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A study conducted at the Baylor College of Medicine has revealed that drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice daily may help overweight people with metabolic syndrome lose weight.

A person with night eating syndrome engages in most of his or her food intake at the evening meal and later, into the night. The desire to eat often interrupts sleep.

Background:Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination led to a significant decrease in invasive bacterial infections in children. The aim of this study was to assess a potential shift to more non-type b invasive infections in a population with high Hib vaccination coverage and to compare the burden of suffering between children with Hib, capsulated non-b and non-capsulated Hi infections. Methods:Cases with confirmed invasive Hi infections were ascertained through two independent nationwide active surveillance systems in 1998-2005. Information on possible predisposing conditions and clinical information was available from 2001 onwards. Results:The total number of reported non-type b Hi cases varied between 10 cases in 1998, 27 in 2000 and 14 in 2005. In each year, non-capsulated serotypes outnumbered capsulated non-type b ones. 192 cases were detected in 2001-2005, more than one half was non-type b and 88% of the non-type b cases were non-capsulated. For cases with Hib/capsula

Researchers have found an unexpected genetic mutation that causes a rare type of early childhood cancer, and said on Sunday it represents a whole new mechanism for the development of cancer.

Hirsutism involves the growth of coarse hair in females in a male-like pattern. It is a distressing condition that affects 5-15% of women. It can be particularly upsetting for young women undergoing the emotional and psychosocial upheaval of adulthood. The authors explain that Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common cause, and 70-80% of women with hirsutism suffer from PCOS.

Kupffer cells, resident tissue macrophages that line the liver sinusoids, play a key role in modulating inflammation in a number of experimental models of liver injury. Since Kupffer cells represent only a small portion of the entire liver cell population, greatly outnumbered by the parenchymal cells, Kupffer cell isolation faces major technical obstacles. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) offers a method of isolating a single cell type from specific regions of tissue sections.

A collaboration between more than 70 researchers across the globe has uncovered nine new genes on the X chromosome that, when knocked-out, lead to learning disabilities. The international team studied almost all X chromosome genes in 208 families with learning disabilities - the largest screen of this type ever reported.

For people who have coronary artery disease which is producing an acute coronary syndrome (that is, which actively producing a heart attack or unstable angina), then immediate angioplasty with stenting...

Scientists have identified a genetic variation that influences the severity of symptoms in Rett syndrome.

(University of Bristol) Scientists in Bristol have found that human fetal stem cells can effectively be used to treat back leg ischemic ulcers in a model of type 1 diabetes.