Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Spices Like Turmeric May Prevent Breast Cancer Stem Cell Growth

A new study finds that compounds derived from the spices turmeric and pepper could help prevent breast cancer by limiting the growth of stem cells, the small…

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Land Plant Fossils Reveal Paleoasian Ocean’s Disappearance

Despite numerous research efforts in recent decades, the precise time of this event has remained a puzzle until now. New evidence in helping settle this issue…

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'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge

While navigating the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells to save a patient suffering from a raging bacterial infection, young teenage players…

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Exercise Lowers Death Rate in Prostate Cancer Patients

“We saw benefits at very attainable levels of activity,” said Stacey A. Kenfield, Sc.D., epidemiology research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health…

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Gene Positioning Insights Could Enhance Cancer Diagnosis

Individual genes preferentially localize to specific points within the nucleus. The reasons for this aren't known, but the positions can be reshuffled during…

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Are Angry Women More Like Men?: Study Shows Smiles and Scowls Provide Cues for Gender Identification

In two studies, researchers asked subjects to identify the sex of a series of faces. In the first study, androgynous faces with lowered eyebrows and tight lips…

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New Urine Test Could Detect Pediatric Sleep Apnea

“These findings open up the possibility of developing a relatively simple urine test that could detect OSA in snoring children. This would alleviate the need…

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BMI and Waist Circumference Findings From Large Study

The findings, which emerged from a large prospective study of more than 20,000 Dutch men and women aged 20-65 years begun in 1993, show that the associations…

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Lifelong Memories Linked to Stable Nerve Connections

The scientists, led by Wen-Biao Gan, PhD, associate professor of physiology and neuroscience at NYU School of Medicine, discovered that a delicate balancing…

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Species Down, Disease Up

But the decline of species and their habitats may not just make the world boring. New research now suggests it may also put you at greater risk for catching…

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How Emotional Pain Affects Us: Insights from New Research

Scientists have long known that opium-like painkillers, called opioids, relieve not only physical pain, but also some forms of emotional stress. Now, a new…

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Waterpipe Tobacco Smokers Inhale Same Toxicants as Cigarette Smokers

Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants – carbon monoxide and nicotine – as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to…

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Healing Cleft Palate: New Insights Before Birth

Yang Chai, the study’s principal investigator and director of the School of Dentistry’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, said that cleft palate is…

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OU Study Transforms Ineffective Cancer Drugs Into Effective Treatments

Cancer researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to turn ineffective new cancer drugs into cancer-fighters. By using…

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Gene Variant Tied to Heart Failure and Vitamin D Activation

Previous studies have shown a link between low vitamin D status and heart disease. Now a new study shows that patients with high blood pressure who possess a…

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Cardiovascular Risk in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes: The Role of Insulin Resistance

Type 1 diabetes often begins in childhood. Patients with type 2 diabetes have their insulin resistance measured routinely, but this is currently not common…

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