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Older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk ...
A new study found that older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee. (Credit: © Yuri Arcurs / Fotolia)
by Published on 05-17-2012 01:55 PMCategories:
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After spending most of her life being treated for neuroblastoma, it seemed that 18-month-old Edie had run out of options. Her family turned to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where an experimental treatment changed the course of this little girl’s life. (Credit: Image courtesy of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
by Published on 05-16-2012 09:23 PMCategories:
A well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease triggers a cascade of signaling that ultimately results in leaky blood vessels in the brain, allowing toxic substances to pour into brain ...
The left photo shows destructive proteins (green) lining blood vessels in living brain tissue of mice with the human ApoE4 gene; after the drug cyclosporine A is added, the harmful proteins are nearly gone (right). (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Rochester Medical Center)
by Published on 05-10-2012 03:08 PMCategories:
Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have effectively treated muscular dystrophy in mice using human stem cells derived from a new process that -- for the first time -- makes the production of human muscle ...
Right: Rita Perlingeiro, PhD. Left: Radbod Darabi, MD, PhD. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Minnesota Academic Health Center)
by Published on 05-07-2012 10:49 PMCategories:
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Diagnostic images of a mixed infiltrating lobular and ductal carcinoma in the right breast of a 57 year old patient. The cranio-caudal x-ray mammogram (left) showed an architectural distortion of about 22 mm in the lateral part of the right breast. Ultrasonography (middle) showed the presence of an unsharplyby Published on 05-04-2012 11:30 AMCategories:
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University of Georgia Professor Ying Xu and his colleagues analyzed information from microarray chips, which are small glass slides containing large amounts of gene material, and have found that low oxygen levels in cells may be a primary cause of uncontrollable tumor growth in some cancers. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Georgia)
by Published on 05-01-2012 10:19 AMCategories:
About one baby is born every hour addicted to opiate drugs in the United States, according to new research from University of Michigan physicians.
A new study finds that about one baby is born every hour addicted to opiate drugs in the United States. (Credit: iStockphoto)
In the research published April 30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, U-M physicians ...by Published on 04-28-2012 09:33 PMCategories:
In the fight against emerging public health threats, early diagnosis of infectious diseases is crucial. And in poor and remote areas of the globe where conventional ...
RDT-reader platform. Cell phone with RDT reader developed by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the California NanoSystems Institue at UCLA. (Credit: UCLA)
by Published on 04-24-2012 08:45 PMCategories:
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Children who have experienced violence might really be older than their years. The DNA of 10-year-olds who experienced violence in their young lives has been found to show wear and tear normally associated with aging, a Duke University study has found. (Credit: © Olga Yarovenko / Fotolia)
by Published on 04-21-2012 09:36 PMCategories:
A new approach to investigating hard-to-find chromosomal abnormalities has identified ...
Chromosomes. A new approach to investigating hard-to-find chromosomal abnormalities has identified 33 genes associated with autism and related disorders, 22 for the first time. (Credit: © lily / Fotolia)
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