Archive: 03/05/2018

Fasting boosts stem cells' regenerative capacity

As people age, their intestinal stem cells begin to lose their ability to regenerate. These stem cells are the source for all new intestinal cells, so this decline can make it more difficult to recover from gastrointestinal ...

May 3, 2018

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Neurons use a single switch to decide whether to make or break new connections

As the brain grows and develops, nerve cells must make connections between one another in order to function properly. Brain cells are tightly packed together, so each cell might touch hundreds or thousands of other cells, ...

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Childhood communication enhances brain development, protecting against harmful behaviors

Children with greater parent communication in early adolescence have less harmful alcohol use and emotional eating in young adulthood, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry.

May 3, 2018

Women should have right to reject pregnancy: legal academic

Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a QUT legal academic who has says abortion can be decriminalised without society and governments making a moral judgement.

May 3, 2018

Pioneering paper shows infection control and prevention in clinics is in everyone's hands

When it comes to the examination room at your health care clinic, you might think that avoiding catching the flu or other more deadly viruses is out of your hands, so to speak. But infectious disease experts at The University ...

May 3, 2018

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Scientists develop a new test to safely and accurately diagnose peanut allergies

Medical Research Council scientists have developed a new laboratory test to diagnose peanut allergy. The test has 98 per cent specificity and, unlike current options, it doesn't run the risk of false-positives or causing ...

May 3, 2018

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Natural cures combined with biomedical devices prompt bone health, growth

A WSU research team is bringing together natural medical cures with modern biomedical devices in hopes of bringing about better health outcomes for people with bone diseases.

May 3, 2018

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Noise throws the heart out of rhythm

With an increasing level of noise, the incidence of atrial fibrillation also increases dramatically. Scientists from the Department of Cardiology at the Mainz University Medical Center were able to prove this with data from ...

May 3, 2018

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As genetic testing for breast cancer gene mutation expands, questions arise about treatment decisions

The Food and Drug Administration recently announced its authorization that permits genetics testing company 23andMe to market a test for gene mutations associated with risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

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Cutting the number of cancers diagnosed as emergencies could save 1,400 lives a year

Over 1,400 lives could be saved every year – four more every day – if more cancers were diagnosed through GP referral instead of emergency hospital admissions, according to a new study led by City, University of London ...

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