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Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk Drops with Regular Activity

Postmenopausal women who in the past four years had undertaken regular physical activity equivalent to at least four hours of walking per week had a lower risk…

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Target Identified for Rare Inherited Neurological Disease

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the mechanism by which a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease causes…

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New Heart Molecule Offers Hope for Heart Failure Treatment

The newly discovered molecule provides the heart with a tool to block a protein that orchestrates genetic disruptions when the heart is subjected to stress,…

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New Dystrophin Protein Discovery May Offer DMD Therapy Hope

Studies of the new protein isoform, published online Aug. 10 in Nature Medicine and led by a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital,…

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Successful New Treatment for Mal de Debarquement Syndrome

People often feel a sensation of movement, called Mal de Debarquement, after they have finished boating, surfing or a sea voyage. The symptoms usually…

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New Research Links Cell Signaling Pathway to Obesity and Diabetes

A research team led by Shihuan Kuang, associate professor of animal sciences, found that blocking Notch signaling in the fat tissue of mice caused white fat…

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Elderly Depression Linked to Faster Brain Aging Risks

Older adults with major depression have double the risk of developing dementia in the future compared with those who have never had the mood disorder, said…

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Critical Ill Infants: The Healing Power of Human Milk

Human milk is infant food, but for sick, hospitalized babies, it's also medicine. That's the central premise of a series of articles in a neonatal nursing…

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Acute Stress Boosts Skin Healing in Mouse Models

Brief, acute psychological stress promoted healing in mouse models of three different types of skin irritations, in a study led by UC San Francisco researchers.

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Enhancing Colorectal Cancer Screening With Gut Microbiome Analysis

“A person's gut microbiome is the collection of all the bacteria in their gut,” said Patrick D. Schloss, PhD, associate professor in the Department of…

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Funding Unconventional Science: Navigating Risky Research Ideas

Scientists with extremely unusual and risky research ideas that may also run counter to conventional thinking struggle these days to obtain money for their…

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Biology Made Simpler With “Clear” Tissues – Innovations Report

“We need to follow up with cancer survivors long after their diagnoses to see whether they are still smoking and offer appropriate counseling, interventions,…

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Vanderbilt Technique Boosts Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Efforts

Their technique, described today in the journal eLife, may aid efforts to help patients recover from spinal cord injuries and other disorders affecting spinal…

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Pistachios May Reduce Stress Response in Type 2 Diabetes

“In adults with diabetes, two servings of pistachios per day lowered vascular constriction during stress and improved neural control of the heart,” said Sheila…

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Triple Therapy Boosts Immune Response to Brain Tumors

Mice with implanted, mouse-derived glioblastoma cells lived an average of 67 days after the triple therapy, compared with mice that lasted 24 days when they…

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Early Intervention Boosts Survival in Heart Attack Patients

But the study also suggests that there is room for improvement in how current treatment guidelines are applied among specific patient groups.

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