Archive: 29/05/2018

Learning from a cancer's past could predict its future

Complaining about the weather is a favourite pastime for many. And while we can't change it, the forecast gives us the opportunity to think ahead, plan and make sensible choices. Whether that's a change of outfit or using ...

May 29, 2018

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Some same sex attracted women avoid treatment for alcohol problems

Same sex attracted women (SSAW) have higher alcohol and mental health problem rates than heterosexual women but many do not access or are not satisfied with treatment, a University of Melbourne-led study has found.

May 29, 2018

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Anti-inflammatory strategy stops aggressive childhood cancer

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital have discovered that an anti-inflammatory drug candidate inhibiting the prostaglandin E2 producing enzyme mPGES-1 in the tumour stroma reduces tumour ...

May 29, 2018

Social pursuits linked with increased life satisfaction

If you want to give a little boost to your life satisfaction a year from now, you may want to try socially-focused strategies over strategies that involve nonsocial pursuits, according to research published in Psychological ...

May 29, 2018

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Human plus machine – face recognition at its best

The first study to compare performances of trained facial examiners, super-recognisers, and facial-recognition algorithms, has revealed a combination of human and computer decision-making is most accurate.

May 29, 2018

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Stress in infancy 'dramatically alters' body's organs

Scientists have found the first evidence suggesting emotional stress in infancy has significant and far-reaching effects on the body and could result in disease later in life.

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High protein diet associated with small increased heart failure risk in middle-aged men

For middle-aged men, eating higher amounts of protein was associated with a slightly elevated risk for heart failure than those who ate less protein, according to new research in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart ...

May 29, 2018

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Genomic medicine may one day revolutionize cardiovascular care

A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association summarizes the state-of-the-science of genomic medicine—the study of the health effects of the molecular interactions of a person's unique genes—for studying ...

May 29, 2018