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Black and Asian medical students are less likely to be members of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society than white students

Black, Asian Medical Students Less Likely to Be AΩA Members

After adjustment, black, Asian medical students are less likely than white students to be AΩA members
Constitutive androstane receptor activation decreases the biliary cholesterol concentration and can prevent formation of cholesterol gallstone disease

CAR Activation Averts Cholesterol Gallstone Formation in Mice

Constitutive androstane receptor activation cuts biliary cholesterol concentration, may prevent CGD
For patients with locally-advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

Raised CTCs Precede Recurrence in Locally-Advanced NSCLC

Fifteen of 20 patients with recurrence had increase in circulating tumor cell counts post chemoradiation
Maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of abnormal glucose tolerance

Maternal Hyperglycemia Ups Offspring Cardiometabolic Risk

Association independent of BMI pre-pregnancy, childhood obesity, or large for gestational age
For women with cervical cancer

Magnesium Wasting Despite Diuretic Choice in Cervical CA Tx

Significant magnesium wasting regardless of whether furosemide or mannitol used before cisplatin
Although the U.S. suicide rate has been rising gradually since 2000

CDC: Suicide Rates Up in Less Urban Regions of United States

Hanging-type deaths rose more than gun-related suicides since 1999, CDC says
Ingestion of a foreign body can result in sudden onset of movement disorder in young children

Foreign Body Ingestion Can Result in Movement Disorder

Case report describes 10-month-old girl admitted to PICU with sudden onset of movement disorder
Stem cells may offer new hope for patients with age-related macular degeneration

Mixed Results for Stem Cell Treatments of AMD

One report warns of severe visual loss after macular degeneration treatment in 'trial'
High-intensity exercise training can reverse some manifestations of aging in the body's protein function

High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise May Help Reverse Cellular Aging

More robust increase in gene transcripts for high-intensity interval training versus other modalities
After heterologous primary and booster vaccination schedule of the adenovirus type 26 vector vaccine encoding Ebola virus glycoprotein and the modified vaccinia virus Ankara vector vaccine

Immune Responses to Ebola Vaccines Persist at One Year

All active vaccine recipients maintained Ebola virus-specific immunoglobulin responses at day 360