Archive: 17/08/2017

Inhibiting a protein found to reduce progression of Alzheimer's and ALS in mice

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with Genetech Inc. and universities in Hamburg and San Francisco has found that inhibiting the creation of a protein leads to a reduction in the progression of Alzheimer's disease ...

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Study finds obesity may outweigh meat consumption as driver of inflammation

Red and processed meat – considered prime suspects in disease-related inflammation – might actually be aiding and abetting another culprit, says a recent study led by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher.

Aug 17, 2017

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Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see

Visual prostheses, or "bionic eyes", promise to provide artificial vision to visually impaired people who could previously see. The devices consist of micro-electrodes surgically placed in or near one eye, along the optic ...

Aug 17, 2017

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Five commonly over-diagnosed conditions and what we can do about them

Today five influential Australian health-care organisations – representing professionals, the public and policy makers – have released a statement outlining that some medical conditions are being diagnosed too often, ...

Aug 17, 2017

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Cars, bicycles and the fatal myth of equal reciprocity

Any public conversation about on-road cycling in Australia seems to have only one metaphor for the relationship between drivers and cyclists: equal reciprocity.

Aug 17, 2017

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Estrogen-mediated brain protection directly linked to intake of fatty acids found in oils

Scientists are increasingly appreciating estrogen's role in brain health. Now for the first time, production of estrogen in the brain has been directly linked to the presence of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

Aug 17, 2017

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Occupational therapy shown to improve lives of people in chronic pain

A new study from the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy shows that lifestyle-based occupational therapy treatment significantly improves the experiences of people living with chronic pain.

Aug 17, 2017

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Video: The VIP neurons that orchestrate brain development

The complex choreography of brain development is orchestrated by less than 1% of neurons, Yale neuroscientists report in the Aug. 16 issue of the journal Neuron.

Aug 17, 2017

Student discovers tuberculosis DNA in dental plaque of Smithsonian's anatomical collection

In a collection of historic skeletal remains at the Smithsonian, microscopic signs of a serious contagion lurk in an intriguing place in a sample of individuals from 100 years ago.

Aug 17, 2017

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Studying a new treatment for a common men's condition

A New Zealand-first research study happening in Canterbury could make treatment of a common male condition easier and less painful.

Aug 17, 2017

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