When the brain is stimulated, blood flow increases. For 30 years, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), one of the most powerful windows into the human brain, has operated on the basis of this connection. fMRI doesn't ...
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Obesity-related metabolic liver disease affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but only some of those livers develop scarring, become inflamed and eventually fail. University of Utah researchers have identified ...
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Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have discovered that a relatively short protein may play an important role in protecting the aging heart. The protein, ...
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Despite decades of efforts to improve car seat and seat belt habits, more work needs to be done to protect children in motor vehicle crashes, according to new research from The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
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Recent discoveries have revealed that breast cancer cells are more flexible than previously thought. Some can change from a differentiated state, when a mature cell has taken on a specific function, back to a more stem-like ...
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A region of the brain called the striatum is critical for many cognitive and motor functions, including decision-making, movement control, habit formation and reward processing. It also plays a role in addiction and is significantly ...
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Early school start times and sleeping in on weekends could contribute to anxiety in teenagers, a new study found.
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Vanderbilt researchers have discovered why the adage, "breakfast is the most important meal of the day," holds weight—especially for the 1 in 9 adults worldwide living with diabetes. Glucose (the simplest form of sugar) is ...
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