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Gut Bacteria Combined With Poor Diet May Promote Childhood Malnutrition

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 21, 2015, Vol 313, No. 15 M. J. Friedrich A recent study reported that bacteria in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of undernourished infants from Malawi promote development of kwashiorkor, shedding light on how gut microbes interact with diet and the immune system to contribute to severe childhood malnutrition (Kau […]

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Why the “No-Brainer” HPV Vaccine Is Being Ignored

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Rodney Willoughby, MD, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Medical College of Wisconsin, can’t help thinking about the future—a future in which thousands of men and women develop precancerous or cancerous lesions that could have been prevented had they been vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) as 11-

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Folate Supplements for Stroke Prevention

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Targeted Trial Trumps the Rest Editorial | April 7, 2015 The effect of folate supplementation on cardiovascular disease has been studied in many observational studies and randomized trials and has been a topic of debate for a number of years. In this issue of JAMA, Huo and colleagues1 provide results

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Toward Primary Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 21, 2015, Vol 313, No. 15 > The incidence of type 1 diabetes has been progressively increasing during the past several decades, particularly among children younger than 5 years.1 At the same time, there has been substantial progress in understanding the pathogenesis of the disease and identifying those

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Electronics for the Human Body

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE The human body is soft, curvilinear, and continuously evolving; modern electronic devices are rigid, planar, and physically static. Recent research has yielded a complete set of advanced materials, manufacturing approaches, and design layouts that eliminates this profound mismatch in properties. The resulting

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Echinacea for Preventing and Treating the Common Cold

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA JAMA Clinical Evidence Synopsis | February 10, 2015 ABSTRACT ABSTRACT | SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | DISCUSSION | ARTICLE INFORMATION | REFERENCES Clinical Question  Are Echinacea products associated with a reduced incidence and a shorter duration of common colds compared with placebo? Bottom Line  Individual prophylaxis trials show no association with

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Diet Quality Declines Despite Increase in Healthy Food Consumption

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 21, 2015, Vol 313, No. 15 Over the last 2 decades, adults around the world modestly increased their intake of healthy dietary items, but this trend was exceeded by increases in consumption of unhealthy items, according to an analysis of global dietary patterns (Imamura F et al.Lancet Glob

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From Gene to Genome

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork   UCLA stakes an early claim to leadership in clinical genomic sequencing. Yes, the future does often exist somewhere. In the case of genomic medicine, that place is UCLA. I witnessed it firsthand when I participated last July in the eye-opening weekly case conference of our Clinical Genomics Center (CGC).

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Unraveling the Influence of Gut Microbes on the Mind

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA May 5, 2015, Vol 313, No. 17  Within the last decade, the phrase “gut feelings” has taken on a whole new meaning. Traditionally, scientists have focused on the role of the central nervous system in regulating our moods and behaviors, but a paradigm shift is afoot, with new research

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Pharmacological Interventions for Sleepiness and Sleep Disturbances Caused by Shift Work

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT | SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | DISCUSSION | ARTICLE INFORMATION | REFERENCES Clinical Question  Are pharmacological interventions associated with better-quality sleep and alertness in shift workers? Bottom Line  Low-quality evidence shows that melatonin is associated with 24 minutes longer daytime sleep after the shift but not with faster falling asleep compared with placebo. There

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