Archive: 02/02/2017

Frequently asked questions about heart disease

As American Heart Month kicks off, doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have answers to some commonly asked questions to help jump starting your path to a healthy heart.

Feb 2, 2017

Swearing correlated with higher language-related intelligence

The use of obscene or taboo language, or swearing as it's more commonly known, is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even lacks intelligence. Studies ...

Feb 2, 2017

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MRI brain scans may help identify risks, prevent adolescent substance abuse

Neuroimaging of the brain using technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging, or MRIs, increasingly is showing promise as a technique to predict adolescent vulnerability to substance abuse disorders, researchers conclude ...

Feb 2, 2017

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Nutrition labels improve understanding

Nutrition labels have a minor impact on New Zealand consumer healthy food choices, according to the latest study from the University of Auckland.

Feb 2, 2017

Revolutionary device will show the way forward for the blind

Daily life for blind and vision-impaired people will be dramatically improved following the development by University of Melbourne researchers of a prototype of an electronic device to help them avoid non-protruding obstacles.

Feb 2, 2017

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Gamma oscillations coordinate food seeking

Food seeking is a crucial survival instinct. However, until recently, little was known about how the brain regulates this behavior. Scientists at the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and NeuroCure Cluster ...

Feb 2, 2017

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The status of Zika one year later

It's been one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika a public health emergency.

Feb 2, 2017

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How dying cells detach from their neighbours

Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have described how dying cells detach and are expelled from a tissue, and how tissue tension in the region surrounding ...

Feb 2, 2017

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Scientists reveal potential way of boosting immune system's memory to fight cancer

Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered an important way that the immune system can learn to recognise and fight cancers.

Feb 2, 2017

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How to stop pain from serious burns using epigenetics

Pain caused by harmful stimuli can be alleviated by blocking a genetic marker that switches off the activity of the neurons involved. Jose Vicente Torres Pérez, a Spanish researcher who works at Imperial College in London, ...

Feb 2, 2017

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