By Loyola University Health System
Cinnamon, nutmeg and even marshmallows are being intentionally abused in risky behavior, says a toxicologist. Once folly for teenagers, pre-teens are now copying what they see from Internet videos with dangerous results.
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By American Society for Cell Biology
By fitting a "smart" mobile phone with magnifying optics, researchers created a real "cell" phone. a diagnostic-quality microscope for clinics in developing countries as well as American biology classrooms.
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By Massachusetts General Hospital
Investigators report that mice with a genetic mutation increasing urate levels were protected against the kind of neurodegeneration that underlies Parkinson's disease, while the damage was worse in animals with abnormally low urate. Their findings add fur
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By American Society for Cell Biology
Neutrophils, critical components of the immune system's response to bacteria and other pathogens, throw out tube-like tethers that act as anchor points, controlling their speed as they roll along the walls of blood vessels during extremely fast blood flow
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By American Society for Cell Biology
A new therapeutic approach to diabetes that combines insulin and an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) betacellulin could limit the progression of diabetic macular edema (DME), researchers report.
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By American Society for Cell Biology
A chemical biology lab has re-engineered optogenetic switches so that switches run backward, firing bursts of fluorescent light that reveal newly detailed patterns of electrical activity in neural networks, beating cardiac cells and developing embryos.
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By BMJ-British Medical Journal
Recipes created by popular television chefs contain significantly more energy, protein, fat, and saturated fat and less fibre per portion than supermarket ready meals, finds a new study.
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By University of California - Berkeley
Researchers have found that compression can guide malignant breast cells back to a normal growth pattern. The findings demonstrate the influence of mechanical forces on a cell's destiny.
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By Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Symptoms of an autoimmune disease disappeared after a team of scientists retrained the white blood cells involved using a specially engineered protein. This method is extremely promising for treating diseases such as type I diabetes and multiple sclerosis
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By BMJ-British Medical Journal
It may be the season to eat, drink and be merry, but each day of over-indulging can take several hours off your life, according to a new article.
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By University of Alberta
Health researchers can learn from soccer to create high-quality studies that recognize complexities in health interventions.
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By Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal
Physicians should not prescribe cognitive enhancers to healthy individuals, states a new report. The authors provide their recommendation based on the professional integrity of physicians, the drugs' uncertain benefits and harms, and limited health care r
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By Rice University
Scientists discover a new molecular probe to track aggregated fibroids inside living cells that cause Parkinson's disease.
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By BMJ-British Medical Journal
The presence of pain when travelling over speed bumps is associated with an increased likelihood of acute appendicitis, among patients coming into hospital with abdominal pain, finds a new study.
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By DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A new study could lead to a blood test that detects if a person has been exposed to radiation, measures their dose, and separates people suffering from inflammation injuries -- all in a matter of hours. They identified eight DNA-repair genes in human bloo
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By Journal of the National Cancer Institute
There is no difference between proton radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy when comparing the toxicity among Medicare beneficiary patients with prostate cancer at 12 months post-treatment, according to a new study.
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By British Ecological Society (BES)
Studying bacteria that cause human diseases as if they were ecological communities could revolutionize the way doctors treat diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF), according to new research.
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By Cornell Food & Brand Lab
A new study finds that serving children combined snacks of vegetables and cheese led them to eat 72 percent fewer calories -- and be just as satisfied as those who were served only potato chips.
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By Cornell University
Global travel and climate warming could be creating the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a new computer model that predicts outbreaks of chikungunya, a painful virus transported by travelers and spread by the inv
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By American Friends of Tel Aviv University
New research shows that the successful integration of hearing-impaired children into hearing classrooms is dependent upon how well the child can speak. Children with hearing loss, their parents, and their teachers can aid successful integration by focusin
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