Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Rugby can play key health role, study finds
Playing rugby union can significantly improve health and wellbeing, despite the risks associated with the game, a study suggests.
Oct 29, 2020
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Medical research
Largest source of AATD stem cells collected
Researchers from the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston University and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have assembled the largest repository of patient derived stem cells (iPSCs) from patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin ...
Jul 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Evolution of pandemic coronavirus outlines path from animals to humans
A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it was especially well-suited to jump from animals to humans by shapeshifting as it gained the ability to ...
May 29, 2020
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Health
Viewership soars for misleading tobacco videos on YouTube
Misleading portrayals of the safety of tobacco use are widespread on YouTube, where the viewership of popular pro-tobacco videos has soared over the past half-dozen years, according to research by the Annenberg Public Policy ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus mutations 'no cause for alarm'
Mutations discovered in the first Brazilian case of coronavirus are no cause for alarm, a leading virologist says, as the virus seems to be remaining stable enough for a single vaccine to work.
Mar 5, 2020
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Neuroscience
Artificial intelligence to improve resolution of brain magnetic resonance imaging
Researchers of the ICAI Group–Computational Intelligence and Image Analysis–of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed an unprecedented method that is capable of improving brain images obtained through magnetic resonance ...
Jan 17, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Are herpes virus infections linked to Alzheimer's disease?
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report today in the journal Neuron evidence that refutes the link between increased levels of herpes virus and Alzheimer's disease. In addition, the researchers provide a new statistical ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Inflammatory disorders
Interdisciplinary approach uncovers new clues to triggers of gut inflammation
New detail about what happens when a key cellular process is impaired in cells that are vital for a healthy gut have been uncovered by a wide-ranging analysis.
Feb 28, 2019
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Medications
Anti-vaccination websites use 'science' and stories to support claims, study finds
A content analysis of nearly 500 anti-vaccination websites found that over two-thirds used what they represented as scientific evidence to support the idea that vaccines are dangerous and nearly one-third contained anecdotes ...
Nov 3, 2015
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