Pediatrics
Study: Most US adults say today's children have worse health prospects
Ask adults of all ages if today's children are healthier than children of their own generation.
Nov 2, 2017
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Neuroscience
New studies indicate elderly are capable of mastering new tools and technologies
Can elderly people really learn how to use new technologies and adapt themselves in learning new tools? The answer, according to researcher Dr. Amir Jahanian Najafabadi and colleagues at Constructor University in Bremen, ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Health
Pandemic saw big rise in deaths from multiple causes for millenials
Americans aged 25 to 44—so-called millennials—are dying at significantly higher rates from three leading killers than similarly aged people just 10 years ago, the latest government data shows.
Nov 16, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
'Three-parent babies' public consultation launched
The British public are being consulted on the ethics of a fertility treatment that uses DNA from a third parent to help eliminate genetic diseases, the government announced on Monday.
Sep 17, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Youth mental health in decline: Generations differ on causes of apparent crisis, survey finds
There is widespread agreement across generations in the UK—from Gen Z to Baby Boomers—that young people's mental health is worse than it was in the past, but they often differ on what this really means and what might ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Genetics
Study finds fish preserve DNA 'memories' far better than humans
We are all familiar with the common myth that fish have poor memory, but it turns that their DNA has the capacity to hold much more memory than that of humans.
Aug 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Combining radiation with immunotherapy showing promise against melanoma
Combining radiation treatments with a new generation of immunotherapies is showing promise as a one-two-punch against melanoma, Loyola Medicine researchers report in the Journal of Radiation Oncology.
May 19, 2016
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Neuroscience
Congenitally blind visualise numbers opposite way to sighted
(Medical Xpress)—For the first time, scientists have uncovered that people blind from birth visualise numbers the opposite way around to sighted people.
Mar 31, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Long noncoding RNAs control development of fat cells
Whitehead Institute researchers have identified a previously unrecognized layer of genetic regulation that is necessary for the generation of undesirable white fat cells. When this regulation is disrupted, white fat cells ...
Feb 13, 2013
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Health
What is successful aging? Gerontologists strive to build consensus
Scholars have long debated what successful aging is, how to measure it, and how to promote it. But the latest issue of The Gerontologist lays the groundwork for building consensus on the topic—while pointing out that the ...
Feb 13, 2015
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