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Natural Selection Has Altered the Appearance of Europeans Over the Past 5,000 Years
Mar. 10, 2014 — There has been much research into the factors that have influenced the human genome since the end of the last Ice Age. Anthropologists, geneticists and archaeologists have analyzed ancient DNA from ... full story -
Serious Side Effect: Several FDA-Approved Anti-Cancer Drugs Induce Stem Cell Tumors
Mar. 10, 2014 — In a surprise finding, researchers discovered that several chemotherapeutics that do stop fast growing tumors have the opposite effect on stem cells in the same animal, causing them to divide too ... full story -
Outside the Body Our Memories Fail Us
Mar. 10, 2014 — New research demonstrates for the first time that there is a close relationship between body perception and the ability to remember. For us to be able to store new memories from our lives, we need to ... full story -
How Light Affects Our Brain's Performance: Photic Memory for Executive Brain Responses
Mar. 10, 2014 — It has long been known that light exerts powerful effects on the brain and on our well-being. Light is not only required for vision but is also essential for a wide range of “non-visual” ... full story -
Some Characteristics Increase the Likelihood of Getting Married and Living Together
Mar. 10, 2014 — Health economists have investigated the personal traits that influence a person's likelihood of entering into a marriage or cohabitating relationship. When it comes to romantic relationships, ... full story -
U.S. Cocaine Use Cut by Half, While Marijuana Consumption Jumps
Mar. 10, 2014 — A new study shows that the use of cocaine dropped by half across the United States from 2006 to 2010, while use of marijuana jumped by more than 30 percent during the period. Studying illegal drug ... full story -
Healthy Eating May Reduce the Risk of Preterm Delivery
Mar. 10, 2014 — In a new study, participants completed a scientifically evaluated questionnaire about what they had been eating and drinking since becoming pregnant. The results show that the group of women with the ... full story -
Smokers' Brains Biased Against Negative Images of Smoking
Mar. 10, 2014 — What if the use of a product influenced your perception of it, making you even more susceptible to its positive aspects and altering your understanding of its drawbacks? This is precisely what ... full story -
Dropped Your Toast? Five-Second Food Rule Exists, New Research Suggests
Mar. 10, 2014 — Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to new research. The findings suggest there may be ... full story -
Lower IQ and Poorer Cardiovascular Fitness in Teen Years Increase Risk of Early-Onset Dementia
Mar. 10, 2014 — Men who at the age of 18 years have poorer cardiovascular fitness and/or a lower IQ more often suffer from dementia before the age of 60. This is shown in a recent study encompassing more than one ... full story -
Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Understood by Unravelling Bacterial Secretion System
Mar. 9, 2014 — The system that allows the sharing of genetic material between bacteria -- and therefore the spread of antibiotic resistance -- has been uncovered by a team of scientists. Understanding the structure ... full story -
Mutations in Leukemia Gene Linked to New Childhood Growth Disorder
Mar. 9, 2014 — Mutations in a gene associated with leukemia cause a newly described condition that affects growth and intellectual development in children, new research reports. A study identified mutations in the ... full story -
Blood Test Identifies Those at-Risk for Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer's Within Three Years
Mar. 9, 2014 — A blood test that can predict with greater than 90 percent accuracy if a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease within three years has been discovered and ... full story -
Can the Blind 'Hear' Colors, Shapes? Yes, Show Researchers
Mar. 9, 2014 — What if you could “hear” colors? Or shapes? These features are normally perceived visually, but using sensory substitution devices (SSDs) they can now be conveyed to the brain noninvasively ... full story -
Stem Cell Study Opens Door to Undiscovered World of Biology
Mar. 9, 2014 — For the first time, researchers have shown that an essential biological process known as protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells -- something scientists have long struggled to ... full story -
New Tool to Unravel Mysteries of Metastasis Created
Mar. 9, 2014 — Kinases are proteins that play vital roles in disease, but scientists have struggled to study how they interact in real time. A team of scientists has now developed a new technique to make these ... full story -
New Guidelines Employ a Team Approach to Autism Diagnosis, Care
Mar. 8, 2014 — Improving diagnosis and treatment for individuals with autism has been the focus of a growing body of research. New information from these studies led the American Academy of Child and Adolescent ... full story -
Education 'Protects' Poor Women from Fattening Effects of Rising Wealth
Mar. 8, 2014 — Obesity levels among women in low- and middle-income countries tend to rise in line with wealth as they purchase more energy-dense foods, but a new study suggests that more educated consumers make ... full story -
Higher Functioning Endogenous Opioid System Predicts Better Treatment Response for Neuropathic Pain Treated With Topical NSAIDs
Mar. 8, 2014 — Not only are neuropathic pain symptoms quite common in knee osteoarthritis, but scientists can predict who will respond to treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) by assessing ... full story -
Half of Veterans Prescribed Medical Opioids Continue to Use Them Chronically
Mar. 8, 2014 — Of nearly 1 million veterans who receive opioids to treat painful conditions, more than half continue to consume opioids chronically or beyond 90 days, new research says. A number of factors were ... full story -
Opioid Regimens That Deliver Best Pain Control Reflect Assay Findings of Cytochrome Defects
Mar. 8, 2014 — Most patients with multiple defects of the cytochrome P450 system, which is largely responsible for metabolizing opioids, naturally gravitated toward an opioid regimen primarily metabolized through ... full story
- Natural selection has altered the appearance of Europeans over the past 5,000 years
- Serious side effect: Several FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs induce stem cell tumors
- Outside the body our memories fail us
- How light affects our brain's performance: Photic memory for executive brain responses
- Some characteristics increase the likelihood of getting married and living together
- U.S. cocaine use cut by half, while marijuana consumption jumps
- Healthy eating may reduce the risk of preterm delivery
- Smokers' brains biased against negative images of smoking
- Dropped your toast? Five-second food rule exists, new research suggests
- Lower IQ and poorer cardiovascular fitness in teen years increase risk of early-onset dementia
- Spread of antibiotic resistance understood by unravelling bacterial secretion system
- Mutations in leukemia gene linked to new childhood growth disorder
- Blood test identifies those at-risk for cognitive decline, Alzheimer's within three years
- Can the blind 'hear' colors, shapes? Yes, show researchers
- Stem cell study opens door to undiscovered world of biology
- New tool to unravel mysteries of metastasis created
- New guidelines employ a team approach to autism diagnosis, care
- Education 'protects' poor women from fattening effects of rising wealth
- Higher functioning endogenous opioid system predicts better treatment response for neuropathic pain treated with topical NSAIDs
- Half of veterans prescribed medical opioids continue to use them chronically
- Opioid regimens that deliver best pain control reflect assay findings of cytochrome defects
- Combined use of oxytocin and human chorionic gonadotropin in intractable pain patients
- Stem cell transplant shows 'landmark' promise for treatment of degenerative disc disease
- Research on 3-D scaffolds sets new bar in lung regeneration
- New class of antibiotics discovered by chemists
- Ever-so-slight delay improves decision-making accuracy
- The dark side of fair play: Why would evolution let spite stick around?
- Personalized treatment prolongs the life of lung cancer patients
- New study of proteins in space could yield better understanding, new drug development
- Anti-psychotic meds offer hope against brain cancer
- New theory on cause of endometriosis
- Majority of Latinas are unaware of their risk of diabetes, study finds
- Volume of notifiable disease reporting may double with required electronic lab reporting
- Cells appearing normal may actually be harbingers of lung cancer
- Emerging multi-drug resistant infections lack standard definition, treatment
- Hospital food safety measures reduce risk of contaminated hospital food
- Pre-term birth leads to increased risk of asthma, wheezing disorders
- Smartphones become 'eye-phones' with low-cost devices
- Self-acceptance could be the key to a happier life, yet it's the happy habit many people practice the least
- Inherited Alzheimer's damage greater decades before symptoms appear
- Infants using known verbs to learn new nouns: Before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to conversations
- Epigenetic changes could explain type 2 diabetes
- Nasal filter looks promising for allergy sufferers
- People more willing to disclose experience of mental health problems, survey finds
- After years of improving, rates of youth suicide-related behaviors stopped declining, Canadian study finds
- Lifesaving sensor for full bladders under development
- UV light accelerates cancer cells that creep along outside of blood vessels
- Bone turnover markers predict prostate cancer outcomes
- Activity more than location affects perception of earthquakes
- New surgical hypertension treatment not as good as standard drug treatment
- Areas of the brain process read and heard language differently
- Talking-therapy treatments to manage osteoarthritis pain
- New approach to prostate cancer screening needed in UK, experts say
- Mothers leave work because they don't want to behave like working men, study suggests
- Quicker and cheaper toxicity checking of mussels
- Traffic-related air pollution associated with changes in right ventricular structure, function
- Molecular subtyping of breast cancer can better identify women at high risk of disease recurrence
- Prescriptions for benzodiazepines rising and risky when combined with opioids, researchers warn
- Postsurgical pain control linked to patient satisfaction with hospital experience
- Ultrasound guided pudendal nerve block: A cadaveric study
- Heating safety from mri radiofrequency energy demonstrated in variety of simulated spinal cord stimulation scenarios
- Transforaminal vs. Interlaminar epidural steroid injections: Both offered similar pain relief, function for radiating low-back pain
- Long-lasting improvements for discogenic low-back pain treated with minimally invasive intradiscal biacuplasty
- Reducing wait times could improve spinal cord stimulator success for chronic pain
- Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos
- How seeing the same GP helps your health
- Primary care needs to 'wake-up' to links between domestic abuse, safeguarding children
- Drug protects mice against malaria brain damage, raises levels of BDNF in humans
- Fighting for survival in the gut: Unravelling the hidden variation in bacteria
- For older drivers one drink may be one too many, study finds
- Kawasaki disease and pregnant women
- Early detection helps manage chronic graft-vs-host disease complication
- Simple urine test detects common causes of kidney dysfunction after transplantation
- BPA linked to breast cancer tumor growth
- Computer science students help singers learn their vowels
- Vitamin D increases breast cancer patient survival, study shows
- Contacts better than permanent lenses for babies after cataract surgery
- Returning vets face 'warring identities' distress
- Marijuana's anxiety relief effects: Receptors found in emotional hub of brain
- Detailed picture created of membrane protein linked to learning, memory, anxiety, pain and brain disorders
- Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
- Access to social workers could keep veterans out of criminal justice system, researchers find
- Combatting hospital-acquired infections with protein metal complex
- Smart nanofibers to treat kidney failure
- Group A streptococcus in pregnancy: Expert contributes to research
- Physician bias does not affect hypertension treatment for minority patients, study suggests
- Common mutation is culprit in acute leukemia relapse
- Establishing standards where none exist; researchers define 'good' stem cells
- Obese adolescents not getting enough sleep?
- 'Seeing' bodies with sound (no sight required)
- Some people really just don't like music
- Reelin protein rescues cognitive deficits in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease
- Birds of all feathers and global flu diversity
- The rise of spring allergies: Fact or fiction?
- Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra
- Gene important to breast development, breast cancer identified
- Complications following surgery predict costly readmissions
- Computers used to 'see' neurons to better understand brain function
- Sickle cell trait: Neglected opportunities in the era of genomic medicine
- Critical link between obesity, diabetes identified
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