Archive: 14/09/2015

Stem cells could help mend a broken heart, but they've got to mature

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the US. The most common type is coronary heart disease, which occurs when there's a buildup of plaque within the heart's blood vessels. Smoking, diabetes, obesity and high ...

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Testosterone levels linked to higher autistic traits

Local researchers say foetus' exposure to high levels of testosterone in utero might explain increased autistic-like traits, according to Baron-Cohen's Extreme Male Brain theory (EMB).

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Better surveillance and improved sampling tactics of wild animal populations could impact public health

What do Ebola, rabies and bovine tuberculosis have in common? The answer is that they are all zoonotic diseases, which are diseases that originate in one species and then spillover into another. The Centers for Disease Control ...

Sep 14, 2015

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Long sleep and high blood copper levels go hand in hand

Persons sleeping less than 6 hours or more than 10 hours suffer from low-grade inflammation more often than persons sleeping 7-8 hours per night. This was observed in a University of Eastern Finland study focusing on the ...

Sep 14, 2015

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Alzheimer's-disease-related proteases control axonal guidance by regulating growth cone dynamics

BACE1 is the major drug target for Alzheimer's disease, but we know surprisingly little about its normal function in the CNS. Soraia Barão and Bart De Strooper (VIB/KU Leuven) now show that this protease is critically involved ...

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Why walking to improve your health is not quite as straightforward as it seems

The US Surgeon General last week issued another call to action to get his nation walking. Faced with the fact that 50% of the US adult population (a statistic replicated in other western countries) suffers from chronic disease ...

Sep 14, 2015

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New drug approach could offer relief to patients, hospitals fighting antibiotic resistance

Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a new group of antibiotics that may provide relief to some of the more than 2 million people in the United States affected by antibiotic resistance.

Sep 14, 2015

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Public support for healthy food in schools

Strong public support for the Government to take a lead on healthy food in schools and childcare services is revealed in a recent poll.

Sep 14, 2015

Bilingual children lag behind in language learning early on, but catch up by age five

Given the increasing number of non-English speaking families in the UK, concern has increased over the impact that growing up in a bilingual or non-English speaking home environment may have on children's performance and ...

Sep 14, 2015

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Facebook's effect on how we feel about ourselves

Women in their mid-30s to mid-40s are the most likely to feel dissatisfied with the way they look after using Facebook, a new University of Auckland study shows.

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