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Researchers Regenerate Optic Nerve In Mice
Individuals blinded by optic nerve damage from glaucoma or trauma might be able to regain at least some visual function in the future after researchers have successfully ...
Emotions In Humans May Be Associated With Brain Cells Found In Monkeys
A human's self-awareness is controlled by a small region in the brain called the anterior insular cortex (insula). Within the insula lies a unique cell type - the von ...
New Drug For Destroying Human Cancer Stem Cells
Conventional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation can cause toxic side-effects. Now, researchers have discovered that a drug called thioridazine can ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Battle - New Target Identified
Over one million adults in the U.S. suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, a systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease that can be incapacitating. Researchers have now ...
4 Mushroom Poisonings In 2 Weeks - Doctors Test Milk Thistle As Treatment
Over the course of two weeks, four people visited the MGUH for medical treatment due to mushroom (amantin) poisoning. One Virginia man arrived at MedStar Georgetown ...
Jet Device Injects Drugs Without Needles
The prospect of less painful medicine shots without needles came a step closer this month, as US researchers revealed how they have developed a device that delivers a ...
New Treatment For Tinnitus In The Making
An article published in this weeks Lancet provides a multidisciplinary approach to treating tinnitus. The specialised care program appears to be affective for both mild ...
Sperm Gene Discovery May Lead To Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive
The discovery of a gene that enables sperm to mature may lead to the development of a non-hormonal male contraceptive, according to new research in mice, led by the ...
Link Between A Child's Body Fat And Vitamin D Insufficiency In The Mother
Children are more likely to have more body fat during childhood if their mother has low levels of Vitamin D during pregnancy, according to scientists at the Medical ...
Study Finds IUDs, Implants Most Effective Birth Control
A study to evaluate birth control methods has found dramatic differences in their effectiveness. Women who used birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring were 20 ...
Hormone Boosts Immune Response When Vitamin D Levels Are Low, Plays Surprise Role In Fighting Skin Infections
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules produced in the skin to fend off infection-causing microbes. Vitamin D has been credited with a role in their production and ...
Toddlers' Exposure To Flame Retardants May Be Impacted By Socioeconomics
A Duke University-led study of North Carolina toddlers suggests that exposure to potentially toxic flame-retardant chemicals may be higher in nonwhite toddlers than in ...
Stem Cell Transplants Treat Chronic Pain
A new study finds that transplanting embryonic cells into adult mouse spinal cord can alleviate persistent pain. The research, published by Cell Press in the journal ...
Revealing New Ways Sleep-Wake Patterns Are Like Clockwork
Researchers at New York University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered new ways neurons work together to ease the transition ...
Chemotherapy's Effectiveness May Be Predicted By Breast MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides an indication of a breast tumor's response to pre-surgical chemotherapy significantly earlier than possible through clinical ...
Among HIV Patients In ICU, Mortality Rates Have Decreased, Chronic Disease Rates Have Increased
The expanded use of antiretrovirals, potent drugs used to treat retroviral infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been linked to significant ...
COPD Patients With P. aeruginosa Bacteria Likely To Have Poorer Clinical Outcomes
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who become infected with the bacterium Pseudomonas aerguinosa are more likely to have worse clinical outcomes ...
Respiratory Function Improved In Lung Transplant Patients By Azithromycin
Researchers in the United Kingdom have determined that azithromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic that also has anti-inflammatory properties, can be an effective ...
SBD And Metabolic Dysregulation In Obese Children Improved By Weight Loss
Weight loss improved both metabolic parameters and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in obese children in a new study from researchers in Belgium, confirming links ...
Pleural Effusion In Patients With CAP Reduced By Long-Term Inhaled Corticosteroids Use
Prior treatment with inhaled corticosteroids in patients with respiratory disorders who develop community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is associated with a lower incidence ...
Viral Infections In Infancy Are Not Associated With Wheezing Symptoms In Later Childhood
The number of viral infections during infancy is not associated with wheezing later in childhood, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. While ...
Severity Of Sleep Disordered Breathing Predicts Glycemic Health
The severity of sleep disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia independently predict both glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), ...
Atypical Femur Fracture Risk Linked To Bisphosphonate Usage
In a study published Online First by JAMA's Archives of Internal Medicine, Raphael P. H. Meier, M.D., and his team from Geneva's University Hospitals and Faculty of ...
When Access To Drug Reps Is Restricted, Physicians May Be Slower To Drop 'Black Box' Drugs, Adopt New Therapies
After years of reducing their contact with pharmaceutical sales representatives, physicians now risk an unintended consequence: Doctors who rarely meet with ...
Fever During Pregnancy More Than Doubles The Risk Of Autism Or Developmental Delay
A team of UC Davis researchers has found that mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely to have a child with autism or developmental ...
Quality Standards For Heparin Further Strengthened
To help further secure a safe supply of the widely-used blood thinner heparin, a third round of revisions to quality standards for the drug has been advanced by the U.S. ...
IT Solution To Help Disabled Make Better Wheelchair Selections
A Wayne State University researcher has introduced computer technology that makes it easier for people who need wheelchairs to select one that best suits their needs. In ...
Bone Repair Using Stem-Cell-Growing Surface
University of Michigan researchers have proven that a special surface, free of biological contaminants, allows adult-derived stem cells to thrive and transform into ...
How Patients Use Facebook To Solicit Kidney Donations
Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook. ...
Obesity Epidemic Likely Cause Of Huge Increase In Kidney Stones
The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled since 1994, according to a study by researchers at the University of ...

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