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Researchers devise a way to manipulate a rat's dreams
(Medical Xpress)—Cognitive scientists working at MIT have devised a means for not only altering the dreams of rats, but of demonstrating a way of testing what they've achieved, offering evidence that it can ...
Neuroscience
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Researchers say it's time to stop blaming cats for brain cancer in people
(Medical Xpress)—Two groups of researchers have published articles in the journal Biology Letters, suggesting that it's time we stop blaming cats for making people crazy or for a certain type of brain cancer ...
Cancer
Aug 23, 2012 |
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Research study shows men find dancing women more attractive during most fertile time
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Göttingen in Germany have found that men viewing videos of silhouettes of dancing women were more likely to describe those who were ovulating at the time as more ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 17, 2012 |
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Nanofibers may help treat heart attacks
(Medical Xpress) -- Cardiovascular diseases kill over 17 million people a year globally, according to the World Health Organization, and many more suffer heart attacks but recover. Even those who do recover are more prone ...
Cardiology
Aug 10, 2012 |
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FDA approves use of electronic chips in medications
(Medical Xpress) -- The Food and Drug Administration in the United States has approved a request by Proteus Digital Health to allow for the inclusion of tiny digestible microchips into medicines to assist ...
Medications
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Eye implants make vision-restoring progress
(Medical Xpress) -- "I was blind once but now I can see.” The words are no longer the sole property of religious testimony and literature. Medical progress is being made in the restoration of vision as ...
Ophthalmology
Jul 18, 2012 |
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New detector for rare cancer cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers in the US have developed a new detector for measuring rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in samples of whole blood.
Cancer
Jul 07, 2012 |
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Researchers find possible link between jumping genes and cancerous tumor growth
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers based out of Harvard and Brigham Young Women’s Hospital have found compelling evidence that suggests “retrotransposon movement in somatic cells” - DNA sequences that jump (make ...
Cancer
Jun 29, 2012 |
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Doctors successfully implant synthetic larynx piece into two patients
(Medical Xpress) -- Doctors working at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, have for the first time, successfully implanted a synthetically grown integral part of the human larynx into two live ...
Medical research
Jun 29, 2012 |
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Pill using ultrasound may replace daily needles
(Medical Xpress) -- For patients who need daily injections to stay on course, being able instead to take their medication orally would help improve patients’ quality of life and perhaps even outcomes. ...
Medications
Jun 26, 2012 |
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Mathematician develops vocal method of testing for Parkinson's disease
Parkinson’s disease is one of a number of cruel degenerative ailments that slowly rob those afflicted of their faculties. What starts out as a minor tremor in the hands, eventually grows to a life altering condition. ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Human antibody for dengue virus isolated
(Phys.org) -- A group of scientists in Singapore and the UK have isolated a human antibody capable of effectively neutralizing the mosquito-borne dengue virus. Dengue fever is currently incurable and infects ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2012 |
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Statistics show people more likely to die on their birthday
(Phys.org) -- Researchers studying mortality rates on over two million people over a forty year time span have found that statistically speaking, people are more likely to die on their birthday, than any other ...
Health
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Researchers find genetic link to PTSD
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of Swiss and German researchers has found that a certain gene allele can be linked to increased emotional memory retention and because of that appears to be a factor in people who suffer from post ...
Genetics
May 15, 2012 |
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Researchers undertake massive study of gut bacteria differences between people in different countries
(Medical Xpress) -- One area of human biology that is still a major mystery is the nature of the relationship between microorganisms (microbiomes) that exist in the gut and the health of the human host. Crohn's ...
Medical research
May 10, 2012 |
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