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Researchers discover how body initiates repair mechanisms that limits damage to myelin sheath

Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage to the 'myelin sheath', a protective covering wrapped around nerve cells akin to insulation around an electrical wire.

22 Jan 2019

LSTM receives grant to help improve health of people living in informal settlements

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been awarded £11.8 million by the UK government's Global Challenges Research Fund for a grant to help improve the health of people living in informal settlements in low and middle-income countries.

22 Jan 2019

Graphene Flagship project studies impact of graphene and related materials on our health

As the drive to commercialize graphene continues, it is important that all safety aspects are thoroughly researched and understood.

22 Jan 2019

New findings challenge existing strategies for fighting infectious diseases and germs

Do the same laws of biodiversity which apply in nature also apply to our own bodies and homes? If so, current hygiene measures to combat aggressive germs could be, to some extent, counterproductive.

22 Jan 2019

Two hour gap between dinner and sleep is overrated says Japanese research

We have been advised to take a light dinner and leave a gap of at least two hours between dinner and bed time in order to maintain a healthy body weight. Now, new research suggests that this is not really necessary. The study results appear in the latest issue of the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health.

22 Jan 2019

Migrants and refugees do not bring disease and are at greater health risk themselves says WHO

The irregular migrant refugees coming to European nations are often accused on bringing with them host of exotic communicable diseases that tend to spread among the host communities. The World Health Organization (WHO) this week has absolved the migrants of spreading disease in its first report that deals with this issue.

22 Jan 2019

The connection between the Pope and contraceptive pills

Millions of women around the world use the combined hormonal oral contraceptive pill whcih has been around the past six decades. The usual method advised is a 21 day cycle of the pill followed by a 7 day break when the woman bleeds.

22 Jan 2019

PSA screening reduces prostate cancer deaths by 30%

PSA-screening cuts deaths from prostate cancer by some 30%. This is shown by research based on data on 20,000 men monitored for more than two decades. The men's initially measured PSA level proved highly significant as a predictor of future cancer risk.

22 Jan 2019

Fecal transplant from certain donors better than others

Fecal microbiota transplantation or stool transplant from a donor is useful for patients infected with the deadly recurrent Clostridium difficile that leads to severe diarrhea, pain and often serious consequences.

22 Jan 2019

TPU scientists develop new implants that double the rate of bone lengthening in kids

The implants developed by TPU scientists passed preclinical trials In the Ilizarov Orthopedic Center. These implants form part of the Ilizarov system variation applied for lengthening and correcting the deformations of long tubular bones in children.

22 Jan 2019

New approach to reduce toxic protein production in ALS

Patients with ALS frequently have a string of repeated DNA code in the cells of their brain, carrying hundreds to thousands of copies within the gene C9orf72.

22 Jan 2019

Study links concussions to development of epilepsy

Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have identified a cellular response in mice to mild traumatic brain injuries that may lead to seizures.

22 Jan 2019

Rutgers researchers discover cause of bone loss in people with joint replacements

Rutgers researchers have discovered the long-sought reason that many people with joint replacements experience harmful inflammation and bone loss.

22 Jan 2019

Researchers identify new genes linked with age-related macular degeneration

A new study, published in Clinical Epigenetics, identifies genes associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration that could represent new targets for future drug development.

22 Jan 2019

Asthma, eczema are not barriers to active lifestyle in teenagers

A fresh look by the University of Bristol at how teenagers are affected by their asthma, eczema or obesity has some reassuring findings published in BMJ Open today.

22 Jan 2019

Genetic changes may predict likelihood of relapse in breast cancer patients

Scientists have identified genetic changes that may predict the likelihood of breast cancer relapse in women taking a common type of hormone therapy.

22 Jan 2019

Precision medicine can help keep astronauts healthy during deep space missions

When you get sick, a doctor or hospital is typically right down the road, a couple hours away at most. But what if the nearest one was 34 million miles and eight months away?

22 Jan 2019

Human 'common cold' virus continues to spread in wild chimpanzees

Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human "common cold" virus, a new study has identified two other respiratory viruses of human origin in chimpanzee groups in the same forest.

22 Jan 2019

Defective molecular master switch could lead to age-related macular degeneration

A signaling pathway controlled by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) could be involved in the progression of age-related macular degeneration.

22 Jan 2019

Peptide isolated from soil fungi has antitumor and antibacterial properties

A team of scientists from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University together with their colleagues isolated a peptide named emericellipsin A from soil fungi.

22 Jan 2019

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Researchers discover how body initiates repair mechanisms that limits damage to myelin sheath

LSTM receives grant to help improve health of people living in informal settlements

Graphene Flagship project studies impact of graphene and related materials on our health

New findings challenge existing strategies for fighting infectious diseases and germs

Two hour gap between dinner and sleep is overrated says Japanese research

Migrants and refugees do not bring disease and are at greater health risk themselves says WHO

The connection between the Pope and contraceptive pills

PSA screening reduces prostate cancer deaths by 30%

Fecal transplant from certain donors better than others

TPU scientists develop new implants that double the rate of bone lengthening in kids

New approach to reduce toxic protein production in ALS

Study links concussions to development of epilepsy

Rutgers researchers discover cause of bone loss in people with joint replacements

Researchers identify new genes linked with age-related macular degeneration

Asthma, eczema are not barriers to active lifestyle in teenagers

Genetic changes may predict likelihood of relapse in breast cancer patients

Precision medicine can help keep astronauts healthy during deep space missions

Human 'common cold' virus continues to spread in wild chimpanzees

Defective molecular master switch could lead to age-related macular degeneration

Peptide isolated from soil fungi has antitumor and antibacterial properties

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