Early Trigger For Type-1 Diabetes Found In Mice
Scientists are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins. Doctors have known the disease is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreas, but the exact trigger of the attack has been unclear. Now, a new study in mice implicates the immune signal interferon-alpha as an early culprit in a chain of events that upend sugar metabolism and make patients dependent on lifelong insulin injections....
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High Levels Of Uric Acid May Be Associated With High Blood Pressure
Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism....
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Genetic Predisposition May Play A Role In Anxiety Disorders
Finnish scientists have identified genes that may predispose to anxiety disorders. Some of the studied genes show a statistical association with specific anxiety disorders....
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Medication Slows Progression Of Myopia In Children
Daily treatment with a medication called pirenzepine can slow the rate of progressive myopia, or nearsightedness, in children, reports a new study....
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High Levels Of Toxic Metals Found In Herbal Medicine Products Sold Online
One fifth of both US-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain lead, mercury or arsenic....
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Uninsured Patients Receive Unpredictable, Rationed Access To Health Care
A case study of three health care institutions with different ownership models found that self-pay patients must navigate a system that provides no guarantees medical centers will follow their own policies for providing uncompensated care....
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Caesarean Babies More Likely To Develop Diabetes
Babies delivered by Caesarean section have a 20 per cent higher risk than normal deliveries of developing the most common type of diabetes in childhood, according to a study led by Queen's University Belfast....
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Java Gives Caffeine-naive A Boost, Too
Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost as those who sip it regularly....
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Cell Removal Technique Could Lead To Cheaper Drugs
Costly drugs to treat conditions such as cancer and arthritis could be manufactured more cheaply with a new technique. Researchers have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs, which are increasingly prescribed to treat a range of illnesses....
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New Oral Vaccine May Protect Against Bubonic Plague
Researchers have used a less virulent ancestor to the highly infectious bubonic plague to develop a potentially safe, efficient and inexpensive live oral vaccine....
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Bones Get Mended With High Tech Glass-of-milk
Scientists at the new Nuclear-Magnetic Resonance unit at the University of Warwick have discovered how a high-tech glass of milk is helping bones mend....
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Fearsome-Smelling Gas Could Have Beneficial Uses In Medicine
A single breath of hydrogen sulfide, a gas best known for its rotten-egg smell, can kill. But at low concentrations, hydrogen sulfide could protect vital organs during surgery, research conducted by a new Emory University School of Medicine professor suggests....
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How Diet, Antioxidants Prevent Blindness In Aging Population
A new study reveals part of the magic behind a diet rich in antioxidants, showing how artichokes, blueberries and pecans can hold at bay the leading cause of age-related blindness in developed countries....
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Stick With Simple Antibiotics For Pneumonia To Avoid Super Bugs, Says Researcher
Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant super bugs, according to a new study....
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Trouble Quitting? New Smoking Study May Reveal Why
A new study sheds light on why smokers' intentions to quit "cold turkey" often fizzle out within days or even hours....
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Secret Of Newborn's First Words Revealed
A new study could explain why "daddy" and "mommy" are often a baby's first words -- the human brain may be hard-wired to recognize certain repetition patterns....
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Cancer Breath? New Tool Aims To Detect Cancer Early In Exhaled Air
Early cancer detection can significantly improve survival rates. Current diagnostic tests often fail to detect cancer in the earliest stages and at the same time expose a patient to the harmful effects of radiation. Scientists will be using mid-infrared lasers to create a sensor to detect biomarker gases exhaled in the breath of a person with cancer....
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Newer Cardiac Imaging Machines Effective In Detecting Coronary Artery Stenosis
The first multicenter study of the accuracy of some of the latest cardiac imaging technology found it was 99 percent as effective in ruling out obstructive coronary artery stenosis -- or narrowing of these arteries -- as the more expensive and invasive coronary angiography traditionally used by physicians, according to new research....
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Why Do Eyelids Sag With Age? Mystery Is Solved
Many theories have sought to explain what causes the baggy lower eyelids that come with aging, but researchers have now found that fat expansion in the eye socket is the primary culprit....
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Exploring The Function Of Sleep
Is sleep essential? Ask that question to a sleep-deprived new parent or a student who has just pulled an "all-nighter," and the answer will be a grouchy, "Of course!" But to a sleep scientist, the question of what constitutes sleep is so complex that scientists are still trying to define the essential function of something we do every night....
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