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Study shows there is a genetic predisposition to early-onset AFib in blacks and Latinos that is greater than what is observed in whites.

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根据发表在《美国肾脏病学会临床杂志》（Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology）上的一项Mayo Clinic的研究显示，接受手术切除卵巢的绝经前妇女患慢性肾病的风险会增加。

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对于许多人来说，慢性阻塞性肺病（chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD）是一种令人痛苦和极易复发的疾病，会严重影响呼吸能力和生活质量。 虽然可以治疗，但COPD仍然是美国人的第三大死因。在最新一期的Mayo Clinic Proceedings里，研究人员仔细研究了全球慢性阻塞性肺病倡议（Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease， GOLD）的新发现和建议，以评估这些更新，以及治疗在疾病中的作用。

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Para muitas pessoas, a doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC) é uma doença angustiante e recorrente que afeta a capacidade de respiração e a qualidade de vida. Embora possua tratamento, a DPOC continua sendo a terceira maior causa de morte nos EUA. Na última edição da Mayo Clinic Proceedings, pesquisadores analisaram atentamente as descobertas e recomendações da Iniciativa Global para a Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica (GOLD) para avaliar suas atualizações e identificar o papel do tratamento desta doença.

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僵尸细胞是那些不能死亡但同样无法执行正常细胞功能的细胞。 这些僵尸或衰老细胞涉及许多与年龄有关的疾病。Mayo Clinic的研究人员在《自然》杂志上发表的研究信件中扩大了僵尸细胞的名单。

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Providers in states that expanded Medicaid were more likely to believe that the law would improve HIV outcomes, the study found. However, providers in all states agreed that the law would improve healthcare outcomes in general for their HIV patients.

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Infants born prematurely face challenges in developing the complex, interrelated skills needed for effective feeding. An assessment called the Early Feeding Skills (EFS) checklist is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating the emergence of feeding skills in preterm infants, reports a study in Advances in Neonatal Care, official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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A Michigan State University pediatric researcher and a Spectrum Health physician have identified a new genetic syndrome in a 3-year-old girl who, for more than two years, has gone undiagnosed. The discovery is the first to link a particular gene, known as ODC1, to developmental problems in a human.

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A therapeutic vaccine can boost antibodies and T cells, helping them infiltrate tumors and fight off human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head and neck cancer. Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania tested the immunotherapy approach in two groups of patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCCa) and found 86 percent showed elevated T cell activity.

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A small study shows that business managers and staff—such as those running coffee shops and fast-food restaurants—can be trained to reverse opioid overdoses, which are known to occur in public bathrooms.

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In a study of 1,978 older adults publishing Sept. 21 in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers at Duke Health and the Duke Clinical Research Institute found people with irregular sleep patterns weighed more, had higher blood sugar, higher blood pressure, and a higher projected risk of having a heart attack or stroke within 10 years than those who slept and woke at the same times every day.

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Burning wood or coal to cook food is associated with increased risk of hospitalization or dying from respiratory diseases, according to new research conducted in China and published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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A Loyola Medicine study demonstrates that an educational curriculum for resident physicians improves their emotional intelligence, which may help protect against burnout. Physician burnout has reached alarming levels, with one study finding it affects at least half of all doctors.

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A a new University of Washington study shows that 18-month-olds can make choices based on how much effort they want to expend, or on whether they like the people involved -- a form of toddler cost-benefit analysis.

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New 3D maps of water distribution during cellular membrane fusion could lead to new treatments for diseases associated with cell fusion. Using neutron diffraction at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists made the first direct observations of water in lipid bilayers modeling cell membrane fusion.

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• Among children on dialysis for end-stage kidney failure, patients with vasculitis, ischemic kidney failure, and hemolytic uremic syndrome were most likely to regain kidney function and no longer need dialysis. • Younger age and initiation on hemodialysis instead of peritoneal dialysis were also associated with recovery of kidney function.

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Imagine your liver being just a big puddle. Some organelles in your cells are exactly that including prominent ones like the nucleolus. Now a synthetic organelle engineered in a lab at Georgia Tech shows how such puddle organs can carry out complex life-sustaining reaction chains.

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The themes in television advertisements for health insurance plans have shifted over time, possibly reflecting the shrinking pool of health plans offered through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as well as rising plan premiums.

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Labor unions help working mothers take greater advantage of paid maternity leave benefits than non-union mothers, but unions could do more to mitigate the earnings penalty that typically follows leave-taking.

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A new study explores the mystery of what drives eating past the point of fullness, at the most basic level in the brain. It shows that two tiny clusters of cells battle for control of feeding behavior -- and the one that drives eating overpowers the one that says to stop. It also shows that the brain’s own natural opioid system gets involved – and that blocking it with the drug naloxone can stop over-eating.