New recommendations in bedsharing debate
Researchers from Murdoch University's School of Health Professions are urging health organisations to reconsider their attitudes to mothers and babies bedsharing.
Health
Apr 29, 2013 |
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Revealed: Secret of HIV's natural born killers
Scientists on Sunday said they had found a key piece in the puzzle as to why a tiny minority of individuals infected with HIV have a natural ability to fight off the deadly AIDS virus.
HIV & AIDS
Jun 10, 2012 |
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Domestic dogs display empathic response to distress in humans
(Phys.org) -- Research from Goldsmiths, University of London suggests domestic dogs express empathic behaviour when confronted with humans in distress.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Do hand sanitizers really work? And if so, how?
Everywhere you turn of late, it seems you’re confronted with a bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. We asked Professor James Scott whether these formulations work—and if so, how?
Health
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Anti-ageing drug breakthrough
Drugs that combat ageing may be available within five years, following landmark work led by an Australian researcher. The work, published in the March 8 issue of Science, finally proves that a single anti-ageing enzyme in the ...
Medical research
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Scientists uncover deja vu mystery
In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have discovered a link between the déjà vu phenomenon and structures in the human brain, effectively confirming ...
Neuroscience
May 28, 2012 |
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Bacteria in the gut of autistic children different from non-autistic children
The underlying reason autism is often associated with gastrointestinal problems is an unknown, but new results to be published in the online journal mBio on January 10 reveal that the guts of autistic children differ from o ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jan 09, 2012 |
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The universe in your skull
In the mid-1990s, Pradeep Ramanathan was working at the technology company Intel in California’s Silicon Valley. With a background in physics and engineering, he was successful in his job, but he had ...
Medical research
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Indian drug giant Cipla slashes cancer drug prices
Indian drugs giant Cipla said Friday it has slashed by up to 76 percent prices of generic medicines used to treat brain, lung and kidney cancer in what the company called a "humanitarian move".
Medications
May 04, 2012 |
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Just one minute of exercise a day could prevent diabetes researchers find
(Medical Xpress) -- Volunteers were asked to perform two 20-second cycle sprints, three times per week for researchers in the University’s Department for Health
Health
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the dietary causes of heart disease
A 98-year-old researcher argues that, contrary to decades of clinical assumptions and advice to patients, dietary cholesterol is good for your heart – unless that cholesterol is unnaturally oxidized (by ...
Cardiology
Feb 27, 2013 |
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Scientists successfully test first gene therapy against aging-associated decline
A number of studies have shown that it is possible to lengthen the average life of individuals of many species, including mammals, by acting on specific genes. To date, however, this has meant altering the animals' genes ...
Genetics
May 14, 2012 |
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Filling without drilling
Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered a pain-free way of tackling dental decay that reverses the damage of acid attack and re-builds teeth as new.
Health
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Man with world's largest feet finds fame
The first thing that people notice about Brahim Takioullah is not his feet -- which he hopes will make him famous -- but his enormous height. He stands more than eight foot (246 cm) tall.
Other
Oct 08, 2011 |
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Startup company succeeds at hiring autistic adults
(AP) -- The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 21, 2011 |
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