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Research: Right protein Intake for kidney transplant patients

Osaka [Japan], September 16 (ANI): According to conventional wisdom, patients with kidney disease must consume a low protein diet. With their recent study on the relationship between protein intake and skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients, scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University demonstrated that this may not always be the case. Clinical Nutrition published their findings.

2022-09-16T07:37:07.402579+00:00 IST

Experimental test to predict side-effects and cancer's return

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): A research test is designed to predict which patients treated with immunotherapies are likely to have their cancer recur or have severe side effects.

2022-09-15T17:39:51.838157+00:00 IST

Obese women taking birth control pill likely to have blood clots

Brussels [Belgium], September 15 (ANI): Obese women who take oestrogen and progestin-containing oral contraceptives have a 24-fold greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to non-obese women who do not use the medicines.

2022-09-15T10:44:45.881004+00:00 IST

How cancer treatment rewires engine of prostate tumorsorks

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): For more than a decade, drugs like enzalutamide, which prevent male hormones from activating the androgen receptor, have been used to treat metastatic prostate cancer. While these treatments are generally effective, they can eventually stop working, but there is little knowledge of how this happens.

2022-09-15T10:40:47.262758+00:00 IST

Better screening could prevent sudden cardiac death in young people

Goteborg [Sweden], October 15 (ANI): A new study by Erik Borjesson of Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden and colleagues, published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, finds that symptoms, ECG abnormalities, or favourable family history are present in nearly nine out of ten cases of sudden cardiac death (SCD) caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in young people.

2022-09-15T09:00:36.863399+00:00 IST

Researchers find if hyaluronan can cure dry eye disease

Houston [US], September 15 (ANI): Are your eyes burning, itching, worn out, dry, or red while you read this? Well, all these are symptoms of dry eye disease.

2022-09-15T08:07:04.570485+00:00 IST

Diabetic teens should be screened for depression with caution

Jacksonville (Florida) [US], September 15 (ANI): According to a recent study published in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care, the score results of commonly used depression-screening methods should be carefully altered to better detect the illness in teenagers with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D).

2022-09-15T04:58:15.775275+00:00 IST

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Researchers discover pyramidal neurons that gauge speed, location

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): A group of researchers has made an important contribution to scientists' understanding of the brain's navigation system by identifying a subtype of these neurons that can gauge speed with great precision, more than a decade after the role of pyramidal neurons in mental representations of space and location was discovered.

2022-09-15T04:56:24.455174+00:00 IST

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Improvements in pain, productivity persist after bariatric s

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], September 15 (ANI): Despite some relapses from the high levels of recovery seen in the years immediately following surgery, improvements in pain, physical function, and work productivity last for at least seven years.

2022-09-15T04:07:12.245897+00:00 IST

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New type 2 diabetes drug achieves blood sugar targets faster

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): New research evaluating the time taken to reach blood glucose targets indicates that tirzepatide achieves blood sugar control and weight-loss goals faster than existing diabetes drugs.

2022-09-15T00:55:58.821846+00:00 IST

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Fungal intruder shrinks, develops to aid infection spread in bra

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): According to new research from the University of Utah Health, a fungus that is a major cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable change once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain.

2022-09-14T09:19:30.837921+00:00 IST

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Study: New approach to detect early signs of breast cancer

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center developed a two-pronged strategy of assessing breast density in mice that resulted in greater identification of changes in breast tissue, including early indicators of cancer. The researchers believe that this approach will be adapted from mice to improve human breast imaging; it may also aid in illness prognosis because density can be connected to specific patterns of mammary gland growth, including signals of cancer development.

2022-09-14T06:22:42.934441+00:00 IST

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Antioxidants that target the spinal fluid to prevent chemo brain

Boston [US], September 14 (ANI): Chemo brain, a chronic side effect that makes it difficult to recall things, pay attention, and learn new information, affects up to three-quarters of cancer patients getting chemotherapy. When it affects children, whose brains are still developing, it could affect their academic performance and self-esteem.

2022-09-14T05:41:48.568037+00:00 IST

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Drug turns cancer gene into 'eat me' flag for immune system

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Tumour cells are infamous for their ability to evade the human immune system; they construct physical barriers, disguise themselves, and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks.

2022-09-14T04:52:53.932588+00:00 IST

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Emotional problems in kids increases due to mild brain injury

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found that kids who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, have more emotional and behavioural problems than kids who do not.

2022-09-14T01:36:27.095935+00:00 IST

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Adults who caught COVID might be at risk of developing Alzheimer

Cleveland [US], September 13 (ANI): According to a study, older persons who were infected with COVID-19 have a much greater risk of getting Alzheimer's disease within a year--up to 50% to 80% higher than a control group.

2022-09-13T17:34:56.079256+00:00 IST

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Opioid use after lung cancer surgery have association withdeath

London [UK], September 13 (ANI): Long-term opioid use to relieve pain following lung cancer surgery is associated with a 40 per cent increased risk of death from any cause within the next two years.

2022-09-13T14:10:31.710418+00:00 IST

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Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of two major subtypes

Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): Scientists have identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health, disease and response to medication. The findings offer a more nuanced understanding of obesity than current definitions and may one day inform more precise ways to diagnose and treat obesity and associated metabolic disorders.

2022-09-13T13:39:50.165747+00:00 IST

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Cancer detection with blood test may change cancer screening

Paris [France], September 13 (ANI): Prepare for a significant change in early cancer detection that will impact nearly every stage of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Cancer doctors, care providers, and payers need to do this. According to Fabrice Andre, ESMO 2022 Scientific Co-Chair, new data demonstrating the reliability of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood tests (1), published at the ESMO Congress 2022, will have a significant impact on how cancer care is provided in the future.

2022-09-13T06:54:45.326175+00:00 IST

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Minimum blood sugar levels to avoid diabetes related problems

Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Long-term blood sugar levels, known as HbA1c, can be used to accurately predict the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes having eye and kidney problems. According to research, this level should be lower than 53 mmol/mol (7%). The study tracked people for more than 30 years after they were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

2022-09-12T14:58:51.108706+00:00 IST

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Research: Cold method for clearer fatty liver observation

Osaka [Japan], September 12 (ANI): Health issues related to obesity can take many different forms. Obese people are more likely to have nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a kind of fatty liver disease that can lead to cancer.

2022-09-12T12:56:42.973413+00:00 IST