A new study from the School of Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University estimates that almost half the Israeli population suffers from second-hand smoke (SHS) penetrating their homes, mostly from smoking ...
Aug 22, 2023
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Over the past decade or so, social scientists have been trying to understand how social networks can influence people's beliefs and behavior. Despite the many studies on this topic, currently very little is known about how ...
Certain chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer cells protect neighboring cancer cells by sending signals that induce resistance, according to a new study from University of Pittsburgh and UPMC researchers that may help explain ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Lynn and Kent Wiles spent the morning running errands together. The Oregon couple shopped for groceries, stopped by the bank and picked up items at the hardware store.
Apr 1, 2021
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New research shows just how important positive childhood experiences are for our long-term health—especially for those who experience significant adversity as a child.
Sep 16, 2019
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What do you tell people when you're an invited "expert," yet in some ways you're the dumbest person in the room? That was my thought in February 2014, when Mexican leaders invited me to speak at a National Governors Conference ...
Jan 13, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—The old proverb says, "Good fences make good neighbors." But a new Rutgers study has found that having continuously low levels of contact with neighbors, or losing contact with them altogether, is associated ...
Sep 17, 2014
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Having good neighbors and feeling connected to others in the local community may help to curb an individual's heart attack risk, concludes research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Aug 18, 2014
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McMaster University researchers have revealed the location of human blood stem cells that may improve bone marrow transplants. The best stem cells are at the ends of the bone.
Aug 1, 2013
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People who participate in community gardening have a significantly lower body mass index—as well as lower odds of being overweight or obese—than do their non-gardening neighbors. Researchers at the University of Utah ...
Apr 18, 2013
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