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New UCLA Therapy Shows Promise in Preventing Heart Failure After Heart Attacks
UCLA’s Broad Center researchers have developed an antibody therapy to help the heart heal after a heart attack. This therapy, which blocks the ENPP1 protein, reduces scar tissue formation that can lead to heart failure. Early tests showed that treated animals had less scarring and a reduced risk of severe heart failure. With plans for human trial...
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NASA Offers Brazil Satellite Imaging To Help Stop Amazon Deforestation
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Brazilian space research center INPE on Wednesday and proposed extending satellite partnerships with the United States to help monitor and prevent destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
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Can E-Cigarettes Help People Quit Smoking? This Research Says No
Vaping e-cigarettes may not be useful in helping people quit smoking, a recent research suggests. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had earlier suggested that smokers could switch from puffing cigarettes to vaping e-cigarettes if they were unable to quit smoking.
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New Research Shows Corona RNA Found In Cruise Ship Cabins Even After 17 Days
In what could change the entire debate about how long new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) survives on the surface, new research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that the coronavirus RNA was present even after 17 days on Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
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More Evidence That We Need To Stop Sitting So Much: Especially Men
"Men who sat more were more likely to be obese, and that held even when we adjusted for their fitness level," said Carolyn E. Barlow, who led the research team at the Cooper Institute in Dallas.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Wife Pledge $3 Billion To Curing, Managing Disease
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Wednesday pledged more than $3 billion toward a plan to "cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime."
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Higher Thyroid Hormone Level May Increase Chances Of Heart Failure
Risk of death from sudden loss of heart function is significantly greater in patients with high thyroid hormone levels, according to a study. "Our results indicate that thyroid hormone levels may be useful for assessing risk to prevent sudden cardiac death," said Layal Chaker, researcher at the Erasmus University Medical Center, at Rotterdam in the...
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Even Before They Start Breathing, Babies Can Be Harmed By Air Pollution, Scientists Say
Air pollution in the U.S. may be causing thousands of premature births each year, a new study suggests - costing the nation billions of dollars along the way. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, lends support to a growing body of research pointing to the grim health consequences of air pollution all over t...
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Why You Can't Call Nuts Healthy
Earlier this year, the FDA sent the maker of Kind Bars a stern message. The company, which sells granola bars, among other things, was using the the word "healthy" on its packaging. And that wasn't going to fly.
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Anti-Smoking Messages Can Backfire: Study
Public health policies which stigmatise smoking can actually make it harder for people to quit because they become angry and defensive and the negative messages lead to a drop in self-esteem, a new study has found.
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High Dose Influenza Shots More Effective in Older People
Flu immunisations with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduces the risk hospitalisation of the elderly during the influenza season, new research has found.
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US Panel: More Research Needed to Justify Universal Autism Screening
An influential US health panel said on Monday it needs more evidence to support universal screening for autism in young children who show no developmental problems, in a departure from recommendations issued by other medical groups.
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Pentagon Probe of Anthrax Samples Sent to Laboratories in US And Abroad Finds Faulty Protocols
An investigation into how Defense Department labs sent live anthrax spores to researchers in the United States and seven other countries did not find a single root cause but concluded that protocols to inactivate the bacteria were deficient, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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Indian-Origin Researcher Helps in Ebola Vaccine Trials
An Indian-origin researcher has helped in identifying the kind of human trial that is most effective for testing Ebola vaccines so as to stop future outbreaks of the deadly virus.
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New UCLA Therapy Shows Promise in Preventing Heart Failure After Heart Attacks
UCLA’s Broad Center researchers have developed an antibody therapy to help the heart heal after a heart attack. This therapy, which blocks the ENPP1 protein, reduces scar tissue formation that can lead to heart failure. Early tests showed that treated animals had less scarring and a reduced risk of severe heart failure. With plans for human trial...
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NASA Offers Brazil Satellite Imaging To Help Stop Amazon Deforestation
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Brazilian space research center INPE on Wednesday and proposed extending satellite partnerships with the United States to help monitor and prevent destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
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Can E-Cigarettes Help People Quit Smoking? This Research Says No
Vaping e-cigarettes may not be useful in helping people quit smoking, a recent research suggests. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had earlier suggested that smokers could switch from puffing cigarettes to vaping e-cigarettes if they were unable to quit smoking.
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New Research Shows Corona RNA Found In Cruise Ship Cabins Even After 17 Days
In what could change the entire debate about how long new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) survives on the surface, new research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that the coronavirus RNA was present even after 17 days on Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
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More Evidence That We Need To Stop Sitting So Much: Especially Men
"Men who sat more were more likely to be obese, and that held even when we adjusted for their fitness level," said Carolyn E. Barlow, who led the research team at the Cooper Institute in Dallas.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Wife Pledge $3 Billion To Curing, Managing Disease
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Wednesday pledged more than $3 billion toward a plan to "cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime."
-
Higher Thyroid Hormone Level May Increase Chances Of Heart Failure
Risk of death from sudden loss of heart function is significantly greater in patients with high thyroid hormone levels, according to a study. "Our results indicate that thyroid hormone levels may be useful for assessing risk to prevent sudden cardiac death," said Layal Chaker, researcher at the Erasmus University Medical Center, at Rotterdam in the...
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Even Before They Start Breathing, Babies Can Be Harmed By Air Pollution, Scientists Say
Air pollution in the U.S. may be causing thousands of premature births each year, a new study suggests - costing the nation billions of dollars along the way. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, lends support to a growing body of research pointing to the grim health consequences of air pollution all over t...
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Why You Can't Call Nuts Healthy
Earlier this year, the FDA sent the maker of Kind Bars a stern message. The company, which sells granola bars, among other things, was using the the word "healthy" on its packaging. And that wasn't going to fly.
-
Anti-Smoking Messages Can Backfire: Study
Public health policies which stigmatise smoking can actually make it harder for people to quit because they become angry and defensive and the negative messages lead to a drop in self-esteem, a new study has found.
-
High Dose Influenza Shots More Effective in Older People
Flu immunisations with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduces the risk hospitalisation of the elderly during the influenza season, new research has found.
-
US Panel: More Research Needed to Justify Universal Autism Screening
An influential US health panel said on Monday it needs more evidence to support universal screening for autism in young children who show no developmental problems, in a departure from recommendations issued by other medical groups.
-
Pentagon Probe of Anthrax Samples Sent to Laboratories in US And Abroad Finds Faulty Protocols
An investigation into how Defense Department labs sent live anthrax spores to researchers in the United States and seven other countries did not find a single root cause but concluded that protocols to inactivate the bacteria were deficient, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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Indian-Origin Researcher Helps in Ebola Vaccine Trials
An Indian-origin researcher has helped in identifying the kind of human trial that is most effective for testing Ebola vaccines so as to stop future outbreaks of the deadly virus.
