Omega-3 in fish: How eating fish helps your heart
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Scottsdale, Arizona - If you're worried about heart disease, eating one to two servings of fish a week could reduce your risk of dying of a heart attack.
Gel Filled with Nanosponges Cleans up MRSA Infections
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San Diego, California - Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego developed a gel filled with toxin-absorbing nanosponges that could lead to an effective treatment for skin and wound infections caused by MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), an antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This nanosponge-hydrogel minimized the growth of skin lesions on mice infected with MRSA - without the use of antibiotics.
Big gains in number of California children with health insurance and regular dental care
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Los Angeles, California - An impressive 3 in 4 California children ages 2 to 5 had a regular dental checkup in 2012, including those from poorer households, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Freshly squeezed vaccines
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT researchers have shown that they can use a microfluidic cell-squeezing device to introduce specific antigens inside the immune system’s B cells, providing a new approach to developing and implementing antigen-presenting cell vaccines.
UCLA researchers identify a potentially effective treatment for methamphetamine addiction
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Los Angeles, California - A new study by UCLA researchers has found that Naltrexone, a drug used to treat alcoholism, may also be a promising treatment for addiction to methamphetamine.
Kidney Failure Impacts Survival of Sepsis Patients
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Durham, North Carolina - Researchers at Duke Medicine have determined that kidney function plays a critical role in the fate of patients being treated for sepsis, a potentially life-threatening complication of an infection.
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