EXPLAINER: How iodine tablets block some nuclear radiation
The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure—and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation.
Oct 13, 2022
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The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure—and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation.
Oct 13, 2022
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A single mutation in a gene, Kcnc3, which encodes a potassium channel in neurons, causes learning deficits in mice, UT Southwestern researchers report in a new study in PNAS. The novel mutation decreases the activity of neurons ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Dietary salt substitutes lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death from all causes and cardiovascular disease, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the journal Heart.
Aug 9, 2022
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Kidney stones can cause not only excruciating pain but also are associated with chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. If you've experienced a kidney stone once, you have a 30% chance of having another ...
Aug 1, 2022
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It turns out your parents were right: You should eat more fruits and vegetables.
Jul 26, 2022
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Women who eat bananas, avocados and salmon could reduce the negative effects of salt in the diet, according to a study published today in the European Heart Journal, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). ...
Jul 22, 2022
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Ketamine, a well-known anesthetic used in smaller doses as a party drug, was hailed as a "new hope for depression" in a Time magazine cover story in 2017. Two years later, the arrival of the first ketamine-based antidepressant—the ...
May 31, 2022
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They might have a smelly-sounding name, but muskmelons, like cantaloupes and honeydew, are actually sweet fruits full of flavor and nutrients.
May 23, 2022
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Urine can reveal a lot about a person's health. But physicians don't currently have a convenient or fast way of tracking the concentration of important compounds in their patients' urine. Now, researchers reporting in ACS ...
May 5, 2022
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Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine have discovered a previously unknown function performed by a type of cell that comprises nearly half of all cells in the brain.
Apr 28, 2022
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