation, ODC announce 11 new grants for research on CDKL5 deficiency

Bringing healthcare home: an interview with Dr Andrew Lin

Scientists identify genetic mutations linked to synchronous colorectal cancers

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