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Higher BMI is associated with reduced brain volume in heart failure
(2014-02-19)
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Background
Heart failure (HF) patients are at risk for structural brain changes due to cerebral hypoperfusion. Past work shows obesity is linked with reduced cerebral blood flow and ...
Knowledge and attitudes towards use of long acting reversible contraceptives among women of reproductive age in Lubaga division, Kampala district, Uganda
(2014-03-17)
Abstract
Background
Uganda has one of the highest total fertility rates globally and in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her high fertility is mainly attributed to the high unmet need for family planning. ...
The Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT) study
(2014-07-18)
Abstract
Background
Because early life growth has long-lasting metabolic and behavioral consequences, intervention during this period of developmental plasticity may alter long-term obesity risk. ...
Hirano body expression impairs spatial working memory in a novel mouse model
(2014-09-02)
Abstract
Introduction
Hirano bodies are actin-rich intracellular inclusions found in the brains of patients with neurodegenerative ...
Wasting among Uganda men with pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with linear regain in lean tissue mass during and after treatment in contrast to women with wasting who regain fat tissue mass: prospective cohort study
(2014-01-13)
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Background
Nutritional changes during and after tuberculosis treatment have not been well described. We therefore determined the effect of wasting on rate of mean change in lean tissue ...
Prophylactic cannabinoid administration blocks the development of paclitaxel-induced neuropathic nociception during analgesic treatment and following cessation of drug delivery
(2014-04-18)
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Background
Chemotherapeutic treatment results in chronic pain in an estimated 30-40 percent of patients. Limited and often ineffective treatments make the need for new therapeutics an ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of malaria in Colombia
(2014-05-01)
Abstract
Background
Although Colombia has witnessed an important decrease in malaria transmission, the disease remains a public health problem with an estimated ~10 million people currently ...
Hemotropic mycoplasmas in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)
(2014-03-24)
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Background
Hemotropic mycoplasmas are epicellular erythrocytic bacteria that can cause infectious anemia in some mammalian species. Worldwide, hemotropic mycoplasmas are emerging ...
BioHackathon series in 2011 and 2012: penetration of ontology and linked data in life science domains
(2014-02-05)
Abstract
The application of semantic technologies to the integration of biological data and the interoperability of bioinformatics analysis and visualization tools has been the common theme of a series of annual ...