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Pasta consumption in children and adolescents linked to better diet quality

Pasta is a convenient, nutritious, easy-to-prepare meal for families. Pasta pleases even the pickiest of young eaters. And now, even more good news: new research shows that pasta consumption in children and adolescents is associated with a better diet quality than that of children who do not eat pasta.

17 May 2017

Scientists identify gene linked to incurable bowel disorders

A key gene that helps to explain an underlying cause of incurable bowel disorders such as Crohn's disease has been identified by scientists.

17 May 2017

Mother cells pass on DNA damage to offspring, study shows

A new University of Colorado Boulder study has shown that some dividing human cells are "kicking the can down the road," passing on low-level DNA damage to offspring, causing daughter cells to pause in a quiescent, or dormant, state previously thought to be random in origin.

17 May 2017

Overweight or obesity linked to increased risk for severe periodontitis

Being overweight or obese was linked with an increased likelihood of having poor oral health in a recent study.

17 May 2017

Common antidepressant use during pregnancy linked to increased risk of malformations in infants

Use of fluoxetine-the most commonly prescribed antidepressant-during pregnancy is linked with a slightly increased risk of malformations in infants, according to a recent analysis of published studies.

17 May 2017

Study finds higher mortality rates among patients treated by older physicians

Patients treated by older hospital-based internists known as hospitalists are somewhat more likely to die within a month of admission than those treated by younger physicians, according to the results of a study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

17 May 2017

Neurobiologists uncover reason for defects in the blood-brain barrier of Huntington's disease patients

By using induced pluripotent stem cells to create endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the brain for the first time for a neurodegenerative disease, University of California, Irvine neurobiologists and colleagues have learned why Huntington's disease patients have defects in the blood-brain barrier that contribute to the symptoms of this fatal disorder.

17 May 2017

New research could be first step toward drug to treat Zika infections

New research led by Alexey Terskikh, Ph.D., associate professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), and Alex Strongin, Ph.D., professor at SBP, could be a first step toward a drug to treat Zika infections. Publishing in Antiviral Research, the scientific team discovered a compound that prevents the virus from spreading.

16 May 2017

Thyroid cancer surgery complications higher than previously thought, study suggests

As thyroid cancer rates rise, more people are having surgery to remove all or part of their thyroid. A new study suggests complications from these procedures are more common than previously believed.

16 May 2017

EPFL scientists develop new antibody-linked biosensor to track drug concentration in the blood

Being able to monitor drug concentration in the blood of a patient is an important aspect of any pharmaceutical treatment. However, this requires equipment and facilities that are often missing from field healthcare in developing countries, but also inhibits the quality of life for patients elsewhere.

16 May 2017

Researchers measure spread of tau protein in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients

In a new study presented in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have measured how deposits of the pathological protein tau spread through the brain over the course of Alzheimer's disease.

16 May 2017

Depression in elite athletes

Our main findings showed that high-performance athletes were just as likely as non-athletes to report mild or more severe depressive symptoms.

16 May 2017

Neighborhoods with greater poverty and disorganization linked to problem drinking

Neighborhoods with greater poverty and disorganization may play a greater role in problem drinking than the availability of bars and stores that sell hard liquor, a University of Washington-led study has found.

16 May 2017

LGB-specific strategies help teens cope with sexual minority stress

"It gets better." These three words have become a pop-culture mantra for struggling young people in the gay and lesbian community.

16 May 2017

New gene variant linked to Lou Gehrig's disease

For the first time, a variant in UBQLN4 gene has been associated with Lou Gehrig's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - a progressive disease resulting in the loss of nerve cells that control muscle movement, which eventually leads to paralysis and death.

15 May 2017

Study provides insights into how HCMV infection causes birth defects

Fresh insights into how a common virus replicates could pave the way for new therapies to stop its spread.

15 May 2017

Scientists discover potential brain imaging predictor for early dementia

University of Toronto and Baycrest Rotman Research Institute (RRI) scientists have discovered a potential brain imaging predictor for dementia, which illustrates that changes to the brain's structure may occur years prior to a diagnosis, even before individuals notice their own memory problems.

12 May 2017

Immunoreceptor promotes tumor growth in mouse models of liver cancer driven by inflammation

Boosting a part of the immune system known to have anti-tumor properties may actually help tumors grow in cancers linked to chronic inflammation.

12 May 2017

TUM scientists develop new pH sensor that provides insights into tumor metabolism

Tumors, inflammation and circulatory disorders locally disturb the body's acid-base balance. These changes in pH value could be used for example to verify the success of cancer treatments.

12 May 2017

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals launches first of its kind laryngeal dystonia clinic in Yorkshire

PATIENTS living with a poorly understood chronic voice disorder which causes involuntary muscle spasms, impairing speech and swallowing, can now receive treatment nearer to home thanks to the launch of a specialist multidisciplinary clinic at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

12 May 2017

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Pasta consumption in children and adolescents linked to better diet quality

Scientists identify gene linked to incurable bowel disorders

Mother cells pass on DNA damage to offspring, study shows

Overweight or obesity linked to increased risk for severe periodontitis

Common antidepressant use during pregnancy linked to increased risk of malformations in infants

Study finds higher mortality rates among patients treated by older physicians

Neurobiologists uncover reason for defects in the blood-brain barrier of Huntington's disease patients

New research could be first step toward drug to treat Zika infections

Thyroid cancer surgery complications higher than previously thought, study suggests

EPFL scientists develop new antibody-linked biosensor to track drug concentration in the blood

Researchers measure spread of tau protein in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients

Depression in elite athletes

Neighborhoods with greater poverty and disorganization linked to problem drinking

LGB-specific strategies help teens cope with sexual minority stress

New gene variant linked to Lou Gehrig's disease

Study provides insights into how HCMV infection causes birth defects

Scientists discover potential brain imaging predictor for early dementia

Immunoreceptor promotes tumor growth in mouse models of liver cancer driven by inflammation

TUM scientists develop new pH sensor that provides insights into tumor metabolism

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals launches first of its kind laryngeal dystonia clinic in Yorkshire

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