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Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome - a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures ...
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Toward a long-sought saliva test for autism
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Researchers in Italy are reporting discovery of abnormal proteins in the saliva of autism patients that could eventually provide a clue for the molecular basis of this severe developmental disorder and could be used as a ...
Vaccine to prevent colon cancer being tested in patients
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have begun testing a vaccine that might be able to prevent colon cancer in people at high risk for developing the disease. If shown to be effective, it might ...
Brain structure assists in immune response (Video)
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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For the first time, a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have imaged in real time the body's immune response to a parasitic infection in the brain.
Electronic alerts about abnormal imaging test results do not always result in timely follow-up
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests sometimes may not receive timely follow-up even when clinicians receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system, according to a report in the ...
Glitches in DNA repair genes predict prognosis in pancreatic cancer
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Variations in mismatch repair genes can help predict treatment response and prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center presented today in ...
Dogs may be responding to psychological seizures, not epilepsy seizures
Jan 22, 2007 |
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Reports of dogs that can predict their owners' epilepsy seizures have been anecdotal and not objectively confirmed by doctors and researchers. Some people obtain service dogs trained specifically for people with seizures. ...
Cancer cells are protected by our own immune system
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the very first few days of development of a cancer, our immune system recognizes cancer cells not as abnormal cells requiring eradication but as cells of the body that need to be protected. This result ...
Researchers tie genes, lower reward response to weight gain
Oct 16, 2008 |
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The brains of obese people seem to respond to a tasty treat with less vigor than the brains of their leaner peers, suggesting obese people may overeat to compensate for a reduced reward response, according to a new brain ...
Researchers find new clues to risk of Hodgkin lymphoma
Apr 01, 2008 |
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A long-term study of twins has led University of Southern California (USC) researchers to find potential links between Hodgkin lymphoma and levels of an immune response protein (interleukin-12).
Blood thinner causes stroke in some dialysis patients
Aug 27, 2009 |
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The blood thinner warfarin can prevent strokes in most individuals with abnormal heart rhythms, but the drug may have the opposite effect in kidney disease patients on dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...
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