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Against expectations, genetic variation does not alter asthma treatment response

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies have suggested that asthma patients with a specific genetic variation might not respond as well to certain treatments as those with a different variation. But a new study in this week's edition of ...


Coverage of inexpensive drugs may increase length and quality of life after heart attack

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Providing free medications to people after heart attack could add years to patients' lives at a relatively low cost for provincial governments, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.





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Upending textbook science on Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta. That's why eliminating the protein has been the focus of almost all drug research pursuing a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative ...


Crosstalk between critical cell-signaling pathways holds clues to tumor invasion and metastasis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two signaling pathways essential to normal human development - the Wnt/Wingless (Wnt) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathways - interact in ways that can promote tumor cell invasion and metastasis, researchers ...


Sugary cola drinks linked for first time to higher risk of gestational diabetes

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Researchers from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's ...


Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress

Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When spider mites attack a bean plant, the plant responds by producing odours which attract predatory mites. These predatory mites then exterminate the spider mite population, thus acting ...


Sedatives, mood-altering drugs related to falls among elderly

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Falls among elderly people are significantly associated with several classes of drugs, including sedatives often prescribed as sleep aids and medications used to treat mood disorders, according to a study led by a University ...


Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you

Medicine & Health / Research

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If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...


Blocking biofilms: Alzheimer's research sheds light on potential treatments for urinary tract infections

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research into Alzheimer's disease seems an unlikely approach to yield a better way to fight urinary tract infections (UTIs), but that's what scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...


Polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids boost the birth of new neurons

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona (UAB, Spain) researchers have confirmed that a diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, patented as an LMN diet, helps boost the production of the brain's stem cells ...



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