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- European hospitals overlook every other person with HIV
- Diabetes drug could be used to combat fatty liver disease, research shows
- Sensory illusion causes cells to self-destruct
- Walking faster or longer linked to significant cardiovascular benefits in older adults
- Seven minutes of meditation can reduce racial prejudice, study finds
- Key molecular players in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes identified
- Mini-intestine grown in a test tube for nutritional research
- Long-term outcomes in childhood, young adult cancer survivors
- Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water
- Continuum theory of sexual orientation disputed by researchers
| European hospitals overlook every other person with HIV Posted: 20 Nov 2015 06:21 AM PST Many European hospitals fail to routinely test people who may be at risk of an HIV-infection, a new study reveals. If tests were more widely used in healthcare, fewer HIV-patients would go unnoticed, especially in Northern Europe. |
| Diabetes drug could be used to combat fatty liver disease, research shows Posted: 19 Nov 2015 06:17 PM PST Findings from a new study present the possibility of new therapies for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, for which there is no current licensed treatment. The trial was the first of its type to look into the action of liraglutide in the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. |
| Sensory illusion causes cells to self-destruct Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:34 AM PST Magic tricks work because they take advantage of the brain's sensory assumptions, tricking audiences into seeing phantoms or overlooking sleights of hand. Now a team of researchers has discovered that even brainless single-celled yeast have sensory biases that can be hacked by a carefully engineered illusion, a finding that could be used to develop new approaches to fighting diseases such as cancer. |
| Walking faster or longer linked to significant cardiovascular benefits in older adults Posted: 19 Nov 2015 09:22 AM PST Even among Americans in their mid-70's and older, being more active, including walking at a reasonable pace or distance, is linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular events, researchers show in one of the first studies of its kind. |
| Seven minutes of meditation can reduce racial prejudice, study finds Posted: 19 Nov 2015 09:22 AM PST A popular meditation technique that's intended to create feelings of kindness can also reduce prejudice, according to new research. The study found that just seven minutes of Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a Buddhist practise that promotes unconditional kindness towards oneself and others, is effective at reducing racial bias. |
| Key molecular players in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes identified Posted: 19 Nov 2015 09:22 AM PST There is strong evidence that inflammation promotes obesity-associated type 2 diabetes and diabetes complications. However, clinical trials with anti-inflammatory drugs have only been modestly effective for treating type 2 diabetes. A new fingerprint of inflammation that may be able to predict which patients with obesity may also develop type 2 diabetes has been identified by medical researchers. |
| Mini-intestine grown in a test tube for nutritional research Posted: 19 Nov 2015 09:22 AM PST The ability to grow three-dimensional precursors of an organ from stem cells in a Petri dish has brought about a revolution in the field of biomedicine. But exactly what can be researched on such an organoid in vitro? A team of scientists has now shown for the first time how artificially grown mini-intestines can be used in nutritional and diabetic research. |
| Long-term outcomes in childhood, young adult cancer survivors Posted: 19 Nov 2015 09:22 AM PST Recent work has focused on long-term outcomes in survivors of childhood or young adult cancer. Among other findings, researchers found that cancer survivors had an overall increased relative risk for hospitalization compared with those in the general population. Cancer survivors at highest risk for hospitalizations were leukemia, brain cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. |
| Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water Posted: 19 Nov 2015 08:24 AM PST Two new catalysts have been developed as effective treatment of tap water. With these catalysts, researchers intend to eliminate harmful chlorine compounds. |
| Continuum theory of sexual orientation disputed by researchers Posted: 19 Nov 2015 08:24 AM PST Researchers have established a categorical distinction between people who are heterosexual and those who are not. The findings are a clear departure from the homosexual-heterosexual continuum used to describe sexual orientation since it was hypothesized by sexologist Alfred Kinsey in 1948. However, the findings do support more recent biological hypotheses of sexual orientation. |
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