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A proposal to reduce vaccine exemptions while respecting rights of conscience

28.01.2019 Health Problems

Vaccine resistance is one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019, according to the World Health Organization. Here in the U.S., New York City is currently experiencing its worst outbreak of measles in decades, sickening scores of children in ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods. Other clustered outbreaks of deadly and highly contagious, but vaccine-preventable, diseases are becoming frustratingly routine […]

Loss of muscle and weight associated with disability after stroke

25.01.2019 Health Problems

Loss of muscle and body weight is associated with disability after stroke, reports a study presented today at Heart & Stroke 2019, a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Stroke, and published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.1 Study author Dr. Nadja Scherbakov, of the Centre for Stroke Research Berlin and Charité University Hospital, […]

The Weight Loss Plan That Actually Lets You Eat a Lot of Carbs

25.01.2019 Beauty & Balance

If you’ve tried to lose weight on the ketogenic diet or another low-carb plan and found it too difficult to all but abstain from bread, whole grains, and other carbohydrates, then you might be in need of a little TLC—the TLC diet, that is. TLC stands for Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes. Created by the National Institutes of Health, the plan focuses […]

Researchers discover new type of blood vessel in the bones of mice

23.01.2019 Health Problems

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across Germany has discovered a new type of blood vessel in mouse bones. In their paper published in the journal Nature Metabolism, the group describes making sample mouse bones transparent, as well as their microscopic properties. Christopher Ritchlin and Iannis Adamopoulos with the University of Rochester and the University of California, respectively, […]

The metabolism of the intestinal microbiota in the first year of life

22.01.2019 Health Problems

A research team with the participation of the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio) of the University of Valencia, together with FISABIO and CIBERESP, has carried out the first metatranscriptomic study of the gut microbiota of babies, which extends knowledge of the metabolism of intestinal bacterial communities during the first year of life with an unprecedented level of detail. This […]

Discovery of enhanced bone growth could lead to new treatments for osteoporosis

18.01.2019 Health Problems

UCLA and UC San Francisco life scientists have discovered a dramatic pattern of bone growth in female mice—research that could potentially lead to stronger bone density in women and new treatments for osteoporosis in older women. The researchers found that blocking a particular set of signals from a small number of neurons in the brain causes female, but not male, […]

Engineered immune cells target broad range of pediatric solid tumors in mice

17.01.2019 Health Problems

Immune cells engineered to attack childhood cancers were able to eradicate different types of pediatric tumors in mice, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The study, which will be published online Jan. 17 in Clinical Cancer Research, provides evidence that these engineered cells can target many types of pediatric solid tumors, including brain tumors. […]

New yeast model of metabolic disorders may lead to life-saving therapies

16.01.2019 Health Problems

There are hundreds of metabolic disorders—including phenylketonuria, tyrosinemia, maple syrup urine disease and homocystinuria. These disorders lead to congenital diseases that produce a critical enzyme deficiency that interferes with the body’s metabolism. The pathologies and symptoms vary among the diseases, but all of them are usually fatal and have no known cure. Most metabolic disorders affect infants. The majority of […]

As the oceans rise, so do your risks of breast cancer

16.01.2019 Health Problems

It is encouraging to see greater attention in the media to the issue of climate change and its effects on the life-support systems of the planet. The link between breast cancer and the environment, however, is being overlooked. Premenopausal women exposed to high levels of air pollution have a 30 per cent increased risk for breast cancer, according to a […]

Scientists make strides in creation of clinical-grade bone

15.01.2019 Health Problems

A team of scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute reported Friday in Stem Cell Research and Therapy that they have made valuable progress toward creating clinical-grade cells for treatment of bone disease and injury. In their study, the team identified two types of growth media that could support effective expansion of mesenchymal progenitor (MP) cells […]

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