Archive: 14/02/2017

Sexual health and sexual well-being not an irrelevance to older people

A new report from The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University has highlighted that the sexual health of older people should not be overlooked by health care professionals in the broader context of ...

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Optogenetics used to kick start gene that plays role in neural defects

Purdue University and Indiana University School of Medicine scientists were able to force an epigenetic reaction that turns on and off a gene known to determine the fate of the neural stem cells, a finding that could lead ...

Feb 14, 2017

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Expert discusses the science of commitment

During the month of February, couples usually take time to think of all the meaningful ways to show their love and affection toward each other. But what does it take to make that love last? One Baylor College of Medicine ...

Feb 14, 2017

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Women's educational attainment and origin are risk factors in abortions

A study conducted by the UPV/EHU's Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change (OPIK) research group analysed the voluntary pregnancy termination rate and the differences between the immigrant and the native population ...

Feb 14, 2017

Ultrasound technology for varicose treatment

Researchers from the the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and collaborators from industry have developed new technology for varicose vein obliteration treatment by the means of focused, high-intensity ultrasound.

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Why you should donate your data (as well as your organs) when you die

Most people are aware they can donate their organs when they die. Doing so is very important: Each deceased donor can save several lives if he donates his organs and tissue and they are used for transplantation. Support for ...

Feb 14, 2017

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Researchers develop brain model to quantify pain beyond sensory input

Pain is a signal of actual or potential damage to the body, so it is natural to think of it as a localized sensation: knee pain in the knee, back pain in the back and so on.

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Researchers identify cells linked to the development of the heart's ventricular chambers

A population of cells in early development may give rise to the ventricular chambers of the heart, but not the atria, according to a study led by researchers from the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute at the ...

Feb 14, 2017

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Australia misses targets to improve Aboriginal lives

Australia is failing to improve Aboriginal lives, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Tuesday, as a new report showed the government missing key targets, including cutting child mortality and raising life expectancy.

Feb 14, 2017

To please your friends, tell them what they already know

We love to tell friends and family about experiences we've had and they haven't—from exotic vacations to celebrity sightings—but new research suggests that these stories don't thrill them quite as much as we imagine. ...

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