Health Problems 

New way to tackle mitochondrial disease

April 4, 2019 disease, mitochondrial, New, tackle, to, Way

Diseases affecting mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, are often caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA. Symptoms of such mitochondrial

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Fast-changing genetics key to hospital superbug survival

April 2, 2019 Fast-changing, Genetics, hospital, key, superbug, survival, to

For the study, published today in Microbial Genomics, a team of scientists at UCL Genetics Institute and Peking University People’s

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Health Problems 

Digital device overload linked to obesity risk

April 2, 2019 device, digital, Linked, obesity, overload, risk, to

If your attention gets diverted in different directions by smartphones and other digital devices, take note: Media multitasking has now

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Study to examine how sex hormones affect teenage girls’ emotions

March 28, 2019 affect, emotions, examine, girls, hormones, How, sex, study, teenage, to

Teenage years can be a turbulent time, thanks to a sharp increase in hormones. What’s not known is the role

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Poor nutrition can lead to sight loss in later life, according to study

March 28, 2019 According, Can, in, later:, lead, life, loss, nutrition, poor, sight, study, to

An unhealthy diet including high fat and cholesterol-enriched food can contribute to developing eye diseases which lead to a loss

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Increase the legal purchase age to reduce smoking rates in young people, urges expert

March 28, 2019 age, Expert, in, Increase, Legal, people, purchase, rates, reduce, Smoking, the, to, urges, young

Increasing the legal age for tobacco purchase should be combined with other measures to reduce smoking rates in young people,

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Widely used malaria treatment to prevent malaria in pregnant women

March 26, 2019 in, malaria, pregnant, prevent, to, treatment, Used, Widely, women

A global team of researchers, led by a research team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), are calling

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Researchers use radiomics to predict who will benefit from chemotherapy

March 20, 2019 benefit, Chemotherapy, From, Predict, radiomics, Researchers, to, Use, Who, will

Using data from computed tomography (CT) images, researchers may be able to predict which lung cancer patients will respond to

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New Baltimore-based health initiative aims to close disparities in research, treatment of brain disorders

March 20, 2019 Aims, Baltimore-based, brain, close, disorders, disparities, health, in, initiative, New, of, research, to, treatment

A Baltimore-based research institute that focuses on brain disorders has partnered with a prominent local African-American clergy group to establish

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Drug used to control cholesterol found effective against cancer-associated cachexia

March 20, 2019 against, cachexia, cancer-associated, Cholesterol, Control, drug, effective, found, to, Used

Brazilian researchers have discovered that a drug regularly prescribed to control cholesterol can also be used to treat cachexia, or

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