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Healthy diets may protect against dementia

The best way to keep your mind sharp as you age is to eat a healthy diet, according to recent research.

8 Mar 2019

$Dog walking increases risk of bone fractures in older adults$

Dog walking increases risk of bone fractures in older adults

Older Americans who stay active by dog walking are more likely to fracture a bone than their peers, according to a new study by Penn Medicine researchers.

8 Mar 2019

Minimally invasive procedure helps surgeons to pinpoint epilepsy patients for brain surgery

A minimally invasive procedure to determine whether patients with drug-resistant epilepsy are candidates for brain surgery is safer, more efficient, and leads to better outcomes than the traditional method, according to new research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

8 Mar 2019

Researchers unravel how the immune system responds to diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis

In diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis, a rare form of leishmaniasis, parasites grow uncontrolled in skin lesions across the body.

8 Mar 2019

CMV airway infection enlarges spectrum of environmental allergens

Cytomegalovirus infection can convert a harmless, inhaled protein antigen into an allergen, according to a study published March 7 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Rafaela Holtappels from the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, and colleagues.

8 Mar 2019

Northwestern Medicine and Eko join hands to improve heart disease screening with AI technology

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence for cardiac screening in a new study of Eko's cardiac monitoring platform.

8 Mar 2019

Marshall University professor awarded NIH grant for thrombosis research

Wei Li, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of biomedical science at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine was recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further his research on thrombosis.

8 Mar 2019

UCSF scientists develop new strategy for targeting key Parkinson's molecule

UC San Francisco researchers have for the first time developed a strategy for targeting a key molecule implicated in Parkinson's disease, opening up a potential new treatment strategy for the currently incurable movement disorder.

8 Mar 2019

Researchers develop 'smart house' for mice to study its behavior

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a 'smart house' for mice, that allows them to study the animals' behavior with minimal disturbance for periods of up to 18 months.

8 Mar 2019

Researchers find link between early menarche and high blood pressure

The age a woman begins menstruation is associated with having high blood pressure later in her life, according to a team of researchers at the University of Georgia.

8 Mar 2019

Specialist clinics are the most cost-effective route for treatment of chronic wounds

A study published in PLOS ONE by academics in Australia and the UK, shows that specialist wound management clinics are the most cost-effective route for the care of chronic wounds with better results for patients.

8 Mar 2019

New gene regions associated with sleep duration identified

A study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Exeter Medical School has identified 76 new gene regions associated with sleep duration.

8 Mar 2019

New antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters could help prevent infections

Brown University researchers have developed a new antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters that could one day help to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections, the most common type of hospital-acquired infection.

8 Mar 2019

Antibiotics and PPIs may increase risk of infectious diarrhea in children

Prior antibiotic exposure and use of acid suppressing medications known as proton pump inhibitors may increase the risk for hospitalized children to contract dangerous Clostridioides difficile infections, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

8 Mar 2019

Researchers find cause, treatment for CVID lung disease using precision medicine

Researchers have identified that dysfunction of a specific immune cell, called B cells, underlies lung disease that affects patients with the rare immunological disorder known as common variable immunodeficiency.

8 Mar 2019

Research shows how SGLT-2 inhibitors induce a fasting state that triggers metabolic benefits

SGLT-2 inhibitors are a relatively new class of diabetes drugs that have shown many benefits for people with type 2 diabetes who have not responded well to previous interventions, including diet changes and metformin.

8 Mar 2019

Researchers move one step closer to finding a cure for spina bifida

Researchers on the path to finding a cure for spina bifida have identified specific elements in stem cell secretions as key to protecting neurons and ultimately reducing the lower-limb paralysis associated with the birth defect.

8 Mar 2019

Novel mouse model confirms how “good” and “bad” bacteria affect human acne

Researchers have long believed that Propionibacterium acnes causes acne. But these bacteria are plentiful on everyone's skin and yet not everyone gets acne, or experiences it to the same degree.

8 Mar 2019

Moderate alcohol consumption raises risk of high blood pressure, shows study

A study of more than 17,000 U.S. adults shows that moderate alcohol consumption--seven to 13 drinks per week--substantially raises one's risk of high blood pressure, or hypertension, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68th Annual Scientific Session.

8 Mar 2019

Research highlights increase in heart attacks among younger adults

Even though fewer heart attacks are occurring in the U.S.--in large part due to the use of medications like statins and a decline in smoking--these events are steadily rising in very young adults.

8 Mar 2019

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Healthy diets may protect against dementia

Dog walking increases risk of bone fractures in older adults

Minimally invasive procedure helps surgeons to pinpoint epilepsy patients for brain surgery

Researchers unravel how the immune system responds to diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis

CMV airway infection enlarges spectrum of environmental allergens

Northwestern Medicine and Eko join hands to improve heart disease screening with AI technology

Marshall University professor awarded NIH grant for thrombosis research

UCSF scientists develop new strategy for targeting key Parkinson's molecule

Researchers develop 'smart house' for mice to study its behavior

Researchers find link between early menarche and high blood pressure

Specialist clinics are the most cost-effective route for treatment of chronic wounds

New gene regions associated with sleep duration identified

New antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters could help prevent infections

Antibiotics and PPIs may increase risk of infectious diarrhea in children

Researchers find cause, treatment for CVID lung disease using precision medicine

Research shows how SGLT-2 inhibitors induce a fasting state that triggers metabolic benefits

Researchers move one step closer to finding a cure for spina bifida

Novel mouse model confirms how “good” and “bad” bacteria affect human acne

Moderate alcohol consumption raises risk of high blood pressure, shows study

Research highlights increase in heart attacks among younger adults

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