Health
Keep sugar substitute away from fido
(HealthDay)— The sugar substitute xylitol may help you lose weight, but it can be deadly for your dog, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
Jul 21, 2019
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Medical research
A revolution in regenerative medicine
Every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people learn that the pain in their knee or shoulder is a soft tissue that needs repair or replacement.
Jun 7, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Petting zoos could potentially transmit highly virulent drug-resistant bacteria to visitors
New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April) shows that petting zoos can create a diverse reservoir of multidrug resistant ...
Apr 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers explore link between metal exposure and Parkinson's symptoms
A new study from Iowa State University biomedical researchers illuminates the biological processes by which exposure to some metals can contribute to the onset of Parkinson's-like symptoms.
Mar 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Overlapping genomic regions underlie canine fearfulness and human mental disorders
Researchers in the Hannes Lohi research group in the University of Helsinki focused on two forms of canine fearfulness: noise sensitivity and general fearfulness. The latter encompasses the fear of unfamiliar humans and new ...
Jan 23, 2019
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Medications
Does opioid use in pets create higher risk for abuse in humans?
The increase in opioid prescriptions for people over the past decade may have been paralleled by an increase in opioid prescriptions for pets, according to a study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman ...
Jan 11, 2019
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Neuroscience
New way to study swallowing could one day lead to improved treatments for ALS
There is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, but new findings from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine ...
Nov 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research shows how service dogs can help veterans with PTSD
For veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, service dogs might be able to offer both behavioral and physiological benefits to help counter some of those symptoms, according to research that is being led by ...
Nov 6, 2018
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Medical research
How hibernators could help humans treat illness, conserve energy and get to Mars
Researchers will gather today to discuss the potential for hibernation and the related process, torpor, to aid human health in spaceflight at the American Physiological Society's (APS) Comparative Physiology: Complexity and ...
Oct 27, 2018
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Surgery
Additive design signals revolution in reconstructive surgery
Revolutionary implants produced by a Western-based medical device company will soon change the face of reconstructive surgeries for more than just the family pet. Human patients may see the benefits of this technology as ...
Oct 1, 2018
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