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Could Common Diabetes Drugs Help Fight Leukemia?

Combining glitazones with standard treatment improved survival in small study.

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Light From Smartphones, Tablets May Lower Sleep Hormone in Kids

Finding suggests use of electronic devices before bedtime could delay slumber.

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Early flu treatment reduces hospitalization time, disability risk in older people

Early treatment of flu-hospitalized people 65 and older with flu antiviral medications cuts the duration of their hospital stay and reduces their risk of needing extended care after discharge, a new CDC study finds. The study is the first to look at the benefits of early antiviral treatment on preventing the need for extended care in community-dwelling flu-hospitalized people 65 and older.

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Dentists Drill Patients for Drug Abuse Information

Survey finds most ask about illegal substance use.

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Day Care Won't Cause Aggressive Behavior in Child, Study Finds

Results from children in Norway could reassure working parents.

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Cutting Calories May Help You Fend Off Age-Linked Disease: Study

Smaller portions could lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, even in low-risk people.

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NIH study finds calorie restriction lowers some risk factors for age-related diseases

Two-year trial did not produce expected metabolic changes, but influenced other life span markers

A National Institutes of Health-supported study providessome of the first clues about the impact of sustained calorie restriction in adults. Results from a two-year clinical trial show calorie restriction in normal-weight and moderately overweight people failed to have some metabolic effects found in laboratory animal studies. However, researchers found calorie restriction modified risk factors for age-related diseases and influenced indicators associated with longer life span, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and insulin resistance.

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World Hepatitis Summit harnesses global momentum to eliminate viral hepatitis

The participants of the World Hepatitis Summit, 2-4 September 2015, urge countries to develop national programmes that can ultimately eliminate viral hepatitis as a problem of public health concern.

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Women Who Breast-Feed Less Likely to Have MS Relapse: Study

But protective effect seems to last only about as long as exclusive nursing does.

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Circuit in the eye relies on built-in delay to see small moving objects

NIH-funded study reveals how motion-sensing cells in mice link to other cells in the eye

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A VG3 amacrine cell (top, in green) is shown superimposed with an object motion detector cell (bottom, green). Each of the neurons is expressing sidekick-2, an adhesion molecule that allows the two neurons to find each other and connect.