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Breast Cancer Treatment: Unemployment Rates Among Survivors

Nearly one-third of breast cancer survivors who were working when they began treatment were unemployed four years later. Women who received chemotherapy were…

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Strategic Thinking Boosts Cognitive Performance: Key Insights

Strategy-based cognitive training has the potential to enhance cognitive performance and spill over to real-life benefit according to a data-driven perspective…

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Viral 'parasites' may play a key role in the maintenance of cell pluripotency

This story is part of a fundamental rethinking taking place in genomic science. In 2009, members of the FANTOM Consortium project reported that an important…

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‘Horsing around’ reduces stress hormones in youth

The results are published in the American Psychological Association’s Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin this month.

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Genetic Pathways Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk

A substantial proportion of risk for developing autism spectrum disorders (ASD), resides in genes that are part of specific, interconnected biological…

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Accelerated Soil Carbon Loss Linked to Climate Change

Research published in Science today found that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide,…

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Stimulus Programs: Boosting Economies Through Cash Relief

Stimulus programs — such as those in 2001, 2008 and 2009 — are designed to boost the economy quickly by getting cash into the hands of people likely to turn…

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Iron Intake Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk: Study Findings

The study found that heme iron consumption increased the risk for coronary heart disease by 57 percent, while no association was found between nonheme iron,…

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Coal-Burning Stoves Linked to Miscarriages in Mongolia

In a paper published today in the journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, researchers report “alarmingly strong statistical correlations” between seasonal…

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Walking Boosts Creativity: Study Reveals Surprising Benefits

When the task at hand requires some imagination, taking a walk may lead to more creative thinking than sitting, according to research published by the American…

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Higher Education Linked to Better TBI Recovery Outcomes

The study examined people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries, most of which were from motor vehicle accidents or falls. All were taken to the…

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Bariatric Surgery’s Health Benefits: New Mechanism Explained

Previous research from the Sahlgrenska Academy has demonstrated that obesity surgery is the only effective treatment for obesity and obesity-related diabetes.

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New Study Uncovers Whooping Cough Vaccine Insights

The most comprehensive study to date of the family of bacteria that causes whooping cough points to more effective vaccine strategies and reveals surprising…

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Australia’s Feral Camel Challenge: A History Uncovered

Sarah Crowley, of the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus, explored the history of the camel in Australia,…

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High-Calorie and Low-Nutrient Foods in Kids' TV

Steingerdur Olafsdottir’s doctoral thesis focuses on the presence of food in the popular Swedish children’s TV show Bolibompa. Healthy foods dominated in the…

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Wildfire Trends: Rising Fires Over 1,000 Acres in Western U.S.

The number of wildfires over 1,000 acres in size in the region stretching from Nebraska to California increased by a rate of seven fires a year from 1984 to…

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