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Diabetes and elevated levels of cholesterol linked to faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients

A history of diabetes and elevated levels of cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, are associated with faster cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer’s…

Environmental Conservation

Dust From Oceans: Toxic Effects on Marine Algae Revealed

Researchers discovered the toxic effects during a study of how phytoplankton respond to atmospheric aerosols deposited in the northern Red Sea. The results…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals How Tiny Brain Area Influences Fear in Mice

Mice lose their fear of territorial rivals when a tiny piece of their brain is neutralized, a new study reports.The study adds to evidence that primal fear…

Studies and Analyses

Family Meals Promote Healthier Eating Habits in Teens

In general, the study found adolescents who participated in regular family meals reported more healthful diets and meal patterns compared to adolescents…

Health & Medicine

Air Pollution and Weather: Headache Triggers Explored

For the study, researchers looked at 7,054 people who were diagnosed with headache in a Boston emergency department over seven years. Scientists then compared…

Life & Chemistry

Amazonian Poison Frogs: Diversity Linked to Andes Origins

Colorful poison frogs in the Amazon owe their great diversity to ancestors that leapt into the region from the Andes Mountains several times during the last 10…

Health & Medicine

Metastatic bone disease patients can walk in Lazarus' footsteps

Osteoplasty—a highly effective minimally invasive procedure to treat the painful effects of metastatic bone disease by injecting bone cement to support…

Health & Medicine

Freezing Kidney Tumors: A New Standard in Cancer Treatment

Freezing kidney tumors—using a safe minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that kills the cancer 100 percent effectively without surgery—should…

Life & Chemistry

Pitt researchers describe molecular '2-step' leading to protein clumps of Huntington's disease

Huntington's is one of 10 diseases in which a certain protein, different for each disease, contains polyglutamine, a stretch of repeating blocks of the amino…

Life & Chemistry

Genes Behind Cleft Lip and Palate: New Insights from DNA Study

Comparing 500,000 snippets of human DNA put scientists from the University of Bonn on the right track. A genetic variant on chromosome 8 occurs with…

Studies and Analyses

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Boosts Love Life After Treatment

Patients who successfully undergo cognitive-behavioural therapy for an anxiety or depression disorder can look forward to a significantly improved love life,…

Corporate News

IT Maintenance Solutions For Improved Machine Availability

Condition-based maintenance and fault detection are the basis of the solutions, such as Sinumerik Manufacturing Excellence, that are on display at the fair.They enable plant operators to achieve substantial cuts in the operating costs and expenditures connected with downtimes, repairs and spare part ware-housing. …

Corporate News

New Process Control Functions Enhance Simatic PCS 7.1

The additions to version 7.1 of Simatic PCS 7 relate to virtually all function areas. For engineering, the “Advanced Process Library” offers several new…

Technology Offerings

Independent Testing of Motor Vehicles Under Real Load Conditions

Under the pressure of increasing awareness of

environmental problems and thus globally changing

political attitudes, it is rather a matter of time
…

Studies and Analyses

DNA Insights: How Differences May Influence Hodgkin Disease Risk

Proteins that repair damage to DNA are important for maintaining cells' health, particularly for preventing the accumulation of genetic damage that could…

Studies and Analyses

Red Wine vs. White: No Impact on Breast Cancer Risk

The results of the study, led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, were published in the March issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers…

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