Health
Having trouble sleeping? Try exercise
The vast majority of people have trouble sleeping from time to time. However, 10 to 20% of the population struggle more than the rest of us and have serious long-term sleep problems.
Nov 10, 2022
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Study finds disruption of the growth hormone receptor gene in adipose tissue results in increased lifespan in mice
A study of mice led by Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Edison Biotechnology Institute researchers has shown that stopping the activity of growth hormone (GH) in fat cells can improve health and ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
New study expands range of potential Alzheimer's drugs
Alzheimer's disease is associated with a reduction of insulin receptors in brain microvessels, which may contribute to brain insulin resistance and the formation of amyloid plaques, one of the disease's hallmarks. That's ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Cardiology
Can exposure to 'young' blood increase lifespan?
A new study in which young and old mice were surgically joined such that they shared blood circulation for three months showed that the old mice did not significantly benefit in terms of lifespan. In contrast, the young mice ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Surgery
For anterior displacement of tibial spine fractures, does anatomic reduction matter?
Young patients who undergo surgery for displaced tibial spine fractures, and who had both an extension and flexion contracture, had 2.2 times the odds of having a complication compared to patients who did not have any contractures, ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Health
Daily avocados improve diet quality, help lower cholesterol levels
Eating one avocado a day for six months was found to have no effect on belly fat, liver fat or waist circumference in people with overweight conditions or obesity, according to a new study. However, it did lead to a slight ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Diabetes
Researchers create new model to better understand, treat metabolic diseases
While it has been more than 100 years since the discovery of insulin, metabolic diseases like diabetes, obesity and fatty liver continue to impact most of the population. More than one-third (36.5 percent) of adults in the ...
Jun 21, 2022
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Vaccination
HPV vaccination program shows increasing impact on preventing HPV among vaccinated and unvaccinated females
A new analysis of nationally representative data shows the increasing impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination efforts that started more than a decade ago. The findings suggest direct protection as well as herd effects ...
May 16, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Smoking worsens prognosis for men with prostate cancer
Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden. The researchers followed more than 350,000 people ...
May 10, 2022
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Neuroscience
Five diseases attack language areas in brain
There are five different diseases that attack the language areas in the left hemisphere of the brain that slowly cause progressive impairments of language known as primary progressive aphasia (PPA), reports a new Northwestern ...
Apr 19, 2022
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