SWEDEN, 6 June 2016 : Obesity is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, yet not all obese humans develop the disease. In a new study, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and from the Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in France have identified epigenomic alterations that are associated with inflammation and type 2 diabetes…...
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Despite national efforts to decrease the rates of incidence, catheter-associated urinary tract infections have remained a persistent issue in hospitals across the country. In fact, the rate of catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTI) increased by 6% from 2009 to 2013 even as HHS issued related guidance and the CMS began to penalize hospitals that are frequent offenders......
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The loss of the Y chromosome (LOY) is known to affect up to 20 percent of men who are aged over 80, and is the most common genetic mutation acquired during a man's lifetime. Professors Lars Forsberg and Jan Dumanski, from the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University, and colleagues from Sweden, France, the UK, the US and Canada, investigated loss of the Y chromosome in over 3200 men with an average age of 73, and an age range of 37-96......
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