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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
NORMALIZING PLUS-SIZE HAS HIDDEN HEALTH RISKS
The number of overweight individuals who are misperceiving their weight has increased over time, from 48.4% to 57.9% in men and 24.5%...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
DRUG COMPOUND THAT STOPS CANCER CELLS FROM SPREADING DISCOVERED
New drug compound KBU2046 discovered could freeze cancer cells and kill them where they stand.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
WORLD'S SMALLEST COMPUTER REVEALED
World's smallest "computer" - a device measuring just 0.3 mm to a side, completely dwarfed by a grain of rice has been created.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
STUDY REVEALS HOW GUT IMMUNE CELLS ARE KEPT IN CONTROL
Detection of mitochondria could be a diagnostic marker for the activation state of intestinal white blood cells.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
BRAIN SIGNALS TRAVEL TO DRIVE LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE
A novel approach to understanding how networks in the brain interact to make word-choice decisions has been developed.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
FRESH INSIGHTS INTO THE BRAIN'S RESPONSE TO OPIOIDS
Novel tool that gives deeper insights into the brain's response to opioids has been developed.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
NEW GENE EXPRESSION MECHANISM WITH POSSIBLE ROLE IN HUMAN CANCERS DISCOVERED
Protein Spt6 known for its key role in making RNA also facilities RNA degradation so that cells have just the right amount of RNA for...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
BROKEN SHUTTLE PROTEIN MAY INTERFERE WITH LEARNING IN MAJOR BRAIN DISORDERS
Broken shuttle protein gamma-CaMKII may hinder learning in patients with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and autism.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
BREAKTHROUGH IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE TREATMENT WITH IRON-MODIFYING DRUGS REVEALED
Breakthrough in description of metals present in brain that may cause progression of Alzheimer's disease will lead to metal-modifying...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
WEIGHT LOSS: LONELY AND LONG-TERM STRUGGLE FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE OBESITY
People with severe obesity face a lonely and long-term struggle towards weight loss. Bariatric surgery is a method that can be effective...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
HOW GUMMI CANDY PAVES WAY FOR NEW MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
Kids' favorite chewy candy Gummi bears are used by scientists for printing microelectrode sensors for direct measurement of electrical...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE: NEW INSIGHTS INTO WHAT CAUSES THE DISEASE
An otherwise unknown error has been found to occur in transport of glutamine between astrocytes and neurons in the brain of Huntington's...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
IMPORTANT INSIGHTS ON MENTAL DISORDERS FROM MASSIVE GENOME STUDY
A massive brain study on brain disorders found almost no genetic overlap among neurological diseases like Alzheimer's disease and multiple...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
FAT CELLS MAY REGULATE FAT CELL GROWTH: STUDY
Fat cells may regulate fat cell growth. Fat cell development and differentiation play an important role in the development of obesity...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
KETAMINE: MOLECULAR EXPLANATION FOR ITS LASTING EFFECT ON DEPRESSION
Ketamine and its long-lasting effects on the body of the depressed patient is being studied here in this study. Ketamine with its instantaneous...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
VITILIGO IS A SKIN DISEASE WORTHY OF ATTENTION - WORLD VITILIGO DAY
World Vitiligo Day is observed annually on the 25th June to educate and raise awareness about this neglected skin disease with sufferers...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
BRAIN ANATOMY MAY INFLUENCE YOUR FOOD CHOICES
Brain anatomy may play a role in determining your food preferences. Grey matter volume in two brain regions in the dorsolateral prefrontal...
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
COCONUT OIL MAY IMPROVE SURVIVAL IN PEROXISOMAL DISORDERS
Coconut oil diet rich in medium-chain fatty acids may improve survival in peroxisomal disorders which are a rare hereditary disease.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
EXAM ROULETTE - NEW LEARNING TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE ESSAY-INDUCED ANXIETY
Exam Roulette can help diminish the general essay-induced anxiety that kids have before they write an exam.
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By Medindia Health
- Jun 23, 2018
ROBOTIC SURGERY AND OPEN SURGERY EQUALLY EFFECTIVE IN BLADDER CANCER TREATMENT
Robotic-assisted surgery and traditional open surgery can equally benefit bladder cancer treatment.
Cancer
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The most hilarious memes mocking TIME's fake news "screaming migrant girl...
By now, everybody knows that TIME Magazine's “screaming migrant girl” cover photo is yet another blatant media hoax. The girl, who was falsely described by virtually the entire...
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Important Insights on Mental Disorders from Massive Genome Study
A massive brain study on brain disorders found almost no genetic overlap among neurological diseases like Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis but much overlap among...
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Ohio Health Department declares hepatitis A outbreak
The Ohio Department of Health declared a statewide community outbreak of hepatitis A on Friday evening.
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Adequate selenium in pregnancy can protect mothers' health later in life...
Adequate selenium levels can help babies get the best start in life, but they are critical to a motherâs long term health, too, a supplier says.
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‘I Really Care' Clothing Exists - And It's Selling Out
“I really care” clothing is in response to Melania Trump's “I really don't care” jacket Melania Trump's tone-deaf fashion statement as she boarded a plane to visit detained...
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Nitric Oxide Lowers Risk of Kidney Complications from Heart Surgery
Inhaled nitric oxide may reduce kidney complications from heart surgery when used during and for 24 hours following heart surgery. This is the first study to show that a...
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Chronic opioid use is higher among Trump voters, study finds
University of Texas researchers found that votes for Trump and long-term opioid use were both more common among low-income areas in poor mental and physical health.
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Eating fish once a week cuts risk of sudden cardiac death by half
Heart disease remains among the world's top killers, causing one in every four deaths in the U.S. alone. A paper suggests that to reduce your risk of succumbing to the disease...
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White Colorant in Food and Paints may Cause Type-2 Diabetes
Possible link found between diabetes and the most common white pigment in everyday products ranging from paint to candies. More than 200 million titanium dioxide crystallites...
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Elevated Blood Sugar Characteristic may Aid in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic...
Pancreatic cancer tests can be done when a patient is suspected to have elevated blood sugar levels, as patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can develop high blood sugar...