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A recent study examines why it is hard to concentrate when you feel sick. This problem very likely reflects the effects of substances that are released by immune cells in the brain. The research, published in Biological Psychiatry, describes how the immune cells, called inflammatory cytokines, help your body cope with infection. During [...]

Primary care physicians caring for patients with diabetes have worse outcomes among their black patients than their white patients, reports a study conducted by Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and published in the June 9, 2008 issue of the Archives of Internal medicine.

Lipid Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIPD) announced that the results of a proof-of-concept study that demonstrated a positive therapeutic effect with the Company's proprietary autologous virus vaccine in SIV-infected non-human primates was published in an original research article entitled, 'Delipidated Retroviruses as Potential Autologous Therapeutic Vaccines -- A Pilot Experiment.' The article appeared in Experimental Biology and medicine (233:732-740,2008).

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have modified the procedure for islet cell transplantation and achieved insulin independence in diabetes patients with fewer but better-functioning pancreatic islet cells.The study results are published in the June issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.UIC is one of only a few centers worldwide able to achieve reproducible and consistent insulin independence in severe type 1 diabetes patients.

According to a study published in the Archives of InternalMedicine, physicians are treating blackdiabetes patients differently than white diabetes patients. Thomas D.Sequist, M.D., M.P.H.

(Imperial College London) People with irritable bowel syndrome have a higher than usual number of chili pepper pain receptors, according to a new study published tomorrow. The research, published in the journal Gut, could lead to new therapies for the estimated one in five adults in the UK and US who have irritable bowel syndrome, a painful condition which is poorly understood.

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) The prevalence of pre-cancerous masses in the colon is the same for average-risk patients who are 40 to 49 years of age and those who are 50 to 59 years of age, according to a study published in the current issue of Gastroenterology.