Health
Daylight Saving Time has long-term effects on health
The annual transition to and from daylight saving time (DST) has clinical implications that last longer than the days where clocks "fall back" or "spring forward."
Nov 4, 2019
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Hormonal changes during menopause decrease muscle mass, but physical activity might slow the decrement
A large study of middle-aged women shows that age-related changes in skeletal muscle are part of everyday life for women in their fifties. During this time, women transition from perimenopause to postmenopause and the production ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Physician explains why and when to wear a mask according to CDC guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its policy and is now advising everyone, whether or not they have symptoms of COVID-19, to cover their face with a mask or cloth covering whenever social distancing ...
Apr 7, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The transition from daylight saving time to standard time leads to depressions
The number of people diagnosed with depression at psychiatric hospitals increases immediately after the transition from daylight saving time to standard time. This is the conclusion of a recent register-based study from Denmark. ...
Oct 27, 2016
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Medical research
Stopping the spread: Targeting tumor metastasis
The process of metastasis is when cancer cells gain motility and spread to other sites of the body. Because this is one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths, researchers have aimed to develop therapeutic strategies ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Shorter menstrual cycles may indicate earlier menopause and worse symptoms
Since menopause symptoms can significantly affect a woman's quality of life, much research has focused on identifying risk factors associated with menopause symptoms. A new study suggests that menstrual-cycle length may predict ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Neuroscience
The brain is alive, will new MRI diffusion techniques let us see it move and shake?
(Medical Xpress)—Pioneering experiments back in 1982 by Tasaki and Iwasa at the NIH revealed that action potentials in neurons are more than just the electrical blips that physiologists readily amplify and record. These ...
Health
Lowered birth rates one reason why women outlive men
Using unique demographic records on 140,600 reproducing individuals from the Utah Population Database, a research team led from Uppsala University has come to the conclusion that lowered birth rates are one reason why women ...
Apr 18, 2016
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Neuroscience
Study identifies reactive neuroinflammatory astrocyte subtypes in the mouse brain
Astrocytes are a specialized class of glial cells highly abundant in the central nervous system (CNS) of humans and other animal species. Past neuroscience research has shown that after infections, acute injuries and chronic ...
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover an interaction that helps cancers spread to bone
A Princeton-led team of researchers have discovered a factor that promotes the spread of cancers to bone, opening the way toward treatments that could mitigate cancer's ability to colonize bone. The study by Mark Esposito, ...
Apr 15, 2019
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