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Food Over Nutrients: Key Insights for Better Health

In a recent academic review, a University of Minnesota professor in the School of Public Health has concluded that food, as opposed to specific nutrients, may…

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NASA Technology Boosts Pandemic Prediction and Prevention

With the help of 14 satellites currently in orbit and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Applied Sciences Program, scientists have been…

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New Research Reveals Fitness Industry’s Struggle with Obesity

Now a new study by Dr. Jennifer Smith Maguire, from the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, reveals that the fitness industry…

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EU project confirms Europe's excellence in migraine research

Over 12% of the world's population suffer from migraines, with women making up two-thirds of sufferers. The attacks are not only highly unpleasant for…

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Researchers Knock Out HIV in Groundbreaking Study

Professor Jens Lundgren from the Faculty of Health Sciences in Copenhagen, together with other members of the research group EuroSIDA, have conducted a study,…

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Cocaine Use and Impaired Inhibitory Control: New Insights

One line of cocaine is, thus, now as cheap as a tablet of ecstasy. This means cocaine is no longer considered an “elite” drug but is affordable for all,…

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Eliminating Parasitic Diseases in the Americas: A Path Forward

The good news, say a team of tropical disease experts, is that tools now exist to eliminate these diseases, which are a lasting legacy of forced migration from…

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Floating Therapy Boosts Sleep and Reduces Pain

The dissertation confirms what earlier studies have indicated: sleep was improved, patients felt more optimistic, and the content of the vitalizing hormone…

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Anti-Leukemia Drug Dexamethasone Linked to Patient Fatigue

The anti-leukemia drug dexamethasone contributes to a relentless fatigue and poor quality of sleep in children undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic…

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Molecular Research Offers New Hope for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Studies show that between 1:50 and 1:34 of the population are carriers of the disease, and that it affects in the region of 1:10,000 children born in the UK….

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Rare Cancer-Causing Syndrome Discovered in Singapore

A rare hereditary disorder that strongly predisposes carriers to develop cancer at an early age has been found in an Asian female, report researchers today at…

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Curcumin’s Potential Against Colorectal Cancer Explored

Curcumin, the yellowish component of turmeric that gives curry its flavor, has long been noted for its potential anti-cancer properties. Researchers from…

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Zanzibar's impressive attack on malaria

Achuyt Bhattarai, Anders Björkman and colleagues from Tanzania, Sweden, Italy, USA and UK have published their results in the latest issue of PLoS Medicine,…

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Treat Rare Lung Disease to Reduce Stroke Risk, Experts Say

The research, published online in the journal Thorax, suggests that all patients with abnormal blood vessels in their lungs known as pulmonary arteriovenous…

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Obesity and Diabetes – Emerging Major Health Care Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Presently more than 16 million people are living with diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. A staggering number which is expected to rise to almost 43…

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Emotional Intelligence’s Impact on Tobacco and Cannabis Use

The term Emotional Intelligence could be defined as the capacity to perceive, comprehend and regulate one's own emotions and those of others so as to be able…

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