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New treatment for skin, corneal wound healing in diabetic patients
A team of researchers recently developed several diabetic models to study impaired wound healing in diabetic corneas. Using a genome-wide cDNA array analysis, the group identified genes, their associated pathways...
Andrew Semple obituary
Pioneering doctor and medical health officer in Liverpool who battled against infectious disease, slum conditions and pollutionFrom 1948 until 1974, Andrew Semple's patient was the city of Liverpool. Semple, who has died aged...
Sleep-deprived mice show connection with diabetes, age
For the first time, researchers describe the effect of sleep deprivation on the unfolded protein response in peripheral tissue. Stress in pancreatic cells due to sleep deprivation may contribute to...
One protein, two personalities: Team identifies new mechanism of cancer spread
A new finding has identified key steps that trigger the disintegration of cellular regulation that leads to cancer. The discovery -- that a protein called Exo70 has a split personality,...
Worm Eggs, Hot Baths - Two Ideas For Treating High-Functioning Autism
Approximately 1 in 88 children are diagnosed as being somewhere on the autism spectrum. One hypothesis about autism is that a hyperactive immune system results in elevated levels of inflammation...
Caution to pregnant women on red meat-diabetes link
Pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant can make use of the holiday season to adjust their diets and reduce the risk of gestational diabetes, according to researchers at...
New test can spot chlamydia in 20 minutes
Researchers have developed a new assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans. This procedure takes less than 20...
Researchers Show Optimal Framework for Heartbeats
The heart maintains a careful balancing act; too soft and it won’t pump blood, but too hard and it will overtax itself and stop entirely. There is an optimal amount...
F.D.A. Restricts Antibiotics Use for Livestock
The move was a major shift that could have far-reaching implications for industrial farming and human health.
Game-changing shift occurring in cancer discovery, treatment
Research advances that have come to fruition over the past year demonstrate extraordinary progress in the fight against cancer, according to a new report. The report stresses, however, that recent...
Maternal health program in India failing to deliver, study shows
The Chiranjeevi Yojana program aimed at reducing infant and maternal deaths in rural India by encouraging mothers to deliver in private hospitals has been unsuccessful, despite the investment of more...
Staph-causing bacteria linger deep in our noses
The nasal cavity has hidden crevices where the disease-causing bacteria like to hang out.
More physically active adults have improved cardiorespiratory fitness
Fewer than half of adults in the United States meet the recommended physical activity guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Often physical inactivity may be associated...
Malnourished children still have hope beyond first 1,000 days
New research is finding that global health workers should not give up on impoverished children after the first 1,000 days. In a longitudinal study of 8,000 children from four poverty-laden...
Staying ahead of Huntington's disease
Researchers have made strides in staying ahead of Huntington’s disease, a devastating, incurable disorder that results from the death of certain neurons in the brain.
Fight against cancer: The anti-tumor activity of immune cells can be restored
Researchers have revealed a mechanism that explains why the anti-tumor activity of specific immune cells called macrophages is suppressed during tumor growth. They have also demonstrated that blocking the protein...
Antivirals for HCV improve kidney, cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients
Researchers reveal that antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with diabetes. Results show that incidences of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack...
Raw Milk: 1 in 6 Who Drink It Gets Sick
About 17 percent of people who drink raw milk become ill with bacterial or parasite infections from Salmonella, E. coli and Campylobacter, researchers at the Minnesota Department of Health estimated.
Edmonton car dealer sold luxury SUV to psychiatric patient
An Edmonton car dealer acted unethically when it sold a luxury SUV to a psychiatric hospital patient, says the patient’s sister and legal guardian.
Saskatchewan not enforcing tobacco law, Cancer Society says
The Canadian Cancer Society says recent numbers obtained by CBC's iTeam show the Saskatchewan government is failing to enforce legislation banning the sale of tobacco to minors.
10 promesas tecnológicas que hicieron noticia en 2013
Tecnologías para comunicarse, transportar insumos o enfrentar desastres destacaron entre las innovaciones de 2013.
Researchers uncover mechanism controlling Tourette Syndrome tics
A mechanism in the brain that controls tics in children with Tourette Syndrome has been discovered by scientists.
Ribosomal proteins RPL5 and RPL11 play an essential role in normal cell proliferation
Researchers from the Laboratory of Cancer Metabolism (LCM) led by George Thomas at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the Division of Hematology/...
Choreographed stages of Salmonella infection revealed
Scientists have used a new method to map the response of every salmonella gene to conditions in the human body, providing new insight into how the bacteria triggers infection.
New way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Target human cells instead
As more reports appear of a grim "post-antibiotic era" ushered in by the rise of drug-resistant bacteria, a new strategy for fighting infection is emerging that targets a patient's cells...
New labs sprouting up to test cannabis—and the law
Grandaddy Purple, Blueberry Yum Yum and other pot products may now be legal for medical use in 20 states and the District of Columbia, but how do patients know what...
Picturing pain could help unlock its mysteries and lead to better treatments
Understanding the science behind pain, from a simple "ouch" to the chronic and excruciating, has been an elusive goal for centuries. But now, researchers are reporting a promising step toward...
New gene therapy proves promising as hemophilia treatment
Researchers have found that a new kind of gene therapy led to a dramatic decline in bleeding events in dogs with naturally occurring hemophilia A, a serious and costly bleeding...