Health
Think coconut oil is good for your health? Here's what the experts are saying
New research on the health affects of coconut oil adds to concerns about its link to cardiovascular disease.
Jan 23, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Treatment for depression must also restore proper functioning of the blood-brain barrier
To better treat people with depression, not only must we treat the neurons affected by the disease, but we must also restore the integrity of the barrier that regulates exchanges between blood circulation and the brain. This ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Surgery
A first-of-its-kind heart transplant in New England
A team of surgeons and specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is announcing an achievement in transplant surgery today, having recently performed the largest number of adult heart transplants in the country using ...
Jan 10, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study: Rapamycin prevents age-related brain vascular deterioration
A just-released study by UT Health San Antonio and collaborating institutions shows age-related decreases in blood flow to the brain and memory loss can be modified with the drug rapamycin.
Nov 7, 2019
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Health
Prevention and early drug treatment are the keys to frostbite treatment
Frostbite is an injury which usually affects the extremities, such as fingers and toes, and has the potential of causing irreversible tissue loss. The treatment of freezing cold injuries to the periphery has advanced substantially ...
Sep 3, 2019
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Health
Skin cancer risk in athletes: The dangers of ultraviolet radiation
The dangers of ultraviolet radiation exposure, which most often comes from the sun, are well-known. Speaking at The Physiological Society's Extreme Environmental Physiology conference next week, W. Larry Kenney, Penn State ...
Aug 30, 2019
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Inflammatory disorders
Researchers discover that fasting reduces inflammation and improves chronic inflammatory diseases
Fasting regimens have gained public and scientific interest in recent years, but fasting shouldn't be dismissed as a fad. In a study published in Cell, Mount Sinai researchers found that fasting reduces inflammation and improves ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New study helps to understand human defense mechanisms and spread of cancer
With the help of new technology, the researchers of the University of Turku in Finland have gained more detailed information on the diversity of the human lymphatic system than before. The research results can help to understand ...
Aug 13, 2019
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Medications
Bringing cancer medication safely to its destination
Treating cancer more selectively and more effectively—this could be achieved with an innovative technology developed by teams of researchers at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and the ...
Aug 8, 2019
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Health
Living with repetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) can affect anyone who uses his or her hands a lot and repeats the same movements over and over again. It can develop whether you're working at a computer all day or spending hours of leisure ...
Jul 29, 2019
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