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Skin responsible for greater exposure to carcinogens in barbecue smoke than lungs
With summer coming, it's only a matter of time before the smells and tastes of barbecued foods dominate the neighborhood....
Leg exercise is critical to brain and nervous system health
Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body's large, leg muscles to the...
ESF lists top 10 new species for 2018
Credit: ESF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -- The large and small, beautiful and bizarre are among the newly discovered animals, plants...
Medication-related harm in older adults is common, costly, and preventable
New research indicates that harm from medicines is common in older adults following hospital discharge, and it results in substantial...
Are pain tolerance levels similar among groups of friends?
Are your friends very pain tolerant? Then it is likely that you are as well, provided you are a male....
Memory molecule limits plasticity by calibrating calcium
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain has an incredible capacity to support a lifetime of learning and...
Are you at risk for lung cancer?
Every year, 1.6 million people die of lung cancer. But if you think that these are just older heavy smokers,...
Predicting relapses in patients with autoimmune vascular disease
Patients with an autoimmune disorder called antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis produce antibodies that damage blood vessels in the body. In...
How a cell knows when to divide
Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - How does a cell know when to divide? We know that hundreds of genes contribute...
Complementing conventional antibiotics
Credit: Nature/Kalayil et al, Mai 2018 FRANKFURT - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major medical problem worldwide, impacting both human...
Early-life obesity impacts children’s learning and memory, study suggests
Credit: Casanowe A new study by Brown University epidemiologists found that children on the threshold of obesity or overweight in...
Can weekend sleep make up for the detriments of sleep deprivation during the week?
In a recent Journal of Sleep Research study, short, but not long, weekend sleep was associated with an increased risk...
Is topical rapamycin effective, safe to treat facial lesions?
Bottom Line: Facial angiofibromas are disfiguring growths and these lesions occur in most people with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic...
To manage weight, it may matter when protein supplements are consumed
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- People looking to manage their weight with strength-training and protein supplements should consume their supplements during...
Early physical therapy linked to reduced healthcare costs and opioid use in low back pain patients
In a Health Services Research analysis of patients with low back pain, when patients saw a physical therapist first, there...
Is there association between groundwater lithium, diagnoses of bipolar disorder, dementia?
Bottom Line: High groundwater concentration of lithium, a naturally occurring trace element, wasn't associated with any benefit in diagnoses of...
Study finds antioxidant-enriched vitamin reduces respiratory illnesses in patients with CF
Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) and the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that taking a...
Surgery benefits older women with breast cancer
In a BJS (British Journal of Surgery) analysis of 18,730 older patients with oestrogen receptor- positive breast cancer in the...
Why we fail to understand our smartphone use
Credit: Lancaster University Checking your phone dozens of times a day indicates unconscious behaviour, which is "extremely repetitive" say psychologists....
Opioid-related adverse drug events common after surgery, associated with worse outcomes
Bottom Line: Opioid-related adverse drug events were common among patients undergoing surgery and endoscopy procedures in the hospital and they...
