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Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease (w/ Video)

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of ...

Researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

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18 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 1

The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on ...

Crossing the line: how aggressive cells invade the brain (w/ Video)

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Nov 05, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream. ...

Researchers pioneer kidney disease prediction method

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Nov 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study into the relationship between antibodies and proteins in people with Lupus could mean earlier diagnosis of kidney disease in such patients, and lead the way for earlier diagnoses for ...

Dutch researchers develop technology for pain monitoring

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Nov 05, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Ten of thousands of patients suffer chronic pain as a result of operations, and this continues even after the wounds caused by the operation have healed. Researchers from the MIRA research institute - the University of Twente’s ...

Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage

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Nov 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A key player in a cascade that likely begins with stress and leads to high blood pressure and kidney damage has been identified by researchers who say the finding may lead to better ways to control both.

Melatonin, a hormone segregated by human body, regulates sleep better than somniferous

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Nov 05, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Melatonin, a natural hormone segregated by the own human body, is an excellent sleep regulator expected to replace somniferous, which are much more aggressive, to correct the sleep/wakefulness pace when human biological clock ...

Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor

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Nov 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. A recent $2.5 million grant from the New York State ...

Study points to new uses, unexpected side effects of already existing drugs

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Nov 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases ...

Scientists track swine flu virus for tiny changes that would cause big problems

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Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

As the H1N1 flu virus spreads at breakneck speed, a team of scientists are close behind. They are watching its evolution through a cutting-edge technology in hopes of answering the question: Where did it come from -- and ...

Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump'

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Nov 04, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- It seemed like a great idea - doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has ...

Researchers identify drug candidate for treating spinal muscular atrophy

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Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. This is the finding of ...

New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating

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Nov 04, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gu ...

Postmenopausal women with higher testosterone levels

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Nov 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted ...

Not just bleach: Hydrogen peroxide may tell time for living cells

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Nov 03, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 2

If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra - the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells - a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton.

Tissue-engineering researchers create replacement knee ligaments from recipients' own cells

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Nov 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could lead to more complete recovery from torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in humans, University of Michigan researchers have grown and repaired knee ligaments in rats ...

A 'spoonful of sugar' makes the worms' life span go down

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Nov 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

If worms are any indication, all the sugar in your diet could spell much more than obesity and type 2 diabetes. Researchers reporting in the November issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, say it might also b ...

Statins may prevent blood clots in patients with cardiovascular disease

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Nov 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

Statins may provide potentially life-saving benefits for patients with cardiovascular disease by helping reduce the incidence of blood clots. New research presented at the 75th annual international scientific assembly of ...