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• Personalized nutrition is better than a 'one size fits all' approach in improving diets
• Computers trounce pathologists in predicting lung cancer type, severity, researchers find
• Season and region of birth linked to heightened childhood celiac disease risk
• Lack of fresh food choices linked to signs of early heart disease
• Sedentary time may raise heart disease risk
• China facing epidemic of heart disease, stroke
• Time of day influences our susceptibility to infection, study finds
• Beta-blockers following angioplasty show little benefit for some older patients
• Long-lived parents could mean a healthier heart into your 70s
• Biomarker breakthrough could improve Parkinson's treatment
• Incentive payments increased quit rates among low-income smokers in Switzerland
• Fruit-fly diet impacts descendants, researcher finds
• Pulmonary complications in adult survivors of childhood cancer
• New research sheds light on the role of proteins and how synapses work
• Physician incentive program to improve care for complex patients did not result in improvements
• How antiviral antibodies become part of immune memory
• Defect in process that controls gene expression may contribute to Huntington's disease
• New family of bacterial cell wall builders
• Is acetaminophen use when pregnant associated with kids' behavioral problems?
• Mapping the health threat of wildfires under climate change in US West
• Indoor tanning: Women say no to total ban, yes to stricter policies

Personalized nutrition is better than a 'one size fits all' approach in improving diets Posted: 16 Aug 2016 06:22 AM PDT People receiving personalized nutrition advice develop healthier eating habits including consuming less red meat and reducing their salt intake, a study has found.

Computers trounce pathologists in predicting lung cancer type, severity, researchers find Posted: 16 Aug 2016 05:47 AM PDT Computers can be trained to be more accurate than pathologists in assessing slides of lung cancer tissues, according to a new study. The researchers found that a machine-learning approach to identifying critical disease-related features accurately differentiated between two types of lung cancers and predicted patient survival times better than the standard approach of pathologists classifying tumors by grade and stage.

Season and region of birth linked to heightened childhood celiac disease risk Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:00 PM PDT Circulating viral infections may help explain the temporal and geographical patterns associated with the risk of developing childhood celiac disease, conclude Swedish researchers.

Lack of fresh food choices linked to signs of early heart disease Posted: 15 Aug 2016 04:00 PM PDT A lack of access to nearby stores selling fresh food may increase residents' risk of developing the signs of early heart disease, according to new research.

Sedentary time may raise heart disease risk Posted: 15 Aug 2016 04:00 PM PDT Being sedentary is not just a lack of exercise, it is a potentially independent risk factor for heart disease and stroke, according to a science advisory from the American Heart Association.

China facing epidemic of heart disease, stroke Posted: 15 Aug 2016 03:56 PM PDT A 20-year rise in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China appears to have been spurred largely by increases in high blood pressure, according to a new study. Increasing body mass index (BMI), decreasing physical activity, a high prevalence of smoking, and unhealthy diet have also contributed to the growing burden of CVD -- now the leading cause of death in China.

Time of day influences our susceptibility to infection, study finds Posted: 15 Aug 2016 03:56 PM PDT We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between cells, suggests new research. The findings may help explain why shift workers, whose body clocks are routinely disrupted, are more prone to health problems, including infections and chronic disease.

Beta-blockers following angioplasty show little benefit for some older patients Posted: 15 Aug 2016 03:55 PM PDT Following coronary angioplasty, beta-blockers did not significantly improve mortality rates or reduce the number of future cardiovascular incidents for older patients with stable angina but no history of heart attack or heart failure, according to a new study.

Long-lived parents could mean a healthier heart into your 70s Posted: 15 Aug 2016 03:55 PM PDT The longer our parents lived, the longer we are likely to live ourselves, and the more likely we are to stay healthy in our 60s and 70s, experts say. Having longer-lived parents means we have with much lower rates of a range of heart conditions and some cancers.

Biomarker breakthrough could improve Parkinson's treatment Posted: 15 Aug 2016 11:20 AM PDT A new, non-invasive way to track the progression of Parkinson's disease could help evaluate experimental treatments to slow or stop the disease's progression, say experts.

Incentive payments increased quit rates among low-income smokers in Switzerland Posted: 15 Aug 2016 11:20 AM PDT Paying smokers to quit with payments that increased with the length of abstinence led one third of participants in a study to stop smoking for six months, according to research. While a large group relapsed after payments ended, abstinence rates a full year after the last incentive were almost 6 percentage points higher among smokers who received financial incentives compared to those who did not.

Fruit-fly diet impacts descendants, researcher finds Posted: 15 Aug 2016 10:52 AM PDT For a fruit fly, what its grandparents ate may affect how much it weighs. But the passing down of a body type based on diet is not a simple cause and effect, a researcher has found.

Pulmonary complications in adult survivors of childhood cancer Posted: 15 Aug 2016 10:49 AM PDT A new article outlines the pulmonary outcomes among childhood cancer survivors. The study also evaluates the impact of complications such as asthma, chronic cough, emphysema and recurrent pneumonia on daily activities.

New research sheds light on the role of proteins and how synapses work Posted: 15 Aug 2016 10:49 AM PDT Loss of synapses and synapse function sit at the heart of a number of diseases, not just neurodegenerative examples such as dementia and Parkinson's disease but also conditions such as diabetes. We do not fully understand how synapses work, but new research has shed new light on the role of proteins in the way in which synapses maintain their signalling.

Physician incentive program to improve care for complex patients did not result in improvements Posted: 15 Aug 2016 10:48 AM PDT Incentive payments to primary care physicians for the provision of care for patients with complex health conditions did not improve primary care or decrease hospitalizations in British Columbia, found a new study.

How antiviral antibodies become part of immune memory Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:49 AM PDT Scientists probe activated B cells, important for forming immune memory, during flu vaccination and infection and Ebola infection in humans. Understanding how to elicit these cells is critical for designing effective vaccines.

Defect in process that controls gene expression may contribute to Huntington's disease Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:48 AM PDT Researchers have identified a gene silencing mechanism that maintains neuronal specification and protects against neurodegeneration, a new report outlines.

New family of bacterial cell wall builders Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:48 AM PDT Scientists have discovered that a family of previously overlooked proteins plays a critical role in bacterial cell wall synthesis. The discovery paves the way for the development of novel antibiotics to target cell wall synthesis.

Is acetaminophen use when pregnant associated with kids' behavioral problems? Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:48 AM PDT Using the common pain-relieving medication acetaminophen during pregnancy was associated with increased risk for multiple behavioral problems in children, according to an article.

Mapping the health threat of wildfires under climate change in US West Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:13 AM PDT A surge in major wildfire events in the US West as a consequence of climate change will expose tens of millions of Americans to high levels of air pollution in the coming decades, according to a new study.

Indoor tanning: Women say no to total ban, yes to stricter policies Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:13 AM PDT Most young adult women who regularly visit indoor tanning salons support the introduction of policies to make it safer, but are against a total ban, a new study concludes. The findings are good news for regulators finalizing stricter regulations aimed at highlighting the skin cancer risks associated with artificial tanning.

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