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July 10, 2016

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July 10, 2016

Study Finds No Substantial Harm from Primary Care Melanoma Screening

July 8, 2016 — Experts concerned that primary care screening for melanomas could lead to widespread misdiagnoses or overtreatment can take comfort in the results of a new study that found no such ... read more

An Epigenetic Mechanism Is Involved in Development of Autoinflammatory Diseases

July 8, 2016 — Scientists have identified an epigenetic mechanism involved in the development of autoinflammatory diseases. The observed epigenetic changes open up possibilities for the development of novel ... read more

Exercise Training in Heart Failure: Shaping Your Proteins

July 8, 2016 — More than 20 million people worldwide are estimated to have heart failure. The results of this study suggest that heart failure development is associated with disruption of cardiac protein quality ... read more

New Work Aiming to Stop Diabetes, a Major Global Health Challenge

July 8, 2016 — A new study estimates the global prevalence of diabetes and anticipates future trends. According to the results, the world's adult population with diabetes increased from 108 million in 1980 to ... read more

Preconceptions Predict Coping, Health Outcomes

July 8, 2016 — A study into chronic kidney disease is currently underway. The work shows that people who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) form pre-conceived beliefs about their illness which can impact their ... read more

Exercise Training in Heart Failure: Shaping Your Proteins

July 8, 2016 — Aerobic exercise training restored the cardiac protein quality control system in rats, showed a new study. More than 20 million people worldwide are estimated to have heart failure and this situation ... read more

Promising New Methods for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease

July 8, 2016 — New methods to examine the brain and spinal fluid heighten the chance of early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. These findings may have important implications for early detection of the ... read more

Novel Discovery Improves Profiling of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients for Targeted Therapies

July 8, 2016 — Researchers have identified a set of genes, including DNMT3A, that could potentially be used to predict clinical outcomes of patients who suffer from a type of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) associated ... read more

July 8, 2016 — It's like something out of a horror movie -- a killer bug that goes through your nose and can kill you in 24 hours. What's worse is it could be lurking in your body without you even knowing ... read more

Exercise Improves Memory in Breast Cancer Survivors

July 8, 2016 — Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is related to improved subjective memory in breast cancer survivors, who often complain about memory problems, reports a new study. It appears the physical ... read more

No Evidence of Weekend Increase in Mental Health Patient Suicide

July 7, 2016 — A new study prompted by current government policy for a 'seven-day NHS,' has found that suicide deaths by mental health patients are actually lower at the ... read more

Antidepressants: Treatment for Bad Marriages?

July 7, 2016 — Psychiatrists nearly always responded with prescriptions for antidepressants when clients complained of bad marriages, according to a new study spanning 20 years at an American medical center. The ... read more

Two Groundbreaking Studies Reflect New Paradigm in Breast Cancer Research

July 7, 2016 — In a new paradigm of breast cancer research, physicians are fast-tracking promising new experimental drugs for further study, while immediately dropping drugs that don't ... read more

July 7, 2016 — In the study, researchers worked with a species of Old World monkeys, rhesus macaques to reproduce the trial results of RV144, the only HIV vaccine that has been tested and shown to reduce the rate ... read more

Athletes May Have White Matter Brain Changes Six Months After a Concussion

July 7, 2016 — New research finds white matter changes in the brains of athletes six months after a concussion, report investigators. The study involved 17 high school and college football players who experienced a ... read more

Some Major Scoliosis Surgeries Can Be Avoided, Look-Back Study Suggests

July 7, 2016 — In a look-back study of medical records, researchers concluded that a major operation to fuse the spines of children with a rare form of severe, early-onset scoliosis can be eliminated in many ... read more

July 7, 2016 — Hallmarks of early brain overgrowth have been discovered in cells of people with autism. These findings suggest that it is possible to use stem cell reprogramming technologies developed in the past ... read more

Mitochondria Are Exploited in Cancer for Tumor Cell Motility, Metastatic Competence

July 7, 2016 — Scientists have identified a specific network of proteins present in mitochondria of tumor cells that is essential for maintaining a clean function of mitochondria, enabling not only the ... read more

July 7, 2016 — The process by which a mother's diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring's attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation in an unexpected ... read more

July 7, 2016 — A study now suggests that in West Africa tests to identify Mtbc in culture miss a substantial fraction of cases, with dire consequences for the patients and for TB control ... read more

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