Hearing loss is a common part of aging. According to the World Health Organization, almost 60% of moderate, or disabling, hearing loss is experienced by adults aged over 60 years.
Mar 4, 2024
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Weather forecasters may call it "white fluffy stuff." However, snow can be a bigger danger than many people may realize. According to the American Heart Association, research shows that the exertion of shoveling snow may ...
Jan 11, 2024
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After surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a brain injury expert is calling for much-needed reforms to the legal definition ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Researchers at Children's National Hospital used magnetic resonance spectroscopy to find new biomarkers that reveal how congenital heart disease (CHD) changes an unborn baby's brain chemistry, providing early clues that could ...
Oct 10, 2023
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a new paper addressing current controversies about the standards for determining death, supporting a clarification to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) but otherwise ...
Sep 4, 2023
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The life of the tiny worm called Caenorhabditis elegans consists mostly of looking for food, eating food, and laying eggs. So, when any of these behaviors are disrupted, there's cause for concern. In a new study, Salk Institute ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Only four weeks of shift work-like patterns in female mice are enough to disrupt their biological clock and reduce fertility, according to research presented at the 25th European Congress of Endocrinology. The findings help ...
May 16, 2023
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In the 1990s, residents of Mexico City noticed their dogs acting strangely—some didn't recognize their owners, and the animals' sleep patterns had changed.
May 1, 2023
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Mitigating climate change is a key challenge of our time. One way many people try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions is to eat less animal-source food—like meat and dairy—and instead eat more plant-based food.
Apr 20, 2023
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The risk for cancer transmission in transplants from deceased donors with primary brain tumors is low and long-term transplant outcomes are favorable, according to a study published online March 22 in JAMA Surgery.
Mar 27, 2023
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