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A 40 to 80 day treatment with the antiparasitic medication benznidazole significantly reduced parasite activity in the blood, but not progression, of serious heart problems over a 5-year period among patients with established Chagas disease (CD) cardiomyopathy, results of the BENEFIT trial show.

A new study has revealed that amblyopia may actually be physical manifestation of a brain disorder linked to changes in its connection to the weaker eye. The findings were published in Vision Research.

A new study conducted by Washington University School of Medicine has revealed that quitting smoking after a heart attack gives quick boost to mental health and the quality of life.
The study is published in the Journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

A new study has now revealed that obesity leads to a stiffening of the meshwork material that surrounds fat cells in the breast, called the extracellular matrix, and these biomechanical changes creates the right conditions for the growth of tumors. The findings are published in Science Translational Medicine.

Nanoengineers at the University of California-San Diego have developed fish-shaped microrobots using an innovative 3D printing technology that can soon help deliver drugs efficiently to the targeted areas in the human body. Microfish can swim around efficiently in liquids, are chemically powered by hydrogen peroxide and magnetically controlled.  The research, led by Professors Shaochen Chen and Joseph Wang of the NanoEngineering Department at the UC San Diego, was published in the Aug. 12 issue of the journal Advanced Materials.

Staring deeply into someone else's eye can transport people to an altered state of consciousness in which they experience strange hallucinations, a new study suggests. The study was published in the journal Psychiatry Research.

New study says Older adults who regularly do moderate physical activity perform better in mental tasks.  The findings were reported in the journal PLOS ONE.

Indian scientists have managed to get a glimpse of the protein fragments known as amyloid beta in a major breakthrough, which hallmark Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found the possible lock looks like a bunch of amyloid beta molecules in the shape of a hairpin, but with a twist. The findings were published in the journal ACS Nano.

The researchers from the University of Illinois College of Agricultural consumer and environmental sciences found that men and people at the age of 65 and older who have access to natural surroundings report sleeping better.  The study is published in the journal Preventive Medicine.

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Researchers found that between 2000 and 2009, the better matched the vaccine was for the influenza strain going around, the fewer residents in US nursing home died or were hospitalized. Contrary to claims that the youth benefit more from flu vaccines, a 10-year study has found that annual influenza vaccinations can also reduce the hospitalization rate and delay mortality among the elderly. The study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.