In a randomized controlled trial, long-term low-dose aspirin did not prevent the development of clinical type 2 diabetes in initially healthy women. Medscape Medical News
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In a randomized controlled trial, long-term low-dose aspirin did not prevent the development of clinical type 2 diabetes in initially healthy women. Medscape Medical News
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The American Academy of Pediatrics, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and American Academy of Family Physicians endorse the 2009 immunization recommendations. Medscape Medical News
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(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) In a finding that could significantly influence the way type 1 diabetes is treated, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a technique for transplanting insulin-producing pancreatic cells that causes only a minimal immune response in recipients.
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(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University researchers find epileptics in stressful jobs can handle the pressure.
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Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:DVAX) today announced the termination of a global license and development collaboration agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. for HEPLISAVTM, a Phase 3 hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine. All rights to develop and commercialize HEPLISAV revert to Dynavax.
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US researchers studying the effect of beta carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E, either singly or in combination, on over 7,000 women found the supplements did not reduce their risk of getting cancer compared to women who did not take the supplements. However an expert who reviewed the [...]
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Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward using a natural disease-fighting protein in pills or syrups that patients can take by mouth rather than injection. Their study is the first to show that coating the protein with a polymer material already in wide medical use can increase its absorption by the intestine. The research [...]
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The probability of having one’s child receive an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis involves a mother’s own medical conditions and her use of health services prior to having the child, a new study finds. What is not clear, however, is whether the effects are due to biological, environmental or psychosocial factors [...]
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(World Journal of Gastroenterology) A research group in China investigated the growth inhibitory and apoptoticeffects of Scutellaria barbata D.Don (S. barbata) and determined the underlying mechanism of its anti-tumor activity in mouse liver cancer cell line H22. They found that extracts from S. barbata can effectively inhibit the proliferation and induce apoptosis of H22 cells [...]
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