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Treating Aging Knees as Organs: A New Approach to Health

The failure of any one of these tissue systems can cause serious health issues, even death. When components of the organ are fixed, typically the organ…

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Stem Cell Transplants Show Promise for Kidney Damage Recovery

The study, authored by a research team from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, is published in the current issue of Cell Medicine [1(3)] and is freely…

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Mummies' false toes helped ancient Egyptians walk

University of Manchester researcher, Dr Jacky Finch, has shown that a three-part wood and leather artefact housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, along with a…

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Eating berries may lower risk of Parkinson's

The study was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 63rd Annual Meeting in Honolulu April 9 to April 16, 2011. Flavonoids…

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Testing Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes: New Clinical Trial Insights

A new clinical trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is among the first to test surgery specifically for Type 2 diabetes. The aim…

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Brain Circuitry Insights: Why Some Are More Anxious

Why do some people fret over the most trivial matters while others remain calm in the face of calamity? Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley,…

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New Enzyme Discovery Boosts Cancer Survival and Heart Health

Scientists at Queen's Centre for Vision and Vascular Science have discovered the role of an enzyme which, when a patient receives chemotherapy, can cause…

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Investing in Parks: A Path to Better Health Care Solutions

Investments in parks and recreational services have a dramatic effect on health and fitness, say Geof Godbey, professor emeritus of leisure studies, and Andrew…

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Pediatricians’ Role in Curbing Tobacco Use Among Youth

Denormalization is a strategy for changing social norms and reinforcing a public perception of tobacco use as a health-compromising, socially unacceptable…

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Breakthrough Findings Improve Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

These highly promising findings, reported in Rejuvenation Research, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. highlight the potential for a…

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Mainz University Launches New Laboratory for Molecular Exercise

The specialists for Sports Medicine at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU are already in the starting blocks: Their ambitious objective is to develop a…

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New Insights on Chocolate’s Heart-Healthy Benefits

Just as those boxes of chocolates get hearts throbbing and mouths watering, polyphenols in chocolate rev up the activity of certain proteins, including…

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Allergies Linked to Lower Glioma Risk: New Research Insights

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago, used self-reported data on medically diagnosed allergies and antihistamine use for 419 patents with…

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Economic Development’s Role in Shaping Cancer Trends Worldwide

A new American Cancer Society report says cancers associated with lifestyles and behaviors related to economic development, including lung, breast, and…

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New Clue to Lupus: Targeting Autoimmune Suppression Defects

Correcting the defect “may represent an effective therapeutic approach to systemic lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune disease,” the researchers state in their…

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Future surgeons may use robotic nurse, 'gesture recognition'

Both the hand-gesture recognition and robotic nurse innovations might help to reduce the length of surgeries and the potential for infection, said Juan Pablo…

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