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Summer is almost over—do I still need sunscreen? (Hint: Yes.)
With COVID-19 on our minds, it may be easy to forget about another potential danger: the sun.
Aug 18, 2020
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15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that motor vehicle crashes involving drivers with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) below the legal limit of 0.08 percent accounted for 15 percent of alcohol-involved ...
Mar 16, 2020
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Antioxidant supplements do not improve male fertility, study suggests
Antioxidant supplements do not improve semen quality among men with infertility, according to a new study supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the ...
Feb 28, 2020
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E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have completed a cross-sectional human study that compares biomarkers and metal concentrations in the urine of e-cigarette users, nonsmokers, and cigarette smokers.
Feb 20, 2020
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Medical research
Platelet microparticles give antibody drug 'piggyback ride' to repair damaged heart
New research from North Carolina State University shows that platelet microparticles are an effective way to deliver therapeutic drugs directly to the heart following a heart attack. This method increases drug concentration ...
Feb 5, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify new mechanism involved in promoting breast cancer
A new approach to studying the effects of two common chemicals used in cosmetics and sunscreens found they can cause DNA damage in breast cells at surprisingly low concentrations, while the same dose did not harm cells without ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Specialist technique used to study drugs completed for first time during Ebola outbreak
A specialist technique used to study drugs has been completed for the first time during an outbreak of Ebola virus disease.
Jan 15, 2020
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Fish consumption and mercury exposure in pregnant women in coastal Florida
Mercury contamination of the marine environment is a global public health concern. Human exposure occurs primarily by eating seafood, especially large predatory fish such as swordfish and albacore tuna. Those most vulnerable—pregnant ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Medications
Mathematical model predicts drug concentration in the brain
Do medicines arrive in the right amount at the right spot in our brain? By making a model that depicts our brain in small "brain blocks," Ph.D. student Esmée Vendel tries to find an answer to this question. She made a mathematical ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Harmful metals found in vapors from tank-style electronic cigarettes
A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found the concentration of metals in electronic cigarette aerosols—or vapor—has increased since tank-style electronic cigarettes were introduced in ...
Sep 27, 2019
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