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• One atom can make a difference: Hydrogen-bonding pairing helps design better drugs to neutralize gut
• Simple solutions for overweight kids to lose weight as the weather warms up
• Cells in standby mode
• Looking at the bacteria inside: New method of viewing TB bacteria
• Change by the bundle: Study shows people are capable of multiple, simultaneous life changes
• Curcumin may help overcome drug-resistant tuberculosis
• Read my lips: New technology spells out what's said when audio fails
• Parents think life quality is worse for teens, adults born very premature
• Wnt secretion preventing drugs may reduce renal fibrosis, study shows
• Self-repairing cancer cells future of cancer treatments
• Expedited Medicaid access increases use of mental health services, but does not reduce recidivism for people recently released from prison
• Unraveling the mystery of stem cells
• Study examines patients' willingness to pay to fix facial deformities
• Economic analysis of PSA screening, selective treatment strategies
• Prenatal steroids reduce risk of brain bleeding in preemies, Stanford study finds
• Increased vitamin C in the diet could help protect against cataracts
• Botswana study shows 96 percent rate of viral suppression for patients on HIV drugs
• New imaging scans track down persistent cancer cells

One atom can make a difference: Hydrogen-bonding pairing helps design better drugs to neutralize gut Posted: 25 Mar 2016 12:17 PM PDT Hydrogen-bonding pairing regulates protein-ligand affinity; helps improve drug design.

Simple solutions for overweight kids to lose weight as the weather warms up Posted: 25 Mar 2016 10:22 AM PDT Obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years nationwide. One expert says that the most effective approach to addressing weight loss in children are lifestyle-based modifications that involve parents.

Cells in standby mode Posted: 25 Mar 2016 10:14 AM PDT Normally, cells are highly active and dynamic: in their liquid interior, called the cytoplasm, countless metabolic processes occur in parallel, proteins and particles jiggle around wildly. If, however, those cells do not get enough nutrients, their energy level drops. During such unfavorable conditions, the cytoplasm can solidify and protect the cell from death, new research shows.

Looking at the bacteria inside: New method of viewing TB bacteria Posted: 25 Mar 2016 06:39 AM PDT Although tuberculosis (TB) is commonly thought of as being a disease that mainly affects nineteenth century poets and Victor Hugo characters, it is still the second-most common cause of mortality from an infectious disease in the world, killing nearly three people every minute.

Change by the bundle: Study shows people are capable of multiple, simultaneous life changes Posted: 25 Mar 2016 06:37 AM PDT People are capable of multiple, simultaneous life changes, a new study suggests. Participants in the study were tested on a variety of factors, including physical fitness, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, working memory capacity, reading comprehension and more. They also underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of their brains to examine areas known to be associated with a range of cognitive functions.

Curcumin may help overcome drug-resistant tuberculosis Posted: 25 Mar 2016 06:37 AM PDT New research indicates that curcumin -- a substance in turmeric that is best known as one of the main components of curry powder -- may help fight drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Read my lips: New technology spells out what's said when audio fails Posted: 25 Mar 2016 06:37 AM PDT New lip-reading technology could help in solving crimes and provide communication assistance for people with hearing and speech impairments.

Parents think life quality is worse for teens, adults born very premature Posted: 25 Mar 2016 06:36 AM PDT Parents of very premature babies are more worried about their grown up children's lives than mothers and fathers whose babies were born full term.

Wnt secretion preventing drugs may reduce renal fibrosis, study shows Posted: 25 Mar 2016 06:36 AM PDT Renal fibrosis or the scarring of kidneys, following an injury, reduces their function and can cause kidney disease to progressively worsen. In a recent study, researchers have shown that drugs that target Wnt secretion by inhibiting Porcupine, a protein usually targeted for cancer treatment, may reduce renal fibrosis and protect the kidneys.

Self-repairing cancer cells future of cancer treatments Posted: 24 Mar 2016 12:01 PM PDT A research group has been studying cancer cells' ability to migrate through to tight spaces and self-repair to develop both treatment and diagnostic solutions for the millions of people who deal with cancer every day.

Expedited Medicaid access increases use of mental health services, but does not reduce recidivism for people recently released from prison Posted: 24 Mar 2016 11:37 AM PDT Providing expedited access to Medicaid to people with serious mental illness as they are released from prison increases their use of mental health and general medical services, but does not reduce criminal recidivism, according to new research.

Unraveling the mystery of stem cells Posted: 24 Mar 2016 11:32 AM PDT How do neurons become neurons? They all begin as stem cells, undifferentiated and with the potential to become any cell in the body. Now neuroscientists document some of the first steps in the process by which a stem cell transforms into different cell types.

Study examines patients' willingness to pay to fix facial deformities Posted: 24 Mar 2016 10:30 AM PDT How much would you be willing to pay to fix a facial defect? A new study has examined that question, and found that observers placed a premium on repairing large and central facial defects and were willing to pay less to repair small and peripheral facial defects.

Economic analysis of PSA screening, selective treatment strategies Posted: 24 Mar 2016 10:30 AM PDT Can prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer be cost-effective? A study, commentary and author interview examine that question.

Prenatal steroids reduce risk of brain bleeding in preemies, Stanford study finds Posted: 24 Mar 2016 07:44 AM PDT Prenatal steroid treatment reduces by half a premature baby's risk for a severe form of brain hemorrhage after birth, a study has found. The research, on nearly 26,000 premature infants, demonstrated that the benefit applies even to the earliest born preemies, who can be overlooked as potential candidates for this steroid treatment.

Increased vitamin C in the diet could help protect against cataracts Posted: 23 Mar 2016 07:04 PM PDT Higher dietary intake of vitamin C has been found to have a potentially preventative effect on cataract progression in the first twin study of cataracts to examine to what degree genetic and environmental factors influence their progression with age.

Botswana study shows 96 percent rate of viral suppression for patients on HIV drugs Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:50 PM PDT Botswana appears to have achieved very high rates of HIV diagnosis, treatment, and viral suppression -- much better than most Western nations, including the United States -- according to a new study.

New imaging scans track down persistent cancer cells Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:55 PM PDT Head and neck cancer patients may no longer have to undergo invasive post-treatment surgery to remove remaining cancer cells, as research shows that innovative scanning-led surveillance can help identify the need for, and guidance of, neck dissection.

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