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• Diets low in polyunsaturated fatty acids may be a problem for youngsters
• Research points to promising treatment for macular degeneration
• Measles cases on the rise in US, experts encourage vaccine
• Surgery proving effective with epilepsy patients
• Low omega-3 could explain why some children struggle with reading
• New technique in RNA interference cuts time and cost in genetic screens
• SARS virus treatments could hold the key for treatment of MERS-CoV outbreak
• Potential new drug target for cystic fibrosis
• 30 percent lower risk of dying for diabetics with bypass surgery
• Link between rates of gun ownership and homicides
• High blood pressure reading in kids linked to triple risk for condition as adults
• Structures needed for equitable access to DNA identification after disaster
• Meningitis A mass vaccination campaign shows dramatic impact of new vaccine

Diets low in polyunsaturated fatty acids may be a problem for youngsters Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:42 AM PDT In the first study to closely examine the polyunsaturated fatty acid intake among US children under the age of five, researchers have found what might be a troubling deficit in the diet of many youngsters.

Research points to promising treatment for macular degeneration Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:39 AM PDT In the hunt for a better treatment for macular degeneration, studies using mice and a class of drugs known as MDM2 inhibitors proved highly effective at regressing the abnormal blood vessels responsible for the vision loss associated with the disease.

Measles cases on the rise in US, experts encourage vaccine Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:39 AM PDT Believed to be eradicated from the United States in 2000, measles have been brought into the country and can infect those who are not vaccinated.

Surgery proving effective with epilepsy patients Posted: 13 Sep 2013 07:14 AM PDT Neurosurgeons have found MRI-guided laser ablation to be an effective therapy for certain epilepsy patients.

Low omega-3 could explain why some children struggle with reading Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:24 AM PDT A new study has shown that a representative sample of UK schoolchildren aged seven to nine years had low levels of key omega-3 fatty acids in their blood. Furthermore, the study found that children's blood levels of the long-chain omega-3 DHA (the form found in most abundance in the brain) 'significantly predicted' how well they were able to concentrate and learn.

New technique in RNA interference cuts time and cost in genetic screens Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:06 AM PDT There is a new contender in the field of gene discovery, and it's giving knockout mice a run for their money. Researchers have shown that a new technique using RNA interference is able to find genes that cause epidermal tumor growth in months rather than the decades it may take using traditional methods employing specially bred, genetically altered mice.

SARS virus treatments could hold the key for treatment of MERS-CoV outbreak Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:57 AM PDT A new type of coronavirus, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, MERS-CoV, was first found a year ago in a patient who died. It took several months before it was discovered that a new virus had emerged. New cases have been reported from across the Middle Easst and Europe, and approximately 50% of patients have died from it. The new virus is closely related to the SARS coronavirus, and itt is therefore likely that treatments that worked on the SARS corona virus will also work at the MERS corona virus.

Potential new drug target for cystic fibrosis Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:57 AM PDT Scientists have discovered a promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis. Their work uncovers a large set of genes not previously linked to the disease, demonstrating how a new screening technique can help identify new drug targets.

30 percent lower risk of dying for diabetics with bypass surgery Posted: 12 Sep 2013 05:33 PM PDT People with diabetes have a 30 percent less chance of dying if they undergo coronary artery bypass surgery rather than opening the artery through angioplasty and inserting a stent, a new study has found.

Link between rates of gun ownership and homicides Posted: 12 Sep 2013 05:33 PM PDT US states with higher estimated rates of gun ownership experience a higher number of firearms-related homicides.

High blood pressure reading in kids linked to triple risk for condition as adults Posted: 12 Sep 2013 05:30 PM PDT Kids with at least one high blood pressure reading are about three times more likely to develop the condition as adults.

Structures needed for equitable access to DNA identification after disaster Posted: 12 Sep 2013 11:36 AM PDT Ethics, policy and human rights experts argue that international structures are needed to promote more equal access to forensic identification technologies, ensure their fair and efficient use, and provide uniform protections to participants following large-scale conflict and disaster.

Meningitis A mass vaccination campaign shows dramatic impact of new vaccine Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:19 PM PDT Research looking at the effectiveness of a new meningitis vaccine for the main epidemic strain in Africa shows dramatically reduced incidence of all cases of meningitis by 94 percent and carriage prevalence of the epidemic strain by 98 percent, while an epidemic persisted in unvaccinated parts of Chad.

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