Archive: 17/09/2018

Fine-tuned sense of smell relies on timing

If you can tell the difference between a merlot and a cabernet franc just by smell, it's probably all in the timing.

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An improvement in outcome for patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Patients with severe traumatic brain injury treated at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, recover to functional independence more often than before. At the same time, the proportions of elderly patients and patients treated ...

Sep 17, 2018

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Researchers find children experience concussion symptoms three times longer than adults

Concussion symptoms for children under 13 years old typically last three times longer than they do for older teens and adults, but keeping them out of the classroom during recovery is not necessarily the preferred treatment, ...

Sep 17, 2018

Salsa dancers less likely to get injured than Zumba dancers

Salsa dancers are less likely to get injured while dancing than people taking part in Spanish, aerobic or Zumba dancing, according to new research.

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New blood test detects early stage pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is currently very difficult to detect while it is still resectable. A new blood test developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, Herlev Hospital, Knight Cancer Center and Immunovia AB, can detect ...

Sep 17, 2018

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Hurricanes can affect mental health—strategies for coping

Alan E. Stewart is a weather and climate psychology professor at the University of Georgia who studies the effect severe weather has on our mental health. As Hurricane Florence makes landfall, he shares his advice on staying ...

Sep 17, 2018

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Researchers develop biometric tool for newborn fingerprinting

Researchers at the University of California San Diego say they have dramatically advanced the science of biometric identification, creating a novel technology that can capture the fingerprints of infants and children, even ...

Sep 17, 2018

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Rapid genomic sequencing to diagnose critically ill children with rare diseases

A multidisciplinary team at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) has developed a test to enable faster diagnosis of rare diseases to help critically ill children. Rapid genomic sequencing or RapidSeq of critically ill ...

Sep 17, 2018

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Your teen is underestimating the health risks of vaping

Teens today are more reluctant to smoke cigarettes than their counterparts nearly three decades ago, according to a study released this summer. But parents should hold their collective sigh of relief. The study, carried out ...

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Number of vapers tops 3 million for first time in Britain

More than 3 million people in Great Britain are now vaping, according to new survey data.

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