All Stories by Damaris Christensen
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New twist on a pet theory
Growing up with cats may reduce a child's risk of developing asthma—unless the child's mother has asthma as well.
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Targeted Therapies
Tailoring prescriptions based on a person's genes may help reduce side effects and allow the development of more personalized medicine.
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Lost and found
Researchers have shown that a drug may shepherd a mutated protein—gone astray in people with cystic fibrosis—into its proper place.
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Inflammatory Ideas
Researchers are gathering evidence that inflammation precedes and predicts diabetes.
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Tracking signs of memory loss
A new imaging agent may allow researchers to detect the plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease before symptoms are present, when therapies may be most effective.
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Ulcer bug linked to stroke
Potent strains of an ulcer-causing bacterium may also trigger strokes.
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Breast-feeding has protective bonus
Breast-feeding appears to help ward off breast cancer.
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Gender differences in weight loss
Men and women gain weight differently and may lose it differently, too.
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Method could boost diabetes therapy
Allowing insulin-producing islets to grow in close contact with each other during cell culture may increase the chance of successful transplant into diabetic people.
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Sex, smell and appetite
A study of sexual dysfunction in mutated mice may help explain the connection between smell and appetite.
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Hunger hormone gone awry?
People with an inherited form of obesity caused by constant hunger pangs have higher-than-normal blood concentrations of ghrelin, a hormone believed to boost appetite.
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Diabetes problems aren’t just old news
Children who developed a type of diabetes that normally occurs only in adults suffer kidney failure, miscarriages, and death in their 20s.
