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Resistance exercise for less than one hour per week linked to lower risk of metabolic syndrome

Less than one hour of resistance exercise training per week lowers the risk of developing metabolic syndrome (cardiovascular risk factors such as overweight, high blood pressure and elevated blood sugar).

13 Jun 2017

Opioid abuse and dependence diagnoses found among all age group in urban, rural settings

In rural areas around the country, in the period 2007 to 2016, private insurance claim lines with opioid abuse and dependence diagnoses were found in every age group from 13- 18 years to over 80 years, and in urban areas, in every age group from 13-18 years to 71-80 years.

13 Jun 2017

Study examines how sex alters time-course of inflammation in the brain after TBI

Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than female mice, including skyrocketing inflammation and nerve cell death, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.

13 Jun 2017

Study uncovers new genetic markers linked to testicular germ cell tumors

Testicular cancer is relatively rare with only 8,850 cases expected this year in the United States. A majority of testicular cancer, 95 percent of all cases, begins in testicular germ cells, which are the cells responsible for producing sperm.

13 Jun 2017

Pyk2 deficits contribute to memory problems in Huntington’s disease mouse model

Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB and from IDIBAPS together with a team from the University Pierre and Marie Curie and the Institute du Fer à Moulin, published a study in Nature Communications, which demonstrates that the regulation in Pyk2, a protein-tyrosine kinase, causes alterations of the synaptic plasticity involved in memory tasks, associated with the hippocampus in mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's.

13 Jun 2017

New HPV vaccine could prevent most infections and millions of cancers

Cervical cancer affects more than half a million women and causes more than a quarter of a million deaths each year globally.

13 Jun 2017

Poor diet may fuel Alzheimer's in people who carry disease-related gene

A diet high in cholesterol, fat and sugar may influence the development of Alzheimer's disease in people who carry the ApoE4 gene, a leading risk factor for the memory-erasing disease, indicates a new USC study.

13 Jun 2017

Study finds that e-cigarettes are potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes in damaging DNA

A study by chemists at the University of Connecticut (UConn) offers new evidence that e-cigarettes loaded with a nicotine-based liquid are potentially as harmful as unfiltered cigarettes when it comes to causing DNA damage.

13 Jun 2017

Vitamin A improves insulin-producing beta-cells' function, study suggests

There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A - until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.

13 Jun 2017

Scientists create method for mapping genome-wide DNA damage caused by chemical carcinogen

Scientists have known for decades that smoking cigarettes causes DNA damage, which leads to lung cancer. Now, for the first time, UNC School of Medicine scientists created a method for effectively mapping that DNA damage at high resolution across the genome.

13 Jun 2017

Magnetic nanoparticle aggregates can induce death of cancer cells

An international team in which a UPM researcher is involved has shown that it is possible to mechanically destroy cancer cells by rotating magnetic nanoparticles attached to them in elongated aggregates.

13 Jun 2017

New molecular compound improves balance and coordination in mouse model of Parkinson's disease

Researchers at UCLA have developed a molecular compound that improves balance and coordination in mice with early stage Parkinson's disease.

13 Jun 2017

TSRI scientists solve cellular mystery that may have implications for fundamental biology

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have solved a cellular mystery that may have important implications for fundamental biology and diseases like ALS.

13 Jun 2017

New treatment strategy may destroy difficult-to-treat brain tumors

A new strategy for treating brain tumors may extend or save the lives of patients diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of cancer, according to a study from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

13 Jun 2017

Zika viral load not necessarily linked to pregnancy problems, fetal abnormalities

UCLA-led researchers have found that Zika viral load and the degree of Zika symptoms during pregnancy were not necessarily associated with problems during pregnancy or fetal abnormalities at birth.

13 Jun 2017

New biosensor technology could be used in wearable devices to monitor health

Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for different types of biomarkers, such as proteins that show you may have breast cancer or lung cancer.

13 Jun 2017

Researchers pinpoint sugar modification in cells that spurs spread of skin cancer

A team of researchers has pinpointed a sugar modification in cells that spurs the spread of skin cancer. Its findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Cancer Cell, spotlight a target in the battle against melanoma.

13 Jun 2017

New OpenArray system offers simultaneous detection of pathogens in blood samples

The emergence of new pathogens like West Nile Virus, Ebola, Dengue, and Zika, threaten human health on a global scale.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific - Microbiology 13 Jun 2017

UC Davis biomedical engineers create lab-grown tissue similar to natural cartilage

Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created a lab-grown tissue similar to natural cartilage by giving it a bit of a stretch.

13 Jun 2017

Study: CT angiography better predicts risk for future cardiac events in patients with stable chest pain

An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial - in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either anatomic or functional testing as an initial diagnostic strategy - showed that the presence and extent of coronary artery disease detected by CT angiography better predicted the risk for future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance or restricted blood flow to the heart muscle.

13 Jun 2017

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Resistance exercise for less than one hour per week linked to lower risk of metabolic syndrome

Opioid abuse and dependence diagnoses found among all age group in urban, rural settings

Study examines how sex alters time-course of inflammation in the brain after TBI

Study uncovers new genetic markers linked to testicular germ cell tumors

Pyk2 deficits contribute to memory problems in Huntington’s disease mouse model

New HPV vaccine could prevent most infections and millions of cancers

Poor diet may fuel Alzheimer's in people who carry disease-related gene

Study finds that e-cigarettes are potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes in damaging DNA

Vitamin A improves insulin-producing beta-cells' function, study suggests

Scientists create method for mapping genome-wide DNA damage caused by chemical carcinogen

Magnetic nanoparticle aggregates can induce death of cancer cells

New molecular compound improves balance and coordination in mouse model of Parkinson's disease

TSRI scientists solve cellular mystery that may have implications for fundamental biology

New treatment strategy may destroy difficult-to-treat brain tumors

Zika viral load not necessarily linked to pregnancy problems, fetal abnormalities

New biosensor technology could be used in wearable devices to monitor health

Researchers pinpoint sugar modification in cells that spurs spread of skin cancer

New OpenArray system offers simultaneous detection of pathogens in blood samples

UC Davis biomedical engineers create lab-grown tissue similar to natural cartilage

Study: CT angiography better predicts risk for future cardiac events in patients with stable chest pain

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