Zika linked to abnormal pregnancies, fetal death, new research finds
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- Written by Enrique Rivero
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Los Angeles, California - New research presents strong evidence that the Zika virus can indeed cause a range of abnormalities in pregnant women infected with the virus - with the effects manifesting any time during pregnancy. Some of the abnormalities noted have not been reported in connection with the virus.
Better way to treat abscesses: Add antibiotic to conventional approach
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- Written by Roxanne Moster
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Los Angeles, California - UCLA researchers have found that doctors can use a specific antibiotic in addition to surgically draining an abscess to give people a better chance of recovery. The discovery turns on its head the long-held notion that surgical drainage alone is sufficient for treating abscesses.
Moments of Acute Stress Can Cause Molecular Alterations in Immune Response
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- Written by Scott LaFee
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San Diego, California - Chronic psychosocial and emotional stress has well-documented negative effects upon the human immune system, measurably increasing the risk of disease. Much less is known about the health effects of acute but transitory episodes of stress, such as jumping out of an airplane. Do these panic-inducing moments also raise the risk of stress-related conditions and disorders, such as cardiovascular disease, sleep dysfunction, impaired wound healing, depression and obesity?
Stanford scientists report new insights into HIV's evolution that can improve pharmaceutical testing techniques
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- Written by Rosemary Mena-Werth
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Stanford, California - Treatment of HIV/AIDs has evolved greatly since the disease's emergence in 1981. When antiretrovirals were first introduced, almost every patient developed drug resistance within the first year of drug use. Today, however, drug resistance is fairly uncommon and HIV patients can typically maintain healthy lives.
New Living Donor Option for Liver Transplantation at UC San Diego Health
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- Written by Jackie Carr
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San Diego, California - Nationally, more than 15,000 patients are waiting for a liver transplant. Approximately 6,300 persons each year will receive a new liver; 1,400 die waiting. In California, one in four listed for liver transplant will die before an organ becomes available. Fortunately, living donation is now a lifesaving option at UC San Diego Health.
Neuroscientists discover a gene that controls worms’ behavioral state
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- Written by Anne Trafton
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - In a study of worms, MIT neuroscientists have discovered a gene that plays a critical role in controlling the switch between alternative behavioral states, which for humans include hunger and fullness, or sleep and wakefulness.
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