Health
Smoking for 75 minutes in a car could render you unconscious
It was announced earlier this month that drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars from October if they are carrying children as passengers.
Feb 25, 2015
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Health
How to stay safe when riding out a blizzard
(HealthDay)—As a potentially record-breaking blizzard pummels the U.S. Northeast, there are steps residents should take to keep themselves and their loved ones safe, doctors say.
Jan 26, 2015
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Health
Keeping safe in a big freeze
(HealthDay)—As a new cold snap sends temperatures plunging across much of the United States, one expert offers tips on how to stay warm and safe.
Jan 6, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
A novel biomarker for mutant p53 could help pathologists assessing tumors during surgery
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today report the discovery of a novel cellular biomarker that could make it comparatively easy for cancer surgeons to determine if a patient has a potentially lethal mutation ...
Jan 5, 2015
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Medical research
Serotonin neuron subtypes: New insights could inform SIDS understanding, depression treatment
Breathing. Body temperature. Mood. Appetite. Blood pressure. Sexual desire. Name a physiological function, and it seems the neurotransmitter serotonin has a hand in regulating it.
Dec 19, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
When you lose weight, where does the fat go?
Despite a worldwide obsession with diets and fitness regimes, many health professionals cannot correctly answer the question of where body fat goes when people lose weight, a UNSW Australia study shows.
Dec 16, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Shed post-Christmas pounds just by breathing
Ever wondered where the fat goes when somebody loses weight? Most of it is breathed out as carbon dioxide, making the lungs the primary excretory organ for weight loss, explain Australian researchers in the Christmas issue ...
Dec 16, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Surprising new leads uncovered in global obesity epidemic
Researchers have uncovered surprising new leads in the worldwide obesity epidemic by examining the combination of our rapidly changing environment with our overwhelming appetite for protein.
Dec 8, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding the brain's 'suffocation alarm'
Panic disorder is a severe form of anxiety in which the affected individual feels an abrupt onset of fear, often accompanied by profound physical symptoms of discomfort. Scientists have known from studying twins that genes ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Pediatrics
Mutant protein takes babies' breath away
Babies start breathing in the womb, inhaling and exhaling irregularly at first, and then gradually more and more, until the day when they're born and have to do it all the time. But premature babies sometimes have trouble. ...
Nov 24, 2014
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