Archive: 06/10/2017

Seven body organs you can live without

The human body is incredibly resilient. When you donate a pint of blood, you lose about 3.5 trillion red blood cells, but your body quickly replaces them. You can even lose large chunks of vital organs and live. For example, ...

Oct 6, 2017

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The best shoes for healthy feet

Wearing a pair of ill-fitting shoes can make walking across the room uncomfortable.

Oct 6, 2017

Is your child scared of shots? Are you? Here are 7 things you can do to tame the fear.

For the second year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control is telling doctors not to give patients FluMist, the nasal spray flu vaccine, and that's a problem for kids and adults who are scared of needles.

Oct 6, 2017

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How to train nursing students? Schools turn to fake patients

The University of Miami's newest hospital has a six-bed emergency room, operating room, intensive care unit, a birthing suite and outpatient clinics.

Oct 6, 2017

Tom Petty died from a cardiac arrest – what makes this different from a heart attack and heart failure?

Rolling Stone magazine landed in a spot of bother on Monday after publicising news of rock star Tom Petty's death prematurely, while others said it was the result of a heart attack rather than a cardiac arrest. Petty unfortunately ...

Oct 6, 2017

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Cystic fibrosis scientists discover abnormal response to lung infections

"For a very long time, there has been discussion about whether cystic fibrosis was a bacteria-infection problem, an inflammation problem, or an immune system problem," said Juan Ianowski, the lead author of the paper published ...

Oct 6, 2017

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Antisocial behaviour mainly a consequence of gene interactions

Individual genes have little influence in the development of antisocial behaviour. However, the interaction of genes as a whole could explain some of the differences in antisocial behaviour. This was revealed by international ...

Oct 6, 2017

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Why a little dirt is good for us

Keeping the house spotless is impossible with a dog, two cats, grass-clotted soccer cleats and mud-crusted work boots. So, I was thrilled to learn from some of our researchers at the veterinary school that a little dirt ...

Oct 6, 2017

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Neutrophils found to be helpful, not harmful, after injury

(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has found that neutrophils play an important role in wound cleanup rather than causing unnecessary inflammation. In their paper published in the journal Science, the ...

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Scientists find new RNA class in kidneys is linked to hypertension

Researchers from the University of Toledo (Ohio) College of Medicine and Life Sciences have discovered more than 12,000 different types of noncoding RNA (circRNAs) in the kidney tissue of rats. This type of genetic material, ...

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