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Vitamin E helps reduce nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children
A specific form of vitamin E has been found to improve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which is the most severe form of fatty liver disease in some children. This is the outcome of recent ...
NIH announces five Botanical Research Centers
Studies of the safety, effectiveness, and biological action of botanical products are major focuses for the five dietary supplement research centers selected to be jointly funded by the Office of D...
Gene Variant Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers have confirmed that a gene variant confers susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in participants of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large clinical trial in adults at increased risk...
Caffeine during pregnancy - American research into caffeine use and addiction
A recent study has found that women who have significantly high regular caffeine intake combined with a family history of alcohol abuse are more likely to ignore advice to stop using caffeine durin...
Non-surgical lung volume reduction treatment for emphysema
Maryland Researchers investigate benefit of acupuncture for in vitro fertilization
Infertility specialists at the University of Maryland, MD (USA), are researching the possible effects of acupuncture on pregnancy rates for couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), a proces...
Maryland Univ receives $10M USD to study Traditional Chinese Medicine
Scientists at the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Medicine have received grants worth 10 million USD from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), to ...
New test offered to Baltimore children to identify developmental delays (MD, USA)
Imaging tracer clarifies cause of chest pain up to 30 hours after pain stops
Research has shown that a radioactive compound can show images of heart damage up to 30 hours after a brief interruption of blood flow and oxygen. This might help physicians determine if a patient'...
Baltimore woman gives birth to quintuplets
A Baltimore woman delivered quintuplets by Caesarean section on September 21 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. At birth, the babies - four girls and one boy - ranged in wei...
Reverse shoulder replacement surgery helps patients with arthritis and rotator cuff tears
In standard replacement surgery, the ball on the humerus is removed and replaced with a metal implant that fits into a new plastic socket in the scapula. In the reverse shoulder replacement, the su...
Astrocytes may have role in epilepsy
Scientists have found that astrocytes (also known as astroglial cells) can trigger a harmful cascade of electrical activity in the brain by releasing a chemical that triggers other brain cells to f...
