Her study found that smoking one cigarette increases the stiffness of the arteries in 18 to 30 year olds by a whopping 25 per cent. Arteries that are stiff or…
Edmonton – A seven-year ongoing study examining over 20,000 Canadian grade 9 students shows most already have at least one major risk factor for heart disease…
The study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Neurodegeneration, found that neurons in the brain were protected after treatment with…
Now a collaborative study from North Carolina State University, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, and the National Institute of Environmental Health…
Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is one of the most significant insect-borne…
Results of an important new study show that implantation of blue light-filtering intraocular lens (IOLs) at the time of cataract surgery increases a…
Hierarchical structures, time pressure and traditions in the health care sector make these patients and their relatives passive when facing the doctor and his…
There is growing evidence that musicians have structurally and functionally different brains compared with non-musicians. In particular, the areas of the brain…
Researchers from The Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh have shown that a strain of bacteria has jumped from humans to chickens.It is believed to…
Women who lived in villages sprayed with DDT to reduce malaria gave birth to 33 per cent more baby boys with urogenital birth defects (UGBD) between 2004 and…
The research team, using only chemical reactants, transformed semiconducting nanowires into a variety of useful, nanoscale materials including nanoscale metal…
The full study, published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Engineering Education, explores the causes behind the severe underrepresentation of women…
A new Canadian study has found that lower-than-normal levels of a naturally-occurring fat hormone may increase the risk of death from sepsis—an overwhelming…
But does she really? Can dogs understand deception? Mark Petter, a Dalhousie *University PhD student in clinical psychology, wanted to find out whether dogs…
Researchers from Tuskegee University in Alabama conducted a study targeted at finding a way to incorporate natural and fresh antioxidants into the diets of…
The study, published online this week in the latest issue of the professional journal Psychophysiology, also supports research published within the last year…
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