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The Ultimate Decoy: Protein M Helps Bacteria Misdirect Immune System
Researchers have discovered an unusual bacterial protein that attaches to virtually any antibody and prevents it from binding to its target. Protein M, as it is called, probably helps some...
Well: Sugary Foods Increase Heart Risks
Eating sugary foods, researchers have found, increases the risk of dying from heart disease.
Added sugars in diet linked to heart disease deaths
Consuming too much sugar can increase the risk of premature deaths from heart disease, a finding that is fuelling calls for the Canadian and U.S. governments to offer dietary limits...
New method for tracking T cells in HIV patients
A team of researchers has reported a novel method for tracking CD4+ T cells in people infected with HIV. CD4+ T cells are critical for immune defense against an array...
Hypertensive patients' use of specialty services changed with primary care resdesign
Researchers studied how patients with treated hypertension used outpatient specialty care before, during, and after a primary-care redesign was spread system-wide. Patients with hypertension and few other conditions had 27-28...
How shape-shifting DNA-repair machine fights cancer
Maybe you've seen the movies or played with toy Transformers, those shape-shifting machines that morph in response to whatever challenge they face. It turns out that DNA-repair machines in your...
Long-term survival among patients with most common childhood brain tumor is high; lower if treatment included radiation
Study of long-term survival of children with most common pediatric brain tumor finds almost 90 percent are alive 20 years later and few died from the tumor as adults. However,...
Obesity in men could dictate future colon screenings
Obesity is a known risk factor for many cancers including colon cancer, yet the reasons behind the colon cancer link have often remained unclear. A study is shedding more light...
Calories Burned by Winter Sports Activities (Infographic)
Relative number of calories expended during 10 minutes of various Olympic activities.
I'm a feminist and I've had cosmetic surgery. Why is that a problem? | Angela Neustatter
We should talk openly about cosmetic procedures and be supportive of women and men with low body confidenceThe memory of actor Julie Christie being accused, in print, of "betraying us all" when...
Can a protein controlling blood pressure enhance immune responses and prevent Alzheimer's?
Many people with high blood pressure are familiar with ACE inhibitors, drugs that widen blood vessels by limiting activity of ACE – angiotensin-converting enzyme – a naturally occurring protein found...
Chemical stem cell signature predicts treatment response for acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers have found a chemical “signature” in blood-forming stem cells that predicts whether patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to chemotherapy.
NSAIDs do not increase risk of miscarriages: Study
Women who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during pregnancy are not at increased risk of miscarriages, confirms a new study.
Robyn Benson on life support as husband awaits her C-section
Dylan Benson's pregnant wife suffered a medical emergency after Christmas and was declared brain dead, but remains in a B.C. hospital on life support until the doctors feel it's safe...
Antifungal drug may treat common skin cancer, study finds
An inexpensive antifungal pill that’s already on the market may help treat a very common type of skin cancer, researchers reported Monday.
‘Scalp sandwich’ improves outcomes to restore skull after brain surgery
Innovative approach causes less harm to brain, Johns Hopkins surgeons […]
Understanding vaccinations: Development and review
Childhood immunization recommendations have been the focus of increased attention over the past decade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently has an age-specific schedule of recommendations for...
Gene mutation defines brain tumors that benefit from aggressive surgery
A new study has found that malignant astrocytoma patients whose tumors carry a specific genetic mutation benefit greatly from surgical removal of the largest possible amount of tumor.
Mood-stabilizing drug could treat inherited liver disease, study shows
Opening up a can of worms is a good way to start hunting for new drugs. In a study published, researchers demonstrate how they used a primitive worm model to...
Perceived personal control reduces mortality risk at low, not high, education levels
Personality researchers find having a sense of control over one's life can reduce mortality rates in people who have little education, but a sense of control does not influence mortality...
NIH Study Offers Insight Into Why Cancer Incidence Increases with Age
The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen in older people, according to...
High media use, reduced sleep, low activity: Adolescents at 'invisible' risk of mental ill-health
Adolescents with high media use, reduced sleep and low physical activity comprise an 'invisible-risk' group that has high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms, according to a large international study.
Women 35 and older are at decreased risk to have anatomically abnormal child, study suggests
In a new study, researchers report that women ages 35 and older are at a decreased risk of having a child with a major congenital malformation, after excluding chromosomal abnormalities.
Researchers Advance Findings on Key Gene Related to Cancer Metastasis
Researchers report that the disabling of two key genes, SSeCKS/AKAP12 and Rb, led to early development of prostate cancer and was also associated with high rates of metastasis to nearby...
Genetic function of tumor suppressor gene discovered; could offer new avenue to cancer therapies
Researchers have discovered a genetic function that helps one of the most important "tumor suppressor" genes to do its job and prevent cancer. Finding ways to maintain or increase the...
Your Body Can Kill Cancer. It Just Needs Better Instructions.
Battling Cancer With A Vaccine Medi-Mation Part of what makes cancers so insidious is that they’re not invaders: They’re our own cells turned against us. That means the body usually doesn’t see them...
Science online: January 17, 2014
Science online: January 17, 2014 Direct in vivo RNAi screen unveils myosin IIa as a tumor suppressor of squamous cell carcinomas Daniel Schramek, Ataman Sendoel, Jeremy P. Segal, Slobodan Beronja,...
Nature Medicine online: January 12, 2014
Nature Medicine online: January 12, 2014 Broadly neutralizing hemagglutinin stalk-specific antibodies require FcγR interactions for protection against influenza virus in vivo David J. DiLillo, Gene S. Tan, Peter Palese and...