Imperial Valley News Center
Research on new, rapid screening test identifies potential therapies against drug-resistant bacteria
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Washington, DC - Researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Clinical Center and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have created a new way to identify drugs and drug combinations that may potentially be useful in combating infections that are resistant to many different antibiotics. They developed an assay (test) to rapidly screen thousands of drugs to determine how effective they were against a variety of types of resistant bacteria.
Seasonal affective disorder
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Rochester, Minnesota - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Less often, SAD causes depression in the spring or early summer.
Fall prevention
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- Written by Connie Bogard, P.T., Ph.D.
Rochester, Minnesota - Falls are the leading cause of injuries for older Americans. Falls not only threaten seniors’ safety, but also their independence.
Electing to heal: Ideas for moving beyond the vote
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Rochester, Minnesota - Mayo Clinic resiliency expert Dr. Amit Sood says healing the wounds of the 2016 election is not only good for your well-being, it’s important for the country’s safety.
Foreseeing the future of vaccines
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- Written by Dana Sparks
Rochester, Minnesota - Since the first vaccine paved the way for the near-eradication of smallpox over 200 years ago, societies have looked to vaccines as a means to stop the spread of infectious diseases. Today the same concepts are being called upon for new disease threats including Ebola and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and the continued reemergence of diseases such as influenza strains that have existing but problematic vaccines.
Endometrial cancer - risk factors, screening, treatment
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- Written by Dr. Jamie Bakkum-Gamez
Rochester, Minnesota - An increased risk for endometrial cancer can run in families in some cases, but it’s rare. More commonly, this kind of cancer is linked to risk factors such as obesity, age and having other underlying medical conditions. At this time, no screening test is available for endometrial cancer. Researchers are, however, studying a test that could help detect this type of cancer in its earliest stages.
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