In a major step toward a precision therapy for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the body's bile acids bind to block C. diff's most dangerous ...
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Blinking is a human reflex most often performed without thinking, like breathing. Although research on blinking is usually related to vision, a new Concordia study examines how blinking is connected to cognitive function, ...
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An infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) typically affects infants much harder than adults. While adults usually experience RSV as a mild cold, infants can develop more severe conditions, including life-threatening ...
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At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging.
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People might attribute midnight bouts of chest pain or waves of nausea to food poisoning, stress or a stubborn case of indigestion, but Rutgers Health researchers suggest that knowing your family's surgical past could pinpoint ...
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Every year, millions of newborns—especially those born premature, underweight or sick—are at risk of neonatal hypoglycemia, a dangerous drop in blood sugar that can lead to seizures, brain injury and lifelong developmental ...
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Adolescents often sleep less than recommended and have substantially different sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends. Their mismatch in sleep timing between school and free days, known as social jet lag, has been linked ...
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According to a recent study, reducing body fat can improve long-distance running and cross-country skiing performance. However, a more effective way for female athletes to optimize their body composition is to convert body ...
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The ethical and artistic debates aside, there are good reasons for research into artificial-intelligence systems that can generate music. A new system described in the International Journal of Arts and Technology has improved ...
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New research led by the California Department of Public Health and partners has found that replacing foam-containing furniture made before 2014 would cut in half levels of certain harmful flame retardants in people's bodies ...
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