The Granzyme B (GzmB) enzyme, which accumulates in certain tissues as we age, has been identified as a driver of itchy and sometimes life-threatening autoimmune conditions known as pemphigoid diseases (PDs), which cause blistering ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Work causes so much stress that it's become a global public health issue. The impact of stress on mental and physical health can also hurt productivity and result in economic loss. A new study now finds that working people ...
Jan 13, 2021
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As we struggle through various phases of COVID-19 restrictions, we are all looking towards what will be a long and tentative process of reopening. Yet the lessons from our first reopening strategies last spring make it clear ...
Jan 6, 2021
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There is growing evidence that being in natural spaces – whether while gardening or listening to bird song – has a positive effect on mental health. Being in nature is also linked to improved cognitive function, greater ...
Nov 26, 2020
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Studies of both mice and humans who have traveled into space reveal that critical parts of a cell's energy production machinery, the mitochondria, can be made dysfunctional due to changes in gravity, radiation exposure and ...
Nov 25, 2020
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Green spaces—trees, shrubs and grasses—can improve air quality and may lower heart disease deaths, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.
Nov 9, 2020
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(HealthDay)—If you use an oxygen concentrator and a pulse oximeter at home, proper use is crucial, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Nov 6, 2020
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People are significantly less likely to smoke—and are more likely to successfully quit—if they live in green neighbourhoods, new research has found.
Oct 31, 2020
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In the middle of the pandemic this spring, researchers at NTNU conducted a survey among members of Kondis, a Norwegian fitness training organization.
Oct 27, 2020
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Exposure to higher air pollution levels and greater population density during the early months of life may be associated with an increase in children's body mass index (BMI). By contrast, living in areas with greater exposure ...
Oct 26, 2020
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