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Study demonstrates increased levels of gum disease in people at risk of rheumatoid arthritis

The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology demonstrates increased levels of gum disease, and disease-causing bacteria, in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

18 Jun 2018

New studies help elucidate role of sleep in chronic pain

The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology provide insight into the role of sleep in chronic pain.

18 Jun 2018

$Chronic use of opioids related to increased risk of fracture nonunion$

Chronic use of opioids related to increased risk of fracture nonunion

Dr. Robert Zura, Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of a research team reporting that not only may opioid use increase the risk of bone fractures, but opioids may also impair healing.

18 Jun 2018

Study: Lenabasum has acceptable safety and tolerability in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

The results of an open label extension of a phase II study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, 2018, demonstrate that lenabasum continues to have acceptable safety and tolerability in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis with no severe or serious adverse events.

18 Jun 2018

Study highlights potential use of blood biomarkers as diagnostic tool for sleep apnea

The Dove Medical Press journal, Nature and Science of Sleep, has published a study that highlights the potential use of blood biomarkers as a diagnostic tool for obstructive sleep apnea.

18 Jun 2018

Canakinumab reduces gout rate by more than half in atherosclerosis patients, study shows

The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrate that canakinumab significantly reduced the rate of gout by more than half compared to placebo, regardless of baseline serum urate level.

18 Jun 2018

Researchers link red meat sensitivity spread by ticks with heart disease

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat - a sensitivity spread by tick bites - with a buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries of the heart.

18 Jun 2018

Accelerated brain maturation linked to stress in childhood

A new has found that stress experienced in the early stages of childhood accelerates the maturation of particular regions of the brain in early adolescence.

15 Jun 2018

Vitamin D and Diabetes: What You Need To Know

Dr. Cedric Garland discusses the results of a 12-year cohort study which showed that vitamin D3 can prevent type 1 diabetes in 80 percent of cases.

15 Jun 2018

Engineers create first 3D computer model to show breast duct development

Working with hundreds of time-lapse videos of mouse tissue, a team of biologists joined up with civil engineers to create what is believed to be the first 3D computer model to show precisely how the tiny tubes that funnel milk through the breasts of mammals form.

14 Jun 2018

Study provides insights into genetics underlying debilitating pediatric kidney disease

New research provides insights into the genetics underlying a debilitating kidney disease in children. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, could lead to new diagnostics and, ultimately, treatments.

14 Jun 2018

Most Texans want state to expand Medicaid and help poor get health care

Texans think the Legislature should expand Medicaid to more low-income people and make health care more affordable, according to a survey released Thursday.

14 Jun 2018

Early birds less likely to develop depression

Middle-to-older aged women who are naturally early to bed and early to rise are significantly less likely to develop depression, according to a new study by researchers at University of Colorado Boulder and the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

14 Jun 2018

NIAID launches clinical trial of investigational RSV vaccine

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical trial of an investigational vaccine designed to protect against respiratory syncytial virus.

14 Jun 2018

Fat and carb rich foods preferred by the brain

We might all be aware of the harmful effects of junk food on health. This does not stop our brains from craving fat-rich and sugar loaded foods finds a new study. The study titled, “Supra-Additive Effects of Combining Fat and Carbohydrate on Food Reward,” was published today in the latest issue of the journal Cell Metabolism.

14 Jun 2018

IQ scores on the decline due to less reading and more video-gaming

During the 20th Century, there was a steady rise in IQ scores among populations. Present trends however show a persistent decline in the same causing concerns.

14 Jun 2018

Mammals becoming more nocturnal for fear of humans

Mammals have always roamed free during day light looking and foraging for food until now when they have shifted their timings to after sunset for fear of encountering humans find researchers. The study titled, “The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality” was published in the latest issue of the journal Science.

14 Jun 2018

Social media triggering mental ill health among kids warns NHS

According to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, the NHS is looking at an epidemic of mental ill health among children and teenagers as an after effect of social media.

14 Jun 2018

NJEM retracts landmark Mediterranean diet study

Mediterranean diet has been known to be one of the best diets that most nutritionists and diet experts swear by. It includes fruits, vegetables, nuts, oily fish and olive oil and is supposedly the best for the heart.

14 Jun 2018

Abnormal sleep duration linked to metabolic syndrome in new study

Sleeping too little or even too much has been associated with several disease conditions including metabolic syndrome that predisposes a person to develop diabetes, stroke and heart disease. The findings of the study titled, “Association between sleep duration and metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study,” was published in the latest issue of the journal BMC Public Health.

14 Jun 2018