Beware broken glow sticks
(HealthDay)—Letting kids chew or cut glow sticks is a bad idea, health experts say.
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(HealthDay)—Letting kids chew or cut glow sticks is a bad idea, health experts say.
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Patterns of brain activity thought to show pain responses have been called into question after researchers from UCL and the University of Reading saw such patterns in rare patients born without a sense of pain.
Apr 25, 2016
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Sensation seeking is a personality trait that describes a person's tendency to seek out novel and exciting experiences, and a high level of sensation seeking has been implicated as a risk factor for addiction. According to ...
Dec 10, 2015
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A JRC invention initially stemming from its research in the nuclear sector will soon be used by hospitals for minimally-invasive robotic surgery. TELELAP ALF-X is an advanced multi-port robotic system that will empower surgeons ...
Oct 2, 2015
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A*STAR researchers have found that specialized skin receptors associated with sensing pain also loosen the bonds between cells in skin wounds, enhancing the cells' ability to move into the wound and accelerate the healing ...
Sep 25, 2015
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Researchers fitted a man who has been paralyzed for more than a decade with an experimental prosthetic hand that lets him "feel" sensations, the US military's futuristic development department said.
Sep 14, 2015
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In recent years, scientists have discovered the human brain works on predictions, contrary to the previously accepted theory that it reacts to the sensations it picks up from the outside world. Experts say humans' reactions ...
Jun 2, 2015
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Responding to rapidly shifting legal and cultural environments, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Children's Hospital have found a way to prevent, reduce or delay cannabis use amongst some at-risk ...
May 26, 2015
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A gene essential to the production of pain-sensing neurons in humans has been identified by an international team of researchers co-led by the University of Cambridge. The discovery, reported today in the journal Nature Genetics, ...
May 25, 2015
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Researchers at the IRCM led by Artur Kania, PhD, uncovered the critical role in pain processing of a gene associated with a rare disease. Their breakthrough, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, paves the way for a better ...
Apr 22, 2015
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