Archive: 14/03/2017

Intensive speech therapy improves everyday communication in chronic stroke patients, finds study

Intensive speech and language therapy can significantly help stroke patients who have been struggling to communicate for six months or more, according to newly published research.

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Money, not access, key to resident food choices in 'food deserts'

A new study from North Carolina State University and Campbell University finds that, while access to healthy foods is a significant challenge, the biggest variable limiting diet choices in so-called "food deserts" is limited ...

Mar 14, 2017

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Is the dark really making me sad?

The inhabitants of Rjukan in southern Norway have a complex relationship with the sun. "More than other places I've lived, they like to talk about the sun: when it's coming back, if it's a long time since they've seen the ...

Mar 14, 2017

Study reveals how genetic defects can lead to childhood epilepsy

New King's College London research reveals how genetic defects can lead to epilepsy in children.

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Zebrafish without stripes

Dowling-Degos disease is a hereditary pigmentation disorder that generally progresses harmlessly. However, some of those affected also develop severe skin inflammation. An international team of researchers under the leadership ...

Mar 14, 2017

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New research suggests bowel cancer medication could help combat early-onset Parkinson's disease

People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson's disease could potentially benefit from taking a medication used to treat certain forms of cancer, according to new research by University of Leicester scientists and funded ...

Mar 14, 2017

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Leisure-time physical activity is related to cartilage health and quality health in knee osteoarthritis

Higher leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) level promotes cartilage health in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis (OA). This was observed in a study carried out in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences ...

Mar 14, 2017

Epigenetic alteration a promising new drug target for heroin use disorder

The past few years have seen an explosion of heroin abuse and deaths from opiate overdose. But little is known about the molecular underpinnings of heroin addiction. A new study in Biological Psychiatry found that heroin ...

Mar 14, 2017

Eating lots of cheese does not raise cholesterol, study shows

Irish people who eat a lot of cheese do not have higher cholesterol levels than those who don't, according to research carried out at University College Dublin.

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Air pollution increases the risk of allergies and asthma

This year, the pollen season started later but more abruptly, which caused greater problems in some cases. At a press conference of MedUni Vienna's Pollen Monitoring Service, allergy experts, together with the IGAV (special ...

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Archive: 14/03/2017

Intensive speech therapy improves everyday communication in chronic stroke patients, finds study

Money, not access, key to resident food choices in 'food deserts'

Is the dark really making me sad?

Study reveals how genetic defects can lead to childhood epilepsy

Zebrafish without stripes

New research suggests bowel cancer medication could help combat early-onset Parkinson's disease

Leisure-time physical activity is related to cartilage health and quality health in knee osteoarthritis

Epigenetic alteration a promising new drug target for heroin use disorder

Eating lots of cheese does not raise cholesterol, study shows

Air pollution increases the risk of allergies and asthma

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