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Vitamins good for some older women, bad for others
A simple blood test could determine whether older women with diabetes would benefit from--or be harmed by--vitamin doses designed to protect their ailing hearts, according to researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
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U of T researchers one step closer to creating oral insulin
University of Toronto researchers have shown that "designer molecules" can interact with the body's insulin receptor, a step toward the development of an oral medication for diabetes. more
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Genome sequence reveals leaner, meaner intestinal parasite
Cryptosporidium parvum — an insidious, one-celled, waterborne parasite that lodges in the intestines of infected people and animals and for which there is currently no effective treatment — is missing key structures normally found in similar parasites, say researchers supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health. The results of their genome sequencing project, now available in the online issue of Science, could help scientists home in on new drug targets that may lead to therapies for the disease. more
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FDA approves first oral fluid based rapid HIV test kit
FDA today approved the use of oral fluid samples with a rapid HIV diagnostic
test kit that provides screening results with over 99 percent accuracy in as
little as 20 minutes. Until now, all rapid HIV tests required the use of blood
in order to get such rapid results.
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Teens Who Want to Quit Smoking Need Peer Support
Teens who smoke and want to quit face unique challenges, researchers say. They often make frequent, spontaneous attempts to quit – without planning or support – and often fail quickly because they aren’t prepared to deal with withdrawal symptoms or temptations. more
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Fetal Heart Monitoring Ineffective at Diagnosing Cerebral Palsy
Fetal heart monitoring does not identify babies who are diagnosed with white matter brain injury after birth, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The study, reported during the Society for Gynecologic Investigation's meeting in Houston, March 24-27, helps explain why the incidence of cerebral palsy in term infants has not changed since the 1960s. more
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Pregnancies ending in abortion don't increase risk of breast cancer
Results of a major international collaboration investigating the relationship between abortion and breast cancer are published in this week's issue of the Lancet. Authors of the study conclude that the totality of the worldwide evidence does not suggest any increase in the risk of developing breast cancer for women who have had a pregnancy that ended in miscarriage or induced abortion. more
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