Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 virus can affect vision and depth perception, finds study
Researchers are investigating whether the COVID virus can affect vision and depth-perception of those infected.
Dec 21, 2022
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3D manufacturing: Printing a new nose
The suffering caused by the loss of a nose must be indescribable. In terms of function, a sense of smell is perhaps less important than the ability to see, hear and eat - and we can breathe through our mouth or nasal cavity. ...
Nov 8, 2012
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Immunology
Why belly fat isn't all bad: Fatty membrane helps regulate immune system
A fatty membrane in the belly called the omentum has until recently been considered somewhat like the appendix -- it didn't seem to serve much purpose.
Jun 6, 2012
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Neuroscience
Dirt can modulate the pathology in Alzheimer's disease
Eating well, exercising regularly, and having a satisfying social life are all crucial to staying healthy. Sometimes, however, it can be the tiniest things that make the biggest difference. In this case, those tiny things ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Dentistry
Behavioral sciences in the promotion of oral health
2019 marks the Centennial of the Journal of Dental Research (JDR). Over the last century the JDR has been dedicated to the dissemination of new knowledge and information on all sciences relevant to dentistry and to the oral ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Medical research
Controlling adhesions in the abdomen
Scars inside the abdomen, known as adhesions, form after inflammation or surgery. They can cause chronic pain and digestive problems, lead to infertility in women, or even have potentially life-threatening consequences such ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 may also invade the central nervous system, cause neurological illnesses
COVID-19 is known primarily as a respiratory disease, with symptoms that include cough, shortness of breath, and, in severe cases, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia. Now, researchers from Cleveland Clinic's ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Diabetes
Diabetes may weaken teeth and promote tooth decay
People with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are prone to tooth decay, and a new study from Rutgers may explain why: Reduced strength and durability of enamel and dentin, the hard substance under enamel that gives structure ...
May 31, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study identifies potential link between oral bacteria and brain abscesses
Bacteria known to cause oral infections may also be a contributory factor in patients developing potentially life-threatening abscesses on the brain, new research has shown.
Dec 7, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Breast milk kills HIV and blocks its oral transmission in humanized mouse
More than 15 percent of new HIV infections occur in children. Without treatment, only 65 percent of HIV-infected children will live until their first birthday, and fewer than half will make it to the age of two. Although ...
Jun 14, 2012
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