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Children's physical activity levels are not enough to counteract sedentary lifestyles

The study, involving Portuguese children, found that physical activity alone was not enough to overcome the negative effect of sedentary behaviour on basic…

Health & Medicine

Minor Activity Boosts Bone Health in Premenopausal Women

A study to be published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) suggests that physical activity for premenopausal…

Health & Medicine

Mediterranean Diet Boosted With Olive Oil May Protect Bones

A study to be published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) shows consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched…

Studies and Analyses

Urology-owned radiation oncology self-referral can increase patients' travel distance for treatment

This study reviewed 229 urology practices in Texas and found that 5 percent (12 centers) offered radiation oncology services, and 53 percent of the state's…

Transportation and Logistics

UC Discoveries Could Help Quiet The World’s Cities

Furthermore, those Top Gun military jets need to be up in the air in the wee hours – over land – to simulate their landings on aircraft carriers. But…

Life & Chemistry

Existing Drugs Offer New Treatment Options for High-Risk Childhood Leukemia Subtype

Scientists have identified new genetic alterations underlying a high-risk subtype of the most common childhood cancer that could be effectively targeted with…

Studies and Analyses

Vaccine Boosts Survival for Malignant Brain Cancer Patients

Median survival in a Phase I clinical trial at Cedars-Sinai's Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center was 38.4 months, significantly longer than the typical…

Physics & Astronomy

The mystery of protein folding

Living subjects are very complex systems and, at the same time, stunningly robust and accommodative. The secret of success are their proteins which build up…

Life & Chemistry

Acute Stress Impacts Gene Activity Control, Study Shows

Acute stress alters the methylation of the DNA and thus the activity of certain genes. This is reported by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum together…

Health & Medicine

German Children’s Weight Gain: Key Insights from Recent Study

Scientists working with Perikles Simon, head of the Sports Medicine division of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany, suggest in the light of…

Life & Chemistry

UF Scientists Discover 87 Eggs in Record-Breaking Python

Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus examined the internal anatomy of the 164.5-pound snake Friday. The animal was brought to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Major advance made in generating electricity from wastewater

The new technology developed at OSU can now produce 10 to 50 more times the electricity, per volume, than most other approaches using microbial fuel cells, and…

Physics & Astronomy

Gamma Rays Hint at Dark Matter From Milky Way Center

Gamma-ray photons seen emanating from the center of the Milky Way galaxy are consistent with the intriguing possibility that dark-matter particles are…

Health & Medicine

Antisense Therapy: A New Hope for Parasitic Infections

This precisely focused therapy combines short strands of “antisense” nucleic acid-like material with a small peptide that can transport those strands through…

Health & Medicine

Egg Yolk Consumption Linked to Atherosclerosis Risks

Surveying more than 1200 patients, Dr. Spence found regular consumption of egg yolks is about two-thirds as bad as smoking when it comes to increased build-up…

Life & Chemistry

UC Davis Unveils Mechanism Behind Anti-Aging Cosmetics

A team of investigators from UC Davis and Peking University have discovered a mechanism that may explain how alpha hydroxyl acids (AHAs) — the key ingredient…

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