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Stanford Researchers Aim to See if Patients are Helped by Genetic Tests Researchers at Stanford University Medical Center are conducting a clinical trial to determine whether giving patients genetic information about their risk of coronary artery disease will help motivate them to reduce that risk by changing their behavior. Stanford Hospital & Clinics physicians will […]
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Parkinson’s Protein May Regulate Fat Metabolism New research reveals that Parkin, a protein linked to some cases of early-onset Parkinson’s disease, regulates how cells in our bodies take up and process dietary fats. The finding suggests that defective Parkin may contribute to early-onset Parkinson’s by changing the amount and types of fat in the body. […]
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Kathy Rideout Named Interim Dean Kathy P. Parker, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., today announced that she is stepping down as dean of the University of Rochester School of Nursing to devote herself more fully to her research interests within the Medical Center. Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Kathy Rideout, Ed.D., P.N.P.-B.C., F.N.A.P., has been […]
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Predicting How Diet and Exercise Affect Weight Researchers have created a mathematical model—along with an accompanying online weight simulation tool—of what happens when people of varying weights, diets and exercise habits try to change their weight. The model challenges long-held assumptions about weight loss. Organizations promoting weight loss often state that eating 3,500 fewer calories […]
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New Uses for Existing Medicines In a novel approach, researchers used computers and genomic data to find new applications for existing FDA-approved drugs. The accomplishment represents a major step forward in drug discovery. Drug approval takes many years of research, development and safety testing. When drugs that have already been approved are used for other […]
FAO Food Price Index almost unchanged But cereal prices up in August Rome – World food prices remained virtually unchanged between July and August 2011 according to the FAO Food Price Index published today. The Index averaged 231 points last month compared to 232 points in July. It was 26 percent higher than in August 2010 but seven […]
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Global Soil Partnership for Food Security launched at FAO New effort to assure soils future generations Rome – FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf warned today that pressure on the world’s soil resources and land degradation are threatening global food security. He called for a renewed international effort to assure sufficient fertile and healthy soils today and for future […]
Three-Year-Old Boy on the Road to Recovery from Heart Defect At 3-months-old, Charlie Levin wasn’t thriving like a normal baby. He was losing weight, constantly vomiting and breathing rapidly. After a chest X-ray in his hometown of Buffalo revealed an enlarged heart, Charlie was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Charlie’s left ventricle was underdeveloped […]
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Quick! Name 3 Things You Know About Vascular Disease Vascular disease may not on the tip of every man’s tongue, but it should be. Along with stroke, it’s the No. 1 killer of U.S. men — yet too many guys don’t know how it works, let alone ways to prevent it. Fortunately, according to vascular […]
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Famine spreads further in Somalia FAO calls for stepped up response Nairobi/Rome- FAO today called for increased efforts to stem the food crisis in the Horn of Africa as famine spread to a sixth area of Somalia, threatening 750 000 people with starving to death in the next four months. Latest data released today by the […]
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