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Social connections change our microbiomes, study of isolated villages suggests

Friends tend to share common interests, tastes, lifestyles, and other traits, but a new Yale-led study demonstrates that similarities among buddies can also include the makeup of the microbes lining their guts.

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Females sleep less and awaken more frequently than males, which may have broad implications for medical research

Females sleep less, wake up more often and get less restorative sleep than males, according to a new animal study by University of Colorado Boulder researchers.

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Basic research leads to drug candidates for fatal lung disease

During the 1990s, medicinal chemist Anders Hallberg was working in his lab at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. He was exploring a hormonal system in the body that regulates blood pressure, among other things, by designing ...

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Study examines development of early COPD in ages 30 to 55

Researchers are exploring how small airway abnormalities in younger smokers could help identify who is at risk of developing COPD and establish how the chronic lung disease progresses. The article is published in the September ...

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Air pollution linked to increased miscarriage risk

A team of medical and environmental researchers at the Medical School of Yan'an University, working with a colleague from Yan'an University Affiliated Hospital, has found a link between spontaneous miscarriages and exposure ...

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Potential single-dose smallpox and mpox vaccine moves forward

Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of serious side effects; the other, which is newer and made with replication deficient virus, has ...