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Walking faster could make you live longer: research
Speeding up your walking pace could extend your life, research led by the University of Sydney suggests. Walking at an...
Black patients show stronger response to hormone therapy for prostate cancer
DURHAM, N.C. -- African-American men with advanced prostate cancer might be more responsive than white men to an anti-androgen drug...
Scientists develop material that could regenerate dental enamel
Credit: Alvaro Mata Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which...
Analysis: Survival benefit for African-Americans with advanced prostate cancer
DURHAM, N.C. -- Contrary to current perceptions, certain African-American men with advanced prostate cancer have as good a chance of...
Wait for it: Serotonin and confidence at the root of patience in new study
Credit: OIST Just a little longer. It's a common experience: hanging on in the hopes that our patience will pay...
Weight changes associated with reduced bone strength
BOSTON -- Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research, Boston University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and University of...
How just drops of viper venom pack a deadly punch
Credit: Leandro Avelar A bite from a lancehead snake can be fatal. Species in the family, found throughout Central and...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center scientists to present at ASCO Annual Meeting
(CHICAGO) -- Scientists from the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Jefferson Health will be presenting research and leading discussions...
Researchers: A power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health
A specialized fat molecule, called cardiolipin, that is made within the body's own fat cells, is far more significant to...
Zn-InsP6 complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body
Credit: Kanazawa University 90Sr (t1/2 = 29.1 y) is one of the most important nuclear fission elements. After the nuclear...
Study reveals brain activity patterns underlying fluent speech
When we speak, we engage nearly 100 muscles, continuously moving our lips, jaw, tongue, and throat to shape our breath...
UA study links sleep loss with nighttime snacking, junk food cravings, obesity, diabetes
TUCSON, Ariz. - Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link...
Study offers new hope for the fight against genetically determined obesity
Around two to six per cent of all people with obesity develop obesity already in early childhood; it's in their...
Arthur edits survival guide for anesthesiology residents
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer - Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical...
Finances are a major motivating factor in patient avoidance of diagnostic testing
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM. DES PLAINES, IL--Patient preferences for diagnostic testing differed...
Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how...
New study finds pitcher injuries increase as pitch count rises
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in...
Penn Medicine Neuroscientist receives Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award
PHILADELPHIA-- Shinjae Chung, PhD, an assistant professor of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,...
Irradiating chest lymph nodes in patients with early stage breast cancer improves survival without increasing side effects
Credit: ©EORTC Chicago, USA: Giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar...
