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Study shows how lifestyle factors can influence metabolism via resulting alterations in DNA

In the course of life, aging processes, environmental influences and lifestyle factors such as smoking or diet induce biochemical alterations to the DNA. Frequently, these lead to DNA methylation, a process in which methyl groups are added to particular DNA segments, without changing the DNA sequence.

21 Sep 2013

Inherited human herpesvirus 6 affects telomere stability and reactivates

Up to half a million people in Britain today may not know it, but in their genetic material they carry a particular form of herpesvirus 6 inherited from a parent.

21 Sep 2013

Study suggests new way to prevent weight gain and obesity

The same message to everyone does not work if the goal is to prevent overweight and obesity in the population. It is also important to reach groups normally considered as being at low risk for gaining in weight. This is what Kristina Lindvall shows in her doctoral thesis at Ume- University, Sweden. Participants in the study come from V-sterbotten County in northern Sweden and from New York State in the US.

21 Sep 2013

Research team sequences genome of Pyronema confluens

The genomes of more than 250 fungi have been sequenced. Among the basal filamentous ascomycetes - a group of ascomycetes that includes e.g. truffles and morels - only one representative has been analysed so far: the truffle Tuber melanosporum.

21 Sep 2013

Supreme Court may hear challenge to Obamacare's contraception rules

Some companies object to the health law's requirement that contraception services for women be provided free as part of a preventive care package.

21 Sep 2013

Obama, Bill Clinton to promote health law next week

A week before new health insurance marketplaces open for enrollment, President Barack Obama will join former President Bill Clinton in New York to have "a conversation about the benefits and future of health care reform."

21 Sep 2013

New study suggests men succumb to sexual temptations more than women

A recently published study strongly suggests men succumb to sexual temptations more than women - for example, cheating on a partner - because they experience strong sexual impulses, not because they have weak self-control.

21 Sep 2013

Alzheimer Society of Canada requests for Canadian Alzheimer's disease and dementia partnership

On the eve of World Alzheimer's Day, the Alzheimer Society of Canada has called on the Federal Government to immediately establish a Canadian Alzheimer's disease and dementia partnership to lead and facilitate the development and implementation of a national dementia strategy.

21 Sep 2013

Researchers make new breakthroughs in brain circuitry controlling fertility

In a landmark discovery, the final piece in the puzzle of understanding how the brain circuitry vital to normal fertility in humans and other mammals operates has been put together by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago.

21 Sep 2013

Virginia Tech to receive NIH grant to propel contributions in biomedical research

Virginia Tech has been named one of 10 academic institutions to receive a first-of-its-kind grant from the National Institutes of Health to help prepare graduate students and postdoctoral scholars for biomedical research careers that could take them beyond conventional academic research.

21 Sep 2013

Obamacare and coverage for immigrants, children

Media outlets look at the ways in which the law affects different immigrant groups and children.

21 Sep 2013

SeraCare Life Sciences announces expansion of R&D facilities in Milford, Massachusetts

SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer of life sciences tools, bulk plasma, and quality controls for diagnostic companies and clinical laboratories, announced an expansion of its research and manufacturing facilities at its Milford, Massachusetts headquarters.

21 Sep 2013

New research may help in regulation of tobacco products to protect public health

UC San Francisco will receive a five-year, $20 million grant as part of a first-of-its-kind tobacco science regulatory program by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.

21 Sep 2013

Study: Women with access to group prenatal care have improved birth outcomes

Women with access to group prenatal care had improved birth outcomes, including longer gestational periods and higher birth weight, in a study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt's Peabody Research Institute.

21 Sep 2013

Blood pressure cuffs reduce subsequent cardiac symptoms, mortality after acute heart attack

In patients with an acute heart attack, remote ischemic conditioning - intermittent inflation of a blood pressure cuff to cut off blood flow to the arm during transportation to hospital for acute balloon dilatation - reduces subsequent cardiac symptoms and mortality after acute heart attack.

21 Sep 2013

Research News and Research

Study shows how lifestyle factors can influence metabolism via resulting alterations in DNA

Inherited human herpesvirus 6 affects telomere stability and reactivates

Study suggests new way to prevent weight gain and obesity

Research team sequences genome of Pyronema confluens

Supreme Court may hear challenge to Obamacare's contraception rules

Obama, Bill Clinton to promote health law next week

New study suggests men succumb to sexual temptations more than women

Alzheimer Society of Canada requests for Canadian Alzheimer's disease and dementia partnership

Researchers make new breakthroughs in brain circuitry controlling fertility

Virginia Tech to receive NIH grant to propel contributions in biomedical research

Obamacare and coverage for immigrants, children

SeraCare Life Sciences announces expansion of R&D facilities in Milford, Massachusetts

New research may help in regulation of tobacco products to protect public health

Study: Women with access to group prenatal care have improved birth outcomes

Blood pressure cuffs reduce subsequent cardiac symptoms, mortality after acute heart attack

New cellular switch could eventually inhibit growth of aggressive malignant brain tumor

Friday face-off: With gov't shutdown looming, House to vote on stopgap funding measure that would defund health law

Equatorial Guinea presents design for malaria vaccine trial

25 hospitals ready alliance in response to Obamacare

Higher calorie diets produce twice rate of weight gain for adolescents hospitalized with anorexia

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