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Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

Children with Type 1 diabetes have only one option to control their blood sugar: insulin treatment. Ravaged by an autoimmune disease that attacks their own pancreas and islets -- microscopic clusters of cells that sense blood sugar and produce insulin -- patients are forced to rely on insulin from an external source.

11 Mar 2019

Researchers identify gene that increases risk of antibiotic reaction

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have identified a gene that increases the risk for a severe and potentially life-threatening reaction to the commonly prescribed antibiotic vancomycin.

11 Mar 2019

Blood-clotting protein may hold the key to liver regeneration, shows study

The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate. But some patients who undergo a liver resection, a surgery that removes a diseased portion of the organ, end up needing a transplant because the renewal process doesn't work.

11 Mar 2019

Researchers find link between frequently trading cryptocurrency and problem gambling

Researchers at the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick's School of Social Work have found a link between frequently trading cryptocurrency -- a digital and virtual currency -- and problem gambling.

11 Mar 2019

New guidelines on clinical use of life-saving antibiotics

An international panel of the foremost researchers on infectious disease and antimicrobials has formed new guidelines on the use of polymyxins, a class of antibiotics employed as a last resort to treat deadly, drug-resistant bacteria.

11 Mar 2019

UMSOM study reveals progress, challenges in introducing typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa and Asia

Each year there are nearly 11 million cases of typhoid, a disease that is spread through contaminated food, drink and water.

11 Mar 2019

Leisure-time physical activity from adolescence to later adulthood linked with lower risk of death

It may never be too late for adults to become physically active and enjoy some health benefits. This observational study looked at how patterns of leisure-time physical activity from adolescence (15 to 18) to later adulthood (40-61) were associated with risk of dying using data for 315,000 U.S. adults.

11 Mar 2019

Racial and ethnic disparities in access to trauma centers

An analysis of census tract data for neighborhoods in America's three largest cities suggests black-majority neighborhoods are associated with disparities in access to trauma centers.

11 Mar 2019

Researchers develop statistical approach to reveal elusive cancer-promoting genes

Australian and US researchers have developed a way to discover elusive cancer-promoting genes, and have already identified one that appears to promote aggressive breast cancers.

11 Mar 2019

Virginia Tech professor uses mathematical modeling simulations to assess vaccine efficacy

The recent measles outbreaks across the country emphasize the importance of vaccinations.

11 Mar 2019

Longitudinal cohort studies could be a good alternative for early career investigators

Compared to experimental studies that require complex infrastructures such as laboratories or clinical trials at multiple centers, studies using a longitudinal cohort (an observational research method in which data is gathered for the same participants repeatedly over a period of time) could be a good alternative for investigators as they begin their early research careers.

11 Mar 2019

FDA takes action to help reduce risks linked with use of surgical staplers and staples

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Letter to Health Care Providers to alert them that the agency is aware of an increasing number of medical device reports associated with the use of surgical staplers for internal use and implantable surgical staples - common devices used in many surgeries - and to provide updated recommendations to help reduce risks associated with their use.

11 Mar 2019

Athletes with sleep disordered breathing may be at risk of heart abnormalities, suggests study

A study of university rugby players has shown that they are more likely to suffer sleep-disordered breathing than an average middle-aged man.

11 Mar 2019

Smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes associated with less healthy brains

Factors that influence the health of our blood vessels, such as smoking, high blood and pulse pressures, obesity and diabetes, are linked to less healthy brains, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today (Monday).

11 Mar 2019

Viruses behave altruistically to avoid the immune system, study shows

Pilar Domingo, Ernesto Segredo, María Durán and Rafael Sanjuán, from the Institute of Integrated Systems Biology, a mixed center of the University of Valencia and the Spanish National Research Council, have shown that viruses behave altruistically to avoid the immune system.

11 Mar 2019

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Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

Researchers identify gene that increases risk of antibiotic reaction

Blood-clotting protein may hold the key to liver regeneration, shows study

Researchers find link between frequently trading cryptocurrency and problem gambling

New guidelines on clinical use of life-saving antibiotics

UMSOM study reveals progress, challenges in introducing typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa and Asia

Leisure-time physical activity from adolescence to later adulthood linked with lower risk of death

Racial and ethnic disparities in access to trauma centers

Researchers develop statistical approach to reveal elusive cancer-promoting genes

Virginia Tech professor uses mathematical modeling simulations to assess vaccine efficacy

Longitudinal cohort studies could be a good alternative for early career investigators

FDA takes action to help reduce risks linked with use of surgical staplers and staples

Athletes with sleep disordered breathing may be at risk of heart abnormalities, suggests study

Smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes associated with less healthy brains

Viruses behave altruistically to avoid the immune system, study shows

Researchers discover why hearing becomes impaired for a short time after listening to loud sounds

Gender and health implications of policies to extend working lives

Vitamin D may be protective among asthmatic obese children, finds study

Study finds high rate of viral suppression among people new to HIV care

Surveys show 13% decrease in consumption of fruit and vegetables by Canadians

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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