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Jul 29, 10 08:33AMResveratrol, a popular plant extract shown to prolong life in yeast and lower animals due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, appears also to suppress inflammation in humans, based on results...
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Jul 28, 10 11:20AMHuntington’s disease is a genetic disease with no cure, characterized by a steady decline in motor control and the dysfunction and death of brain cells. The cause of the disease has long baffled scientists...
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Jul 28, 10 11:16AMThe vaccine candidate, developed by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, is the culmination of almost four decades of research in Australia by MCRI, the University of Melbourne and the Royal Chil dren...
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Jul 27, 10 03:29PMA treatment plan used to prevent potentially dangerous blood clots in recovering surgical patients can also benefit some patients immobilized by acute medical illness, doctors have found in a multi-in stitutional...
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Jul 26, 10 04:05PMMost physicians believe that interaction with industry representatives does not influence their decisions about patient care. Increased emphasis on conflicts of interest has yet to sway physicians&rsq uo...
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Jul 26, 10 04:01PMClinical psychologist Irving Kirsch is selling a new book in which he argues that anti-depressants aren’t much better than placebo. He bases his claim on sophisticated statistical studies he...
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Jul 25, 10 02:26PMCall it the not-so-happy hour. The risk of stroke appears to double in the hour after consuming just one drink — be it wine, beer or hard liquor — according to a small multi-center study r eported...
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Jul 25, 10 02:22PMHaving discovered a dramatic increase of an easy-to-detect enzyme in the red blood cells of people with diabetes and prediabetes, Johns Hopkins scientists say the discovery could lead to a simple, rou tine...
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Jul 23, 10 05:33PMAs a family doc in practice for over 30 years I have been always tried to conceptualize disease states beyond the standard text book parameters. Thus I was elated by the prospect of discovering a new beneficial...
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Jul 22, 10 06:07PMResearchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) believe they may have found a new treatment for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a severe neurodegenerative disease of the retina that ul timately...
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