Health
Watching the solar eclipse, safely
Today is your last chance until 2044 to see a total eclipse of the sun in the continental United States.
Apr 8, 2024
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Diabetes
Electronic sock detects unhealthy walking style linked to cardiovascular and diabetic complications
An electronic sock that detects an unhealthy walking style linked with diabetes and poor circulation shows promise for preventing foot ulcers and amputation. The novel research is set to benefit the many patients with diabetes ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Genetics
Organoids reveal an overlooked protein's role in traumatic brain injury
Clinicians often find limited success in treating patients with traumatic brain injury, a condition long linked to contact sports and military services. A new study, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, may offer new ...
Apr 4, 2024
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Cardiology
Study suggests high blood pressure could begin in childhood
Children and teenagers living with overweight or obesity are more likely to have high blood pressure as adults (aged 50–64 years), suggesting the processes behind the condition could begin as early as childhood, suggests ...
Mar 31, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Investigating the loss of musical ability
Amusia is a severe musical disorder affecting both the perception and production of music. It may be either congenital, hereditary tone deafness, or acquired, that is, a condition caused by brain damage. Although amusia has ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Neuroscience
A promising discovery in a rare neurodegenerative disease
Imagine being middle aged and starting to feel that you are off balance a lot and that you are having a hard time coordinating your movements. Those are among the symptoms of Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, known as SCA6, ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Medical economics
Molecular discovery has potential to solve the billion-dollar global cost of poorly managed wound healing
Scientists have uncovered a key step in the wound healing process that becomes disabled in diseases like diabetes and aging, contributing to a global health care cost of managing poorly healing wounds exceeding $250 billion ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Neuroscience
Making long-term memories requires DNA damage, researchers discover
Just as you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that you can't make long-term memories without DNA damage and brain inflammation. Their surprising findings ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Understanding measles and the current outbreak
Measles used to be a common childhood illness years ago. At the beginning of this century, measles had been declared eliminated from the country. But now, measles, one of the most contagious diseases to spread, is returning ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Health
Two deaths, 100 hospitalizations in Japan supplement scare
Two deaths and more than 100 hospitalizations have been linked to a growing health scare in Japan around dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol, the government said Wednesday.
Mar 27, 2024
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