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Magnesium Flakes named ‘Best Sports’ product

A pioneering mineral bath soak has scooped the ‘Best Sports’ product accolade at the Natural Lifestyle Product Awards 2015.

From BetterYou Ltd 25 Jan 2016

$Parathyroid hormone may mediate antihypertensive fracture risk$

Parathyroid hormone may mediate antihypertensive fracture risk

Parathyroid hormone levels may be elevated by use of some antihypertensive agents but reduced by others, analysis of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis suggests.

22 Jan 2016

Cardiovascular considerations crucial for CML TKI patients

A review of BCR–ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors highlights the need to consider cardiovascular adverse event risk profiles when prescribing for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia.

22 Jan 2016

BCR–ABL transcript type linked to TKI response, outcomes

The type of BCR–ABL transcript could have an impact on tyrosine kinase inhibitor choice in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia , according to research published in Blood.

22 Jan 2016

Levels of mitochondrial DNA in the blood may predict chronic kidney disease risk

The health of blood cells' energy-producing mitochondria may predict a person's risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

22 Jan 2016

Simple & Efficient Protocol for Native Chromatin Immunoprecipitation

Chromatrap, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, announces a new patented protocol that is able to simply, quickly and efficiently enrich transcription factors from Native Chromatin.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 22 Jan 2016

New interprofessional program aims to provide primary care and dental services to older adults

Primary care within a dental practice? It's an interdisciplinary idea that has teeth: Your mouth, noted the U.S. surgeon general in the Oral Health in America report, provides a window into your overall health. Now, a research team led by Maria Dolce, an associate professor in the School of Nursing at Northeastern, will make that idea a reality.

22 Jan 2016

College students with Problematic Internet Use report positive and negative effects on family relationships

College students who are addicted to the Internet report positive and negative effects on their family relationships, according to new research from Georgia State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

22 Jan 2016

Bariatric surgery prior to knee replacement benefits morbidly obese patients with end-stage osteoarthritis

Previous research studies have linked obesity to adverse outcomes and increased costs following total knee replacement surgery (TKR). A new, computer model-based evaluation appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, supports bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients with end-stage osteoarthritis (loss of cartilage and joint pain, caused by aging and use) prior to TKR.

22 Jan 2016

Oral drug ivacaftor appears to be safe, beneficial to pre-school children with specific type of cystic fibrosis

The oral drug ivacaftor appears to be safe and could be beneficial to young children between the ages of 2 and 5 with a specific type of cystic fibrosis, according to new research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal.

22 Jan 2016

Parental debt may have adverse effects on socioemotional well-being of children

Certain types of debt that parents take on may have adverse effects on children's socioemotional well-being according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Dartmouth published by the journal Pediatrics.

22 Jan 2016

A Thai man with Zika virus has been hospitalized in Taiwan

A man from Thailand has been hospitalized in Taiwan after having arrived there infected with Zika virus, an agent thought to be associated with brain-damaging birth defects in infants.

21 Jan 2016

Pre-pregnancy obesity strongly linked to infant mortality

Pre-pregnancy obesity is strongly associated with infant mortality, and compliance with weight-gain guidelines during pregnancy has a limited impact on that mortality risk, a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health researchers shows.

21 Jan 2016

Weekend junk food binges bad for your gut health

Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and bingeing on junk food over the weekend is likely to be just as bad for your gut health as a consistent diet of junk, new UNSW research suggests.

21 Jan 2016

Adults with long-term exposure to ozone face increased risk of respiratory and cardiovascular deaths

Adults with long-term exposure to ozone (O3) face an increased risk of dying from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to the study "Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality in a Large Prospective Study" published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

21 Jan 2016

Anxiety can make people to walk in a leftward trajectory

People experiencing anxiety and inhibition have more activity in the right side of the brain, causing them to walk in a leftward trajectory.

20 Jan 2016

Mayo Clinic study finds no association between surgical anesthesia and development of MCI later in life

A Mayo Clinic study of people who received anesthesia for surgery after age 40 found no association between the anesthesia and development of mild cognitive impairment later in life. Mild cognitive impairment is a stage between the normal cognitive decline of aging and dementia.

20 Jan 2016

Short bursts of intensive exercise could be more effective in preventing Type 2 diabetes

Short bursts of intensive exercise provide a more "time-efficient" and realistic way of preventing, delaying and managing Type 2 diabetes and also losing weight, a study has found.

20 Jan 2016

Researchers reconstruct 3D images of protein structures that link heart muscle cells in working groups

Diseased hearts may be thrown out of rhythm by structural differences -- now visible for the first time -- in protein groups that connect heart muscle cells, according to the authors of a study to be published in the journal Nature Communications online Jan. 20.

20 Jan 2016

Pioneer calls on electrophysiologists to reexamine substrate mapping for deadly heart arrhythmia

A pioneer in developing life-saving therapies for a deadly heart arrhythmia has called on electrophysiologists to reexamine a widely used technique to guide the treatment of the faulty electrical impulses responsible for these abnormal heartbeats.

20 Jan 2016

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Magnesium Flakes named ‘Best Sports’ product

Parathyroid hormone may mediate antihypertensive fracture risk

Cardiovascular considerations crucial for CML TKI patients

BCR–ABL transcript type linked to TKI response, outcomes

Levels of mitochondrial DNA in the blood may predict chronic kidney disease risk

Simple & Efficient Protocol for Native Chromatin Immunoprecipitation

New interprofessional program aims to provide primary care and dental services to older adults

College students with Problematic Internet Use report positive and negative effects on family relationships

Bariatric surgery prior to knee replacement benefits morbidly obese patients with end-stage osteoarthritis

Oral drug ivacaftor appears to be safe, beneficial to pre-school children with specific type of cystic fibrosis

Parental debt may have adverse effects on socioemotional well-being of children

A Thai man with Zika virus has been hospitalized in Taiwan

Pre-pregnancy obesity strongly linked to infant mortality

Weekend junk food binges bad for your gut health

Adults with long-term exposure to ozone face increased risk of respiratory and cardiovascular deaths

Anxiety can make people to walk in a leftward trajectory

Mayo Clinic study finds no association between surgical anesthesia and development of MCI later in life

Short bursts of intensive exercise could be more effective in preventing Type 2 diabetes

Researchers reconstruct 3D images of protein structures that link heart muscle cells in working groups

Pioneer calls on electrophysiologists to reexamine substrate mapping for deadly heart arrhythmia

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