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Safflower Oil: A Daily Dose for Heart Health Benefits

This finding comes about 18 months after the same researchers discovered that safflower oil reduced abdominal fat and increased muscle tissue in this group of…

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Ethnic minorities are 'silent sufferers' of chronic fatigue syndrome

A multi-institute study funded by the Medical Research Council (UK), involving researchers across London and Manchester, looked at data from over 4000 adults…

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Biodegradable Micelles Inhibit Streptococcus Mutans Biofilm Growth

This research was performed under the objective to develop tooth-binding micelles(TBM) using peptide based biodegradable tooth-binding moieties that can…

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Heal Injured Joints: Effective Strategies for Recovery

There’s nothing like the sheer delight of sun and snow on a skiing trip. But a momentary lapse of concentration can have nasty consequences. Taking a tumble on…

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New Strategy Combines Economics and Evolution to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

A team of scientists from the University of Oxford, U.K. have taken lessons from Adam Smith and Charles Darwin to devise a new strategy that could one day…

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Survival matching should be used to allocate donated kidneys to transplant recipients

Providing kidney transplants to patients with the best probability of longer survival would reduce repeat transplant operations and improve life span after…

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Stem Cell Injections Show Promise in Heart Damage Recovery

Researchers said that while this research is in the early stages, the findings are promising for the more than five million Americans who have enlarged hearts…

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New Self-Monitoring Device Simplifies Blood Glucose Testing

People with diabetes could be helped by a new type of self-monitoring blood glucose sensor being developed by ASU engineers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic in…

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New Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise Against Contagious Norovirus

Using a novel viral vector-based method to grow and deliver the vaccine that has shown promise in other agents designed to fight such infections as HIV and…

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Post-Stroke Depression: Enhancing Physical Functioning

Although as many as a third of those who experience a stroke develop depression, a new study by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, the schools of…

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Addressing Unique Cancer Care Needs for Teens and Young Adults

An illuminating roundtable discussion by these experts will be published in the premier issue of Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, a…

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Global Progress in Combating Communicable Diseases

Those working for healthier humans around the globe are making headway in fighting communicable diseases such as AIDS, malaria and diarrheal illness, according…

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New Key Discovery in Lung Cancer Metastasis and Treatment

Researchers discovered a new, key component in the spread of lung cancer as well as a likely way to block it with drugs now in clinical trial. The study was…

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Taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer can save lives and money

That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest…

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CSHL Unveils New Method to Track Tumor Evolution and Spread

A new method of analyzing cancerous tumors developed by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) suggests that tumors may not evolve gradually, but…

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Unlocking Longevity: Personality Traits That Predict Life Span

Good advice for a long life? As it turns out, no. In a groundbreaking study of personality as a predictor of longevity, University of California, Riverside…

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