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Research on repair of broken hearts hints at possibility of new designer cardiovascular therapies

Unlike the self-repair abilities of our skin, bone and other tissues, which can readily heal and rebuild themselves after injury, evolution has left the mammalian heart with relatively little regenerative capacity.

22 Feb 2017

Team effort at school and home could help reduce childhood obesity rates

Schools are taking a proactive approach to get students to move more and improve their eating habits. But it takes a team effort at both school and home to make a difference, said Greg Welk, a professor of kinesiology at Iowa State University.

22 Feb 2017

Scientists explore role of salt and immune system in raising blood pressure of females

Many of us have noted how our hands and feet swell after eating too much salt. Now scientists are exploring how high salt intake can also make cells throughout the body of females swell, rupture, dump their contents and die, triggering an immune reaction that contributes to chronic high blood pressure.

22 Feb 2017

Smokers with existing illnesses more likely to use e-cigarettes, study finds

In the U.S. more than 16 million people with smoking-related illnesses continue to use cigarettes. According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, current and former smokers who suffer from disease are more likely to have reported using an e-cigarette, meaning these patients may see e-cigarettes as safer or less harmful than combustible cigarettes and a way to reduce the risks posed by traditional smoking.

22 Feb 2017

Recent estimates reveal burden of serious fungal diseases in 14 different countries

Estimates never before attempted, show the number of people affected by serious fungal diseases in 14 of the worst affected countries across the globe have just been published.

22 Feb 2017

Simple, noninvasive physical examination technique can help locate ectopic pregnancies

The location of an ectopic pregnancy can be determined using a simple, noninvasive physical examination technique used by osteopathic physicians, researchers say.

22 Feb 2017

Penn expert suggests shorter radiation treatment for men with prostate cancer

Men with prostate cancer can receive shorter courses of radiation therapy than what is currently considered standard, according to Justin Bekelman, MD, an associate professor of Radiation Oncology, Medical Ethics, and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and Abramson Cancer Center.

22 Feb 2017

Study finds Mediterranean foods as key to reduce pain linked to obesity

Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will experience regular pain, new research suggests.

21 Feb 2017

High dietary potassium and low sodium can help improve risk factors for heart, kidney disease

Reducing sodium in the diet has been recommended to lower blood pressure and the risk of heart disease.

21 Feb 2017

Gene expression patterns could help predict treatment for breast cancer, research shows

A Michigan State University breast cancer researcher has shown that effective treatment options can be predicted based on the way certain breast cancer genes act or express themselves.

21 Feb 2017

Alcohol can cause more damaging effects to women than men

Women simply don't metabolize alcohol in the same way as men. It's called the telescoping effect.

21 Feb 2017

Supervised exercise training at moderate intensity improves prognosis for heart failure

Contrary to what was previously assumed, physical exercise does not lead to harmful ventricular enlargement.

21 Feb 2017

Collaborative care helps improve symptoms in older adults with subthreshold depression

Among older adults with subthreshold depression (insufficient levels of depressive symptoms to meet diagnostic criteria), collaborative care compared with usual care resulted in an improvement in depressive symptoms after four months, although it is of uncertain clinical importance, according to a study appearing in the February 21 issue of JAMA.

21 Feb 2017

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Research on repair of broken hearts hints at possibility of new designer cardiovascular therapies

Team effort at school and home could help reduce childhood obesity rates

Scientists explore role of salt and immune system in raising blood pressure of females

Smokers with existing illnesses more likely to use e-cigarettes, study finds

Recent estimates reveal burden of serious fungal diseases in 14 different countries

Simple, noninvasive physical examination technique can help locate ectopic pregnancies

Penn expert suggests shorter radiation treatment for men with prostate cancer

Study finds Mediterranean foods as key to reduce pain linked to obesity

High dietary potassium and low sodium can help improve risk factors for heart, kidney disease

Gene expression patterns could help predict treatment for breast cancer, research shows

Alcohol can cause more damaging effects to women than men

Supervised exercise training at moderate intensity improves prognosis for heart failure

Collaborative care helps improve symptoms in older adults with subthreshold depression

Higher EPA and DHA omega-3 levels linked to lower risk of death in postmenopausal women

Study could help doctors to better predict development of cardiovascular disease at earlier stage

Danish research may pave way for immunological treatment of cancer

Cedars-Sinai researchers move closer to developing biological pacemaker with new $3 million NIH grant

Anti-epilepsy medicine use during pregnancy does not harm overall health of children, study finds

UofL researcher receives NIH grant to study microbes responsible for protecting against malaria

Researchers find novel, non-invasive approach for diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

How cohesin mechanics and nanotracker tech are redefining DNA research

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