The team used paracetamol as the basis for the study: research indicates that paracetamol can place temporary stress on the liver in around a third of people…
The results, published in the July issue of the journal Preventive Medicine, show that teenagers devote more time to sedentary behaviour (in front of a screen)…
Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim, in cooperation with their project partner Eschler Texti, are working hard on finding a way of being able…
The Swedish Wind Power Technology Centre, SVTC, has been founded to support Swedish industry with know-how related to wind power design and to train new…
It is the first scientific study of the effects of the spike mat.The spike mat has been touted as a cure for both pain and insomnia. The marketing has been…
Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology have now shown that permanent night lighting alters the reproductive behaviour of birds. In those…
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“Agriculture today is tough. According to a recent UN report we will need to produce more food in the next 50 years than we have in the last 10,000, but…
These one-light-year-tall pillars of cold hydrogen and dust, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, are located in the Carina Nebula. Violent stellar winds and…
An ancestor of HIV that infects monkeys is thousands of years older than previously thought, suggesting that HIV, which causes AIDS, is not likely to stop…
Despite being led and funded by a private company, Mars Inc., Cacao Genome Database scientists say one of their chief concerns has been making sure the…
Cleaning coal after it has been mined is done with water. The bulk of the coal mined is relatively coarse in size and, therefore, can be readily washed of…
Several health plans have introduced physician rating systems to offer consumers more information when choosing their doctors. However, a recent study…
“The public and public officials care deeply about progress towards clean water goals for the Chesapeake Bay and other impaired waters of the Nation,” said…
Now, scientists at The Wistar Institute have published the first detailed report on the structure and function of a crucial domain in the protein known as…
Sleep disordered breathing is a common condition in western countires and
moreover in asia. Patients affected suffer from daytime sleepiness and a variety
of disorders associated with sleep apnea. In Bavaria, 24% of traffic accidents
are caused by sleepiness. The gold standard therapy for sleep apnea is
nasal continous positive air pressure (nCPAP). This treatment shows excellent
results in the sleep lab but low acceptance on the long run.
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A novel silicone implant prevents the relaxed tongue from protruding backwards
to the posterior pharyngeal wall. Functionality of the tongue is not impaired.
Patients don´t realise the implant during daytime.
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