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Oral vaccination with cholera toxin helps counteract age-associated obesity

Here the research team tested a safe and well-established microbe-based immune adjuvant to restore immune homeostasis and counteract inflammation-associated obesity in animal models.

19 Nov 2019

Ketogenic diet wards off flu, study finds

The ketogenic diet has gained immense popularity over the past years because it helps lose weight speedily, with a wide range of health benefits. Similar to the Atkins diet, the ketogenic diet may not only help people shed off extra pounds but also boosting the immune system and warding off flu.

19 Nov 2019

MIT researchers develop method to isolate T cells primed for certain allergies or infections

When your immune system is exposed to a vaccine, an allergen, or an infectious microbe, subsets of T cells that can recognize a foreign intruder leap into action.

19 Nov 2019

Study provides insight into harsh parenting by alcohol-dependent mothers

Not surprisingly, parents with substance use disorders often struggle with parenting and frequently have strained relationships with their children.

19 Nov 2019

UC Davis study identifies mechanism to rapidly repair leaky gut in monkeys with SIV infections

A UC Davis study found that the damaged gut lining (known as leaky gut) in monkeys infected with chronic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), an HIV-like virus, was rapidly repaired within five hours of receiving Lactobacillus plantarum bacteria.

19 Nov 2019

Mysterious feather duvet lung disease nearly kills a man

A soft pillow and a warm duvet are all you need to have a soothing and relaxing sleep, especially during the frigid season. However, a man from the United Kingdom nearly died because of a mysterious illness related to a duvet. It was later found out by doctors that the culprit for his lung disease is his newly-bought feather duvet.

19 Nov 2019

Miniscule robots like "Magic School Bus" could clear blood clots

Pulmonary embolism is a condition where a clot forms and blocks the arteries of the lungs and this restricts the blood flow to the lungs and lowers the amount of oxygen reaching the different organs. Statistics from the National Institutes of Health show that pulmonary embolism leads to nearly 200,000 to 300,000 deaths in the United States annually putting it at number three in cardiovascular diseases right after heart attack and stroke.

19 Nov 2019

UTHealth receives $3.3 million to expand Developing Talkers literacy program

The Developing Talkers literacy program has been so successful that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $3.3 million to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to expand it.

19 Nov 2019

VUMC offers minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be the first in the state to offer a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema.

19 Nov 2019

New device separates malignant plasma cells from normal ones

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer in which malignant plasma cells, a type of white blood cell, accumulate in the bone marrow.

19 Nov 2019

Mayo Clinic, Hitachi to build North America's first carbon ion treatment facility

Mayo Clinic and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached an agreement in principle to build a carbon ion treatment facility as part of Mayo Clinic's recently announced integrated oncology facility which will be constructed at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida.

19 Nov 2019

New ACR Champions of Imaging 3.0 competition launched

The new American College of Radiology Champions of Imaging 3.0 contest allows practices to highlight their use of Imaging 3.0 case studies to spark homegrown innovations or import innovative approaches into their practices. The goal of the competition is to help:

19 Nov 2019

Patients treated at NCI-designated centers more likely to receive high-cost lung cancer drugs

Genetically targeted drugs and immunotherapies are transforming the way we treat many forms of lung cancer.

19 Nov 2019

Ammonia levels do not guide clinical management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

The liver performs several critical functions including filtering blood, detoxifying chemicals and metabolizing drugs.

19 Nov 2019

New studies point to benefits of weight-loss surgery for teens with severe obesity

Severe obesity affects 4.5 million children and adolescents in the United States, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

19 Nov 2019

Researchers discover new pathway to 'reprogram' killer cells

Killer cells of the immune system detect and kill infected cells or cancer cells. Researchers at the Institute of Pathology at the University of Bern have now discovered that the mechanism by which certain immune cells kill their target cells can also be used to control the killer cells themselves.

19 Nov 2019

Using 'Trojan horses' to kill tumor cells from within

Using "Trojan horses" to combat cancer from within the tumor cells themselves without damaging healthy tissues is the aim of this new tool created by researchers from the University of Granada, the Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon, the University of Zaragoza, and the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre at the University of Edinburgh.

19 Nov 2019

New analytical framework for analyzing nonstandardized stress echocardiography sequences

Echocardiography is a test that uses ultrasound techniques to produce images of the heart in real time. Stress echocardiography uses this technique to evaluate the heart rate response while performing an activity in which the heart has to work (stress).

19 Nov 2019

CGM alarm settings may achieve better blood sugar control for type 1 diabetes patients

Some continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) alarm features and settings may achieve better blood sugar control for people with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

19 Nov 2019

Off-site integrated care can help provide mental health services for children, adolescents

Three models of off-site integrated care can help to meet the growing need for mental health services in children and adolescents, according to a report in the November/December issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

19 Nov 2019

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Oral vaccination with cholera toxin helps counteract age-associated obesity

Ketogenic diet wards off flu, study finds

MIT researchers develop method to isolate T cells primed for certain allergies or infections

Study provides insight into harsh parenting by alcohol-dependent mothers

UC Davis study identifies mechanism to rapidly repair leaky gut in monkeys with SIV infections

Mysterious feather duvet lung disease nearly kills a man

Miniscule robots like "Magic School Bus" could clear blood clots

UTHealth receives $3.3 million to expand Developing Talkers literacy program

VUMC offers minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema

New device separates malignant plasma cells from normal ones

Mayo Clinic, Hitachi to build North America's first carbon ion treatment facility

New ACR Champions of Imaging 3.0 competition launched

Patients treated at NCI-designated centers more likely to receive high-cost lung cancer drugs

Ammonia levels do not guide clinical management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

New studies point to benefits of weight-loss surgery for teens with severe obesity

Researchers discover new pathway to 'reprogram' killer cells

Using 'Trojan horses' to kill tumor cells from within

New analytical framework for analyzing nonstandardized stress echocardiography sequences

CGM alarm settings may achieve better blood sugar control for type 1 diabetes patients

Off-site integrated care can help provide mental health services for children, adolescents

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