Lewy body dementia and other illnesses of aging brains cause immeasurable suffering for patients and their families. Lewy body...
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Improvement of the genetic decoding of neurodevelopmental disorders
A result that will help in the future diagnosis of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability, autism or...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
New guidelines published to improve diagnosis and treatment of lupus
A University of Birmingham academic has led the authorship of the UK’s first guideline on the care of adults with...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Liquid biopsy may be new way to detect liver cancer earlier, easier
An international team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues...
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Fatty diet may boost risk of relapse in kids with multiple sclerosis, while high vegetable intake may halve risk
On the other hand, high vegetable intake may halve the risk of relapse, the findings indicate. Several genetic and environmental...
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Likely new treatment target identified for diabetic retinopathy
In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body grows new blood vessels to help, but the result is often leaky, dysfunctional...
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A need for bananas? Dietary potassium regulates calcification of arteries
Bananas and avocados — foods that are rich in potassium — may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known...
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Addition of DPP4i to AGI reduces HbA1c in T2DM
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), inadequately controlled with alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs), the addition of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Black tea may help with weight loss, too
Benefits of green tea were already known; new UCLA study shows that polyphenols in both varieties alter gut bacteria The...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Microbiologists uncover clues to clustering of lethal bacteria in CF patients’ lungs
Gregory G. Anderson, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Individuals with cystic fibrosis, or CF, have...