Boosting survival of insulin-cell transplants for Type 1 Diabetes

Boosting survival of insulin-cell transplants for Type 1 Diabetes

Chemistry /

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Researchers in Japan are reporting a discovery that could improve the effectiveness and expand the use of transplants of insulin-producing cells to treat diabetes. Their study is scheduled for the July 16 ...


Pregnancy alone is not associated with increased risk for mental disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

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Pregnancy alone does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of the most prevalent mental disorders, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Howeve ...


Overweight, insulin resistant women at greater risk of advanced breast cancer diagnosis, says study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Women who have risk factors commonly associated with Type 2 diabetes also have much greater odds of being diagnosed with an advanced breast cancer, according to research to be presented today.


Scientists discover chemical cues that stimulate egg laying by pregnant mosquitoes

Biology /

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North Carolina State University scientists have figured out one reason why pregnant yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti), one of the most important disease transmitters worldwide, choose to lay their eggs in certain outdoo ...


Pregnancy associated with increased risk of heart attack

Medicine & Health / Other

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Although acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is rare in women of child-bearing age, pregnancy can increase a woman's risk of heart attack 3- to 4-fold, according to a study published in the July 15, 2008, issue of the Journal of ...




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