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• Hypertensive women with physically demanding jobs at three times risk of heart disease
• Speech disorder called apraxia can progress to neurodegenerative disease
• Progress in fighting cancer and infections with T cell therapy
• New appreciation for human microbiome leads to greater understanding of human health
• Market integration could help offset climate-related food insecurity
• Loss of sleep during adolescence may be a diabetes danger
• Study of cognitive development in deaf children revisits longstanding debate
• Research could inform new therapy for Parkinson’s disease
• Top academics warn that without a proactive approach to insecticide resistance, gains made in malaria prevention could be lost
• Eating breakfast could help obese people get more active
• From huts to cities: Changes in dwellings impact microbe exposure for human immune system
• Pesticide-induced mosquito death outweighs fitness advantage of survivors
• Computer models predict right-size heart valves
• New experimental test detects signs of Lyme disease near time of infection
• Stem cell gene therapy could be key to treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• Researchers identify 'neurostatin' that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease
• Researchers create 'mini-brains' in lab to study neurological diseases
• Public health researchers map world's 'chemical landscape'

Hypertensive women with physically demanding jobs at three times risk of heart disease Posted: 14 Feb 2016 05:11 PM PST Hypertensive women with highly active jobs have a nearly three times higher risk of ischaemic heart disease than women with normal blood pressure and moderately active jobs, according to new research.

Speech disorder called apraxia can progress to neurodegenerative disease Posted: 14 Feb 2016 05:11 PM PST It may start with a simple word you can't pronounce. Your tongue and lips stumble, and gibberish comes out. Misspeaking might draw a chuckle from family and friends. But, then, it keeps happening. Progressively, more and more speech is lost. Some patients eventually become mute from primary progressive apraxia of speech, a disorder related to degenerative neurologic disease.

Progress in fighting cancer and infections with T cell therapy Posted: 14 Feb 2016 05:11 PM PST The quest to bring immunotherapy into widespread clinical use against cancer and infectious diseases has made great strides in recent years. For example, clinical trials of adoptive T cell therapy are yielding highly promising results.

New appreciation for human microbiome leads to greater understanding of human health Posted: 14 Feb 2016 05:11 PM PST Anthropologists are studying the ancient and modern human microbiome and the role it plays in human health and disease. By applying genomic and proteomic sequencing technologies to ancient human microbiomes, such as coprolites and dental calculus, as well as to contemporary microbiomes in traditional and industrialized societies, Researchers are advancing the understanding of the evolutionary history of our microbial self and its impact on human health today.

Market integration could help offset climate-related food insecurity Posted: 14 Feb 2016 05:11 PM PST Global market integration is key to buffering future commodity prices and food security from the negative effects of climate change on agriculture, says an agricultural economist.

Loss of sleep during adolescence may be a diabetes danger Posted: 13 Feb 2016 03:57 PM PST How much slow-wave sleep a teenage boy gets may predict whether he is at risk for insulin resistance and other health issues, according to a neuroscience researcher.

Study of cognitive development in deaf children revisits longstanding debate Posted: 13 Feb 2016 03:57 PM PST With the advent of universal newborn hearing screening and improved technologies such as cochlear implants, more and more deaf children are relying on spoken language and not learning sign language. While some herald this as a victory, others point to variability in developmental outcomes as evidence that eschewing sign language may be a risky approach.

Research could inform new therapy for Parkinson’s disease Posted: 13 Feb 2016 04:52 AM PST New research suggests the possibility of the regrowth of dopaminergic neurons in adult mammals, which could have significant impact in treating Parkinson's disease.

Top academics warn that without a proactive approach to insecticide resistance, gains made in malaria prevention could be lost Posted: 13 Feb 2016 04:51 AM PST Researchers in the field of vector biology have put together an editorial outlining the need for a more urgent and proactive approach to insecticide resistance, if the gains made in malaria prevention in the 21st century are not to be lost.

Eating breakfast could help obese people get more active Posted: 13 Feb 2016 04:51 AM PST Eating breakfast causes obese people to be more active, according to new research. The study analyzed the links between breakfast and health for individuals classed as 'obese', comparing the results from a fasting group with a breakfasting group.

From huts to cities: Changes in dwellings impact microbe exposure for human immune system Posted: 12 Feb 2016 05:02 PM PST The shift from living in jungle huts to cities has dramatically changed human exposure to certain microbes, which could have implications for healthy immune function, according to a new study.

Pesticide-induced mosquito death outweighs fitness advantage of survivors Posted: 12 Feb 2016 01:42 PM PST A common toxin used to kill yellow fever mosquito larvae – the most prevalent transmitter of dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses – is highly effective. While there are some fitness advantages to surviving adults, this is still an effective way to control the damaging health impacts of these mosquito-borne diseases, a new study shows.

Computer models predict right-size heart valves Posted: 12 Feb 2016 01:40 PM PST Children born with a certain congenital heart defect often need a percutaneous pulmonary valve surgically inserted when they are 10 to 15 years old. New computer simulations have been developed to determine if that surgery will be successful and if the necessary valve will fit in the individual's heart -- before the surgery takes place.

New experimental test detects signs of Lyme disease near time of infection Posted: 12 Feb 2016 01:39 PM PST An experimental method developed by researchers appears capable of detecting the stealthy culprit Lyme bacteria at the earliest time of infection, when currently available tests are often still negative.

Stem cell gene therapy could be key to treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy Posted: 12 Feb 2016 01:39 PM PST Scientists have developed a new approach that could eventually be used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The stem cell gene therapy could be applicable for 60 percent of people with Duchenne, which affects approximately 1 in 5,000 boys in the US and is the most common fatal childhood genetic disease.

Researchers identify 'neurostatin' that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease Posted: 12 Feb 2016 01:39 PM PST An approved anti-cancer drug successfully targets the first step in the toxic chain reaction that leads to Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that treatments may be found to lower the risk of developing the neurodegenerative condition.

Researchers create 'mini-brains' in lab to study neurological diseases Posted: 12 Feb 2016 01:39 PM PST Researchers say they have developed tiny 'mini-brains' made up of many of the neurons and cells of the human brain -- and even some of its functionality -- and which can be replicated on a large scale.

Public health researchers map world's 'chemical landscape' Posted: 12 Feb 2016 06:15 AM PST Researchers have created a map of the world's chemical landscape, a catalog of 10,000 chemicals for which there is available safety data that they say can predict the toxicity of many of the 90,000 or more other substances in consumer products for which there is no such information.

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