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Animal Study Shows Why Long-Time Consumption of Soyfoods Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence
Apr. 19, 2015 — Women diagnosed with breast cancer are often told not to eat soyfoods or soy-based supplements because they can interfere with anti-estrogen treatment. But new research could eventually impact that ... full story
- Why Soyfoods May Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence
- Sepsis Deaths: New Research Strategy Needed
- African-Americans: Outcomes for Breast Cancer
- Kids With ADHD Must Squirm to Learn, Study Says
- Key Malarial Drug-Resistence Finding
- New Research Shows How to Tackle Obesity
- Seafood: No High Contaminant Level From Oil Spill
- Strokes: Artificial Blood Vessel Helps Assessment
- Remote Tribe: Antibiotic Resistance in Microbes
- Structure, Function of Proteins for DNA Repair
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Animal Study Shows Why Long-Time Consumption of Soyfoods Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence
Apr. 19, 2015 — Women diagnosed with breast cancer are often told not to eat soyfoods or soy-based supplements because they can interfere with anti-estrogen treatment. But new research could eventually impact that ... full story -
Leading Doctors Warn That Sepsis Deaths Will Not Be Curbed Without Radical Rethink of Research Strategy
Apr. 19, 2015 — Medical and public recognition of sepsis--thought to contribute to between a third and a half of all hospital deaths--must improve if the number of deaths from this common and potentially ... full story -
Study Reveals Cause of Poorer Outcomes for African-American Patients With Breast Cancer
Apr. 18, 2015 — Poorer outcomes for African-American women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, compared with European-American patients, appears to be due, in part, to a strong survival mechanism within ... full story -
Kids With ADHD Must Squirm to Learn, Study Says
Apr. 17, 2015 — Excessive movement common among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is actually vital to how they remember information and work out complex cognitive tasks, a new study shows. The ... full story -
Researchers Make Key Malarial Drug-Resistence Finding
Apr. 17, 2015 — A molecular mechanism responsible for making malaria parasites resistant to artemisinins, the leading class of antimalarial drugs, has been discovered by researchers. Artemisinins are powerful drugs ... full story -
New Research Shows How to Tackle Obesity
Apr. 17, 2015 — One size does not fit all when it comes to tackling obesity, according to a new study. Researchers looking at how to tackle England's country's obesity issue and found that currently ... full story -
'Real-Time' Feedback, 'Pay for Performance' Improve Physician Practice, Hospital Safety
Apr. 17, 2015 — Hospitals may reach higher safety and quality levels with programs that give physicians real-time feedback about evidence-based care and financial incentives for providing it, research ... full story -
Seafood Samples Had No Elevated Contaminant Levels from Oil Spill, Study Shows
Apr. 17, 2015 — Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, many people were concerned that seafood was contaminated by either the oil or dispersants used to keep the oil from washing ashore. A new study ... full story -
Artificial Blood Vessel Lets Researchers Better Assess Clot Removal Devices
Apr. 17, 2015 — An in vitro, live-cell artificial vessel has been created that can be used to study both the application and effects of devices used to extract life-threatening blood clots in the brain. The ... full story -
Bacterial Flora of Remote Tribespeople Carries Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Apr. 17, 2015 — Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had been exposed to antibiotic drugs. The findings suggest that bacteria in the ... full story -
New Lab Technique Reveals Structure and Function of Proteins Critical in DNA Repair
Apr. 17, 2015 — By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists have for the first time simultaneously observed the structure and the correlated function of specific proteins critical in the ... full story -
Fruit Fly Studies Shed Light on Adaptability of Nerve Cells
Apr. 17, 2015 — Neurons in the eye change on the molecular level when they are exposed to prolonged light, new research demonstrates. The researchers could identify that a feedback signalling mechanism is ... full story -
Mouth, as Well as Gut, Could Hold Key to Liver Disease Flare-Ups
Apr. 17, 2015 — In a recent study, researchers predicted which cirrhosis patients would suffer inflammations and require hospitalization by analyzing their saliva, revealing a new target for research into a disease ... full story -
New Genetic Mutation Could Signal Start of Malaria Drug Resistance in Africa
Apr. 17, 2015 — Early indicators of the malaria parasite in Africa developing resistance to the most effective drug available have been confirmed, according to new research. Investigators found Plasmodium falciparum ... full story -
Text Messages a Good Way to Support Mothers With Postpartum Depression
Apr. 17, 2015 — New research explores the feasibility of helping low-income mothers through postpartum depression using text messages. The objective of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of sending supportive ... full story -
Two Drugs Reduce Teacher-Rated Anxiety, in Addition to ADHD, Aggression
Apr. 17, 2015 — The addition of risperidone to parent training and a stimulant also improves teachers’ assessments of anxiety and social avoidance, new research shows. Improvement in teacher-rated anxiety and ... full story -
DNA Blood Test Detects Lung Cancer Mutations
Apr. 17, 2015 — Cancer DNA circulating in the bloodstream of lung cancer patients can provide doctors with vital mutation information that can help optimize treatment when tumor tissue is not available, an ... full story -
One in Four Advanced Lung Cancer Patients Tested for EGFR Mutations Started on First-Line Treatment Before Test Results Available
Apr. 17, 2015 — Lack of test results may impact treatment effectiveness and survival, survey in Europe, Asia and US ... full story -
Diabetes Perceptions Vary According to Risk Factors, Researchers Find
Apr. 17, 2015 — Differing perceptions among adult populations at-risk for diabetes have been uncovered by researchers, which may offer new approaches to diabetes education and prevention. Illness perceptions, the ... full story -
Smoking and Mother's Genetics Combine to Increase Likelihood of Twins
Apr. 17, 2015 — African American mothers who smoke and have a genetic profile that includes a single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP, of the TP53 gene have an increased likelihood of having twins, concluded a team of ... full story
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