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Gout drug may improve heart function in individuals with congenital heart disease

A drug used to treat gout, probenecid, may improve heart function in individuals with a particular heart defect, according to results from a small pilot study run by a University of Cincinnati researcher.

27 Aug 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ replay: What’s at stake when high court hears ACA case

The "What the Health?" panelists are taking a break for two weeks. But since the Supreme Court recently scheduled arguments in the case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, it seemed like a good opportunity to replay an episode from March, when the law turned 10.

27 Aug 2020

Study may help develop new types of non-addictive pain therapies

A team of scientists from ASU's School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute have recently published a study in Nature Communications that helps clarify the contributions to an ion channel's temperature - dependent activation. This in turn should aid in the development of new types of non-addictive pain therapies.

27 Aug 2020

Researchers find link between dystrophic muscles and lymphatic system in mice with Duchenne disease

Researchers at the Universities of Maynooth and Bonn discover a new connection in muscular dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscle disease in children and is passed on by X-linked recessive inheritance.

27 Aug 2020

BMI in first years of life can affect lung function in later childhood

Body mass index (BMI) trajectories in the first years of life may be associated with lung function in later childhood. For example, children with accelerated BMI gain before age four years have higher lung function at age seven years, although they also exhibit airflow limitation.

27 Aug 2020

WHO announces new approach to improve access to life-saving data

Today, as part of its commitment to strengthening health information systems and improving health, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO announced a new approach to improving access to life-saving data: the SCORE for Health Data Technical Package.

27 Aug 2020

FDA warns consumers about alcohol-based hand sanitizers packaged in containers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about alcohol-based hand sanitizers that are being packaged in containers that may appear as food or drinks and may put consumers at risk of serious injury or death if ingested.

27 Aug 2020

Potential link to brain inflammation may explain the connection between MS and fatigue

Up to 60 percent of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) report that fatigue is the disease's most debilitating symptom.

27 Aug 2020

Artificial pancreas manages blood sugar levels in type 1 diabetes children

An artificial pancreas originally developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology safely and effectively manages blood sugar levels in children ages 6 to 13 with type 1 diabetes, a national clinical trial has found.

27 Aug 2020

Long-term brain monitoring technologies can benefit epilepsy patients

Today, the way a physician gets an idea of how many seizures a person with epilepsy has had is through the patient's own record of seizure activity in his day-to-day life.

27 Aug 2020

Younger and older drivers are at higher risk of being involved in automobile accident

A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that teen drivers and drivers 65 years and older - two age groups at a higher risk of being involved in an automobile accident - are more likely to be driving vehicles that are less safe, putting them at even higher risk of injury.

27 Aug 2020

Human gut microbes play an important role in maintaining health

Bacteria and other microorganisms in the digestive tract are linked with dozens of health conditions including high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and body mass index (BMI) according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.

27 Aug 2020

Study highlights variable nutritional quality of plant foods

Vegetarian foods are not equally healthy, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.

27 Aug 2020

Artificial intelligence could help identify infants with low risk of bacterial infection

Artificial intelligence, or "supervised machine learning," could help identify which well-appearing infants with fever, who are 60 days old or younger, are at low risk for a serious bacterial infection, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

27 Aug 2020

NPS MedicineWise offers information to prevent hay fever symptoms

For hay fever sufferers, spring means sneezing, itchy eyes and a runny nose. Medicines can bring some relief to these symptoms, and some medicines can help prevent the symptoms if taken regularly.

27 Aug 2020

Research identifies protein molecule that could be responsible for aggressive breast cancers

Groundbreaking cancer research by the University of South Australia has identified an invasive protein molecule that could be responsible for some of the most aggressive breast cancers.

27 Aug 2020

Exercise confers stress resilience by increasing brain protein levels

Exercise fights off stress by increasing levels of the brain protein galanin, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci.

27 Aug 2020

Patients from BAME communities are underrepresented in HIV research

People with HIV from BAME communities, women and heterosexual men are underrepresented in HIV studies – according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Western Sydney University.

27 Aug 2020

New discovery could help protect the liver from fructose-induced diseases

A team of international researchers including Monash University academics has discovered that, contrary to previous belief, fructose causes liver toxicity by changing the barrier function of the intestine.

27 Aug 2020

Young children’s early eating habits linked to later autistic-like personality traits

New research from Edith Cowan University has shown a link between young children’s early eating habits and higher levels of traits associated with autism as adults.

27 Aug 2020

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Gout drug may improve heart function in individuals with congenital heart disease

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ replay: What’s at stake when high court hears ACA case

Study may help develop new types of non-addictive pain therapies

Researchers find link between dystrophic muscles and lymphatic system in mice with Duchenne disease

BMI in first years of life can affect lung function in later childhood

WHO announces new approach to improve access to life-saving data

FDA warns consumers about alcohol-based hand sanitizers packaged in containers

Potential link to brain inflammation may explain the connection between MS and fatigue

Artificial pancreas manages blood sugar levels in type 1 diabetes children

Long-term brain monitoring technologies can benefit epilepsy patients

Younger and older drivers are at higher risk of being involved in automobile accident

Human gut microbes play an important role in maintaining health

Study highlights variable nutritional quality of plant foods

Artificial intelligence could help identify infants with low risk of bacterial infection

NPS MedicineWise offers information to prevent hay fever symptoms

Research identifies protein molecule that could be responsible for aggressive breast cancers

Exercise confers stress resilience by increasing brain protein levels

Patients from BAME communities are underrepresented in HIV research

New discovery could help protect the liver from fructose-induced diseases

Young children’s early eating habits linked to later autistic-like personality traits

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