Health
Chemicals in makeup, sunscreen may raise odds for dangerous pregnancy complication
Chemicals commonly found in sunscreen, makeup and other personal care products could be putting pregnancies at risk, a new study warns.
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Medical research
White matter may aid recovery from spinal cord injuries: Study
Injuries, infection and inflammatory diseases that damage the spinal cord can lead to intractable pain and disability. Some degree of recovery may be possible. The question is, how best to stimulate the regrowth and healing ...
Aug 2, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New small molecule could treat sickle cell disease in adults that don't respond to hydroxyurea, alone
Sickle cell disease, while rare, is the most common inherited blood disorder and affects over 100,000 people in the United States, more than 90% of whom are Black according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Addiction
Study finds larger warning labels with pictures linked to lower desire to consume alcohol products
Young adult men who viewed alcohol warning labels experienced a lower activation of the reward circuits in their brains when the warnings were larger and involved pictures, compared to more familiar small-text warnings. These ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Cardiology
Artificial blood vessels could improve heart bypass outcomes
Strong, flexible, gel-like tubes—created using a novel 3D printing technology—could improve outcomes for heart bypass patients by replacing the human and synthetic veins currently used in surgery to re-route blood flow, ...
Jul 25, 2024
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Cardiology
High levels of a specific antibody may contribute to acute coronary syndrome, investigators say
How a person's immune system responds to a protein called LL-37 may increase the risk of developing acute coronary syndrome, but the response may also serve as a potential target for future treatments. These findings come ...
Jul 25, 2024
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Health
Six ways to look after your brain health in your 20s and 30s
Dementia is not an inevitable consequence of aging. It's thought that around 40% of dementia cases could be prevented (or at least delayed) by changing certain lifestyle habits.
Jul 24, 2024
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Neuroscience
How does the brain respond to sleep apnea? Researchers pinpoint two neurochemicals
Nearly 40 million adults in the U.S. have sleep apnea, and more than 30 million of them use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while sleeping. However, the machines tend to be expensive, clunky and uncomfortable—resulting ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Cardiology
People in their 50s with PAD found to be at higher amputation risk than older people after leg surgery
People in their 50s with severe peripheral artery disease or PAD may be more likely than people in their 80s to undergo leg amputation one to five years after emergency surgery to restore blood flow to the lower limbs, according ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers use MRI scans and karaoke to better understand the nature of blushing
A small team of psychologists and neurologists from the University of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, and D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, in Italy, has found that blushing may be more related to an increase in emotional ...
