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A proposed link between aging, autism, and oxidation
Like any factory, the body burns oxygen to get energy for its various needs. As a result, detrimental byproducts are released and our cells try to clean up shop with antioxidants. But as we age, this process ...
Medical research
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Chipping away at cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- In the last two decades, the number of deaths from colorectal cancer has steadily declined, according to the American Cancer Society. While some of the decrease can be attributed ...
Medical research
Jun 25, 2012 |
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A humble fish helps us understand our own brains
(Medical Xpress) -- Recent findings from the Laboratory of Neurobiology at Northeastern, led by biology professor and chair Günther Zupanc, and published online in the scientific journal Neuroscience, demons ...
Neuroscience
Apr 19, 2012 |
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A call for an evolved understanding of emotion
(Medical Xpress) -- Many scientists believe that all people experience and express the same biologically “basic” emotions — an idea they have attributed to evolutionist Charles Darwin and one ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Ankle rehab, re-engineered
Ten months ago, Paul Douçot began contemplating his transition from undergraduate mechanical engineering studies to a graduate program in physical therapy. "I didn't want to abandon my engineering background," ...
Other
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Can meditation make you a more compassionate person?
Scientists have mostly focused on the benefits of meditation for the brain and the body, but a recent study by Northeastern University's David DeSteno, published in Psychological Science, takes a look at what impacts medita ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 01, 2013 |
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The brakes of inflammation
In the last few decades, scientists have come to attribute an immunological explanation to many cancers. It is now thought that tumors rise up routinely in the body but that a healthy immune ...
Immunology
Feb 27, 2013 |
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3Qs: What to know about this year's flu season
Health officials say this year's flu outbreak is the worst in a decade, and Boston on Wednesday declared a public health emergency as the flu epidemic worsened. Forty-one states are currently ...
Health
Jan 14, 2013 |
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From protein signaling to cancer drug development
(Medical Xpress)—Living organisms depend on proteins for their survival. These large, complex molecules mediate nearly every life function, but when the genes that code for them start to mutate, ...
Cancer
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Validation for flu prediction
(Medical Xpress)—In 2009, the H1N1 virus slipped into the bloodstreams of more than 40 million people around the world. In just four months, it killed more than 14,000 individuals as it traveled ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Professor works toward a better brainwave monitor
The electrical outputs of the brain contain massive amounts of information that could be a powerful resource if we could fully tap into it. Our brain processes things we see before any conscious ...
Neuroscience
Dec 06, 2012 |
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3Qs: Energy drinks: What's in your can?
Over the last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed it is investigating health reports citing energy drinks 5-hour Energy and Monster Energy as a possible factor ...
Health
Nov 29, 2012 |
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3Qs: Many questions remain in meningitis outbreak
In recent weeks, an outbreak of fungal meningitis has infected more than 200 people and killed 15. The infection was traced back to a steroidal injection prepared at a compounding pharmacy based ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Fluoxetine increases aggressive behavior, affects brain development among adolescent hamsters
Fluoxetine was the first drug approved by the FDA for major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and adolescents, and to this date, it remains one of only two selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) registered for ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Study unveils clue to the origin of dyslexia
Because dyslexia affects so many people around the world, countless studies have attempted to pinpoint the source of the learning disorder.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 19, 2012 |
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