Cardiology
Researchers envision switching a heart beat on and off with light
With a few flicks of a light switch—on-off-on-off—Stanford University's Oscar Abilez is one step closer to changing the lives of millions.
Sep 19, 2013
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Neuroscience
Exploring the brain's relationship to habits
(Medical Xpress)—The basal ganglia, structures deep in the forebrain already known to control voluntary movements, also may play a critical role in how people form habits, both bad and good, and in influencing mood and ...
Jan 15, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Foiling the plan of a cyberbully
Morgan Biggs, an eighth grade student at St. Anne's School of Annapolis in Maryland, has an opinion about cyberbullying. "Bullying comes in many different forms, from cyberbullying to physical bullying. It's all wrong and ...
Nov 23, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Early breast cancer detection saves lives
MammaCare, a revolutionary tool that has set standards for teaching women and clinicians how to perform clinical breast exams, is training professionals around the country to detect lumps earlier and save lives.
Nov 17, 2011
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Medical research
Helping the body regrow nerves: New strategy for restoring nerve function
Combat, cancer and accidents—all can cause devastating nerve injuries. Sometimes, the body heals on its own.
Aug 27, 2013
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Neuroscience
The beautiful brain cells you don't know about
The number of nerve cells in the human brain sounds impressive: 100 billion. And it is.
Jun 4, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals contamination of air and environment near patients with COVID-19
A study by University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers provides new evidence of infectious SARS-CoV-2 throughout the environment and in air samples collected in COVID-19 patient care areas. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that ...
Aug 6, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Smartphone beats paper for some with dyslexia
Matthew Schneps is a researcher at Harvard University with a doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also happens to have dyslexia, so reading has always been a challenge for him. That ...
Aug 29, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Treatment for snail-borne schistosomiasis works best over the long haul
Watch where you jump in for a swim or where your bath water comes from, especially if you live in Africa, Asia or South America. Snails that live in tropical freshwater in these locations are intermediaries between disease-causing ...
Nov 20, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find humans have given wild animals their diseases nearly 100 times
A research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that humans give viruses back to animals more often than previously thought.
Apr 7, 2022
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