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Substitution of gasoline for ethanol in dual-fuel vehicles increases level of polluting nanoparticles

When ethanol prices at the pump rise for whatever reason, it becomes economically advantageous for drivers of dual-fuel vehicles to fill up with gasoline.

28 Aug 2017

Imaging study identifies brain structural changes linked to physical, mental health in FND patients

An imaging study by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has identified differences in key brain structures of individuals whose physical or mental health has been most seriously impaired by a common but poorly understood condition called functional neurological disorder (FND).

28 Aug 2017

GW study to explore the body's natural defenses against HIV

A research team at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences will study the body's natural defenses against HIV and look for ways to eliminate the infectious HIV reservoirs in the white blood cells of people taking antiretroviral therapy.

28 Aug 2017

Anti-inflammatory therapy reduces incidence of lung cancer

In most clinical trials for cancer therapy, investigators test treatments in patients with advanced disease. But a recent cardiovascular secondary prevention study has given researchers a unique opportunity: to explore the effectiveness of giving a drug to patients before cancer emerges.

28 Aug 2017

Finnish researchers reveal how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system

Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety.

28 Aug 2017

Compounds found in cocoa could help combat diabetes, say BYU researchers

What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off. But here's the thing: BYU researchers have discovered certain compounds found in cocoa can actually help your body release more insulin and respond to increased blood glucose better. Insulin is the hormone that manages glucose, the blood sugar that reaches unhealthy levels in diabetes.

28 Aug 2017

Study findings do not support routine use of oxygen therapy in all patients with heart attack symptoms

Oxygen therapy does not improve survival in patients with heart attack symptoms, according to late-breaking research presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress and published in the NEJM.

28 Aug 2017

Study: Left atrial appendage closure during open heart surgery protects against brain infarctions

Closure of the left atrial appendage during heart surgery protects the brain, according to late-breaking research presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress. The results suggest that closure should be routinely added to open heart surgery.

28 Aug 2017

Weight gain early in pregnancy has greatest impact on infants' size at birth, study suggests

Weight gain in early pregnancy has the greatest impact on infant size at birth, according to a new study published today in Obesity. The study is the largest ever analysis of the effect that weight gain in early pregnancy has on infant size.

28 Aug 2017

Simultaneous treatment with anti-PD1 and anti-OX40 cancer therapies may have detrimental effect

Concurrent administration of the T-cell stimulating anti-OX40 antibody and the immune checkpoint inhibitor anti-PD1 antibody attenuated the effect of anti-OX40 and resulted in poor treatment outcomes in mice.

28 Aug 2017

Low depth of sleep linked to higher risk-seeking behavior

Sleepiness, reduced concentration and performance - more and more people are suffering from the consequences of a chronic lack of sleep.

28 Aug 2017

Older people as good as young adults in gauging others' aggression, study shows

Our gut instinct about whether a stranger poses a threat is as good when we're 80 as when we're 18, according to new research.

28 Aug 2017

Study highlights link between environmental degradation and ill health in young children

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that the loss of dense forest in Cambodia was associated with higher risk of diarrhea, acute respiratory infection, and fever – which are major sources of global childhood morbidity and mortality – in children younger than five years old.

28 Aug 2017

Catheter ablation provides better outcomes for AF patients than conventional drug therapies

Every year millions of people around the world are diagnosed with heart failure, a chronic, progressive condition where the heart is unable to pump enough oxygenated blood throughout the body.

28 Aug 2017

Studies reveal strategies for using shingles vaccine in arthritis patients

New research indicates that the live varicella-zoster vaccine--which is given to protect against shingles--elicits robust immune responses in patients when administered several weeks prior to the start of treatment with the arthritis drug tofacitinib.

28 Aug 2017

Medical care in California's NICUs influenced by infants' racial and ethnic identities

Infants' racial and ethnic identities influence the quality of medical care they receive in California's neonatal intensive care units, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.

28 Aug 2017

Drug combination superior in preventing further heart complications in people with vascular disease

A major international study has found that the combination of two drugs - rivaroxaban and aspirin -- is superior to aspirin alone in preventing further heart complications in people with vascular disease.

28 Aug 2017

Two anticlotting medicines better at reducing bleeding risk than triple therapy

Using just two anticlotting medicines for patients who have atrial fibrillation and have had a stent placed in a heart artery is safer than using the current standard treatment of three medications, according to a new study presented by Brigham and Women's Hospital cardiologist Christopher Cannon, MD, at the European Society of Cardiology and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine.

28 Aug 2017

Study illuminates potential way for sticking to weight loss goals

When it comes to losing weight, it's not necessarily slow, but steady, that wins the race, according to new research from Drexel University.

28 Aug 2017

Biomedical engineering researchers aim to attack two banes of cardiovascular disease

Biomedical engineering researchers will attack two banes of cardiovascular disease - heart failure after heart attacks and the scourge of resistant high blood pressure - with $4.8 million in National Institutes of Health grants that begin this fall.

26 Aug 2017

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Substitution of gasoline for ethanol in dual-fuel vehicles increases level of polluting nanoparticles

Imaging study identifies brain structural changes linked to physical, mental health in FND patients

GW study to explore the body's natural defenses against HIV

Anti-inflammatory therapy reduces incidence of lung cancer

Finnish researchers reveal how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system

Compounds found in cocoa could help combat diabetes, say BYU researchers

Study findings do not support routine use of oxygen therapy in all patients with heart attack symptoms

Study: Left atrial appendage closure during open heart surgery protects against brain infarctions

Weight gain early in pregnancy has greatest impact on infants' size at birth, study suggests

Simultaneous treatment with anti-PD1 and anti-OX40 cancer therapies may have detrimental effect

Low depth of sleep linked to higher risk-seeking behavior

Older people as good as young adults in gauging others' aggression, study shows

Study highlights link between environmental degradation and ill health in young children

Catheter ablation provides better outcomes for AF patients than conventional drug therapies

Studies reveal strategies for using shingles vaccine in arthritis patients

Medical care in California's NICUs influenced by infants' racial and ethnic identities

Drug combination superior in preventing further heart complications in people with vascular disease

Two anticlotting medicines better at reducing bleeding risk than triple therapy

Study illuminates potential way for sticking to weight loss goals

Biomedical engineering researchers aim to attack two banes of cardiovascular disease

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