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A new study has found that early treatment to prevent severe jaundice in extremely early preterm infants can reduce the rate of brain injury, a serious complication of jaundice. 
Young adults addicted to opioids were more successful at remaining drug-free when they received longer treatment with a medication than those who received the same treatment for only 2 weeks. 
A new study has found that the majority of children with egg allergy may be able to eat some baked foods containing egg. The early results also raise the possibility that the gradual introduction of extensively heated egg may help alleviate some children's allergy to regular egg.
We often use terms like "warm" and "cold" to
describe people. New research shows this may not just be a linguistic
oddity; sensations and psychological concepts are actually linked
in our minds. 
Researchers have found that most fat cells arise from cells in the walls of blood vessels in fat tissue. This insight may lead to new approaches to prevent and treat obesity.
In a finding that may lead to a better understanding of the post-activity exhaustion that strikes many people with muscular dystrophy, scientists have identified a disrupted molecular pathway that leads to fatigue in mice with muscular dystrophy after even mild physical exertion. This fatigue can be relieved by giving the animals a drug that bypasses the disruption.
In the largest effort of its kind, scientists have charted the genetic changes involved in the most common form of lung cancer, implicating more than a dozen new genes. 
For the first time, researchers have shown that a direct artificial connection from the brain to muscles can restore movement in monkeys whose arms have been temporarily anesthetized. 
Scientists have identified a small antibody fragment that is highly effective at neutralizing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The finding may lead to new treatments against HIV and other viruses. 
Scientists have deciphered the complete genetic sequence of the parasite Plasmodium vivax, the leading cause of relapsing malaria. The distinctive genetic features of P. vivax may lead to new tools for preventing and treating relapsing malaria. 
Children with convergence insufficiency, a common eye-muscle disorder, responded better to treatments that included weekly office visits to a trained therapist than to strictly home-based regimens, which are more often prescribed. 
Scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between 2 key types of immune cells, T and B cells, enabling them to establish long-lasting immunity after an infection. Researchers have identified 2 new genes--and confirmed the role of a third--that are associated with increased risk of higher levels of uric acid in the blood, which can lead to gout, a common, painful form of arthritis.
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