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Monday, Aug 05

New biomaterial regrows damaged cartilage in joints

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model.

Aug 5, 2024

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Botanicals like turmeric, green tea are harming Americans' livers

Botanicals like turmeric, green tea and black cohosh may seem benign, but their overuse is being increasingly linked to liver injury.

Aug 5, 2024

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Rising toll of serious injuries linked to expanded Mexico-US border wall crossing

The expansion of the Mexico-US border wall crossing has been accompanied by a rising toll of serious injuries, with poor discharge care and a lack of appropriate interpreting facilities adding up to a "humanitarian and health ...

Aug 5, 2024

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Study finds omega-3 supplements reduce genetic risk of high total cholesterol, LDL and triglyceride levels

Fish oil supplements are a multi-billion dollar industry in the U.S. and abroad, with about 2 out of every 25 people popping the popular omega-3 pills.

Aug 5, 2024

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Sometimes mental effort is associated with unpleasant feelings, study says

If somebody complains that it hurts to think, they may be onto something, as mental exertion appears to be associated with unpleasant feelings in many situations, according to research published in the journal Psychological ...

Aug 5, 2024

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Regular poor sleep linked to wide range of chronic health problems

A team of medical researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across the U.S. has found via a study of Fitbit data that people who regularly sleep poorly are more susceptible to a wide range of chronic health problems ...

Aug 5, 2024 report

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Sleep deprivation in mice found to reduce brain synapse diversity

A multi-disciplinary team has found that depriving lab mice of sleep can lead to a reduction in synapse diversity in the brain. In their study, published on the open-access site Current Biology, the group compared the brains ...

Aug 5, 2024 report

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Tuesday, Aug 06

Keto diet study shows increased LDL cholesterol, higher apolipoprotein B and reduced gut bacteria

A team of health and nutrition specialists at the University of Bath, working with colleagues from the University of Bristol, the Oxford University Hospital Trusts, Maastricht University, and the Teagasc Food Research Center, ...

Aug 6, 2024 report

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Loneliness linked to increased nightmare frequency and intensity

People who are lonely are more apt to have bad dreams, according to a collaboration that included an Oregon State University scientist.

Aug 6, 2024

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Exercise or snack? How our brain decides

Should I go and exercise, or would I rather go to the café and enjoy a delectable strawberry milkshake? Until now, what exactly happens in our brain when we make this decision has been a mystery to science, but researchers ...

Aug 6, 2024

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Researchers create new treatment and vaccine for flu and various coronaviruses

A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two new ways of preventing and treating respiratory viruses. In back-to-back papers in Nature Communications, the team—from the lab of Navin Varadarajan, ...

Aug 6, 2024

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Increased ventilation not effective in reducing influenza virus spread in play-based model, study finds

Increasing ventilation in child-care settings may not always be effective at preventing flu virus spread, according to a new study published by a team of researchers at Emory University, University of Pittsburgh School of ...

Aug 6, 2024

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Live longer, die healthier: Mice model reveals cells that can improve cardiac and metabolic function

Everyone wants to live to a ripe old age, but no one wants to be decrepit. Now, University of Connecticut researchers have demonstrated a treatment that could lengthen life—and vigor—up to the very end.

Aug 6, 2024

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Unlocking the mind: The fascinating psychology of the Olympic athlete, fan rituals

Body paint, mismatched socks, hidden knick-knacks—what do they have in common when chasing glory on the biggest stage?

Aug 6, 2024

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Wednesday, Aug 07

Researchers develop a new vaccine additive that creates a stronger, tunable immune response

Researchers at Stanford Engineering have developed a nanoparticle platform that could make existing vaccines more effective, including those for influenza, COVID-19, and HIV. In addition to helping vaccine candidates produce ...

12 hours ago

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Your best friend from high school? Here's why their genes mattered

Mom always said, "Choose your friends wisely." Now a study led by a Rutgers Health professor shows that she was onto something: Their traits can rub off on you—especially ones that are in their genes.

Aug 7, 2024

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Cocaine discovery could pave way for treatment for substance abuse

You have probably heard of dopamine. The substance also known as the "feel-good hormone."

16 hours ago

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Some e-cigarette chemicals mimic nicotine, possibly bypassing regulation

In what appears to be an effort to bypass public health regulations covering vaping products, some tobacco companies have begun replacing nicotine in e-cigarettes with related chemicals that have similar properties but unknown ...

17 hours ago

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Superbugs spread to family members of recently hospitalized patients

Family members of patients recently discharged from the hospital may have a higher risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection, often called a superbug, even if the patient was not diagnosed with the same infection, ...

23 hours ago

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In probing brain-behavior nexus, big datasets are better

When designing machine learning models, researchers first train the models to recognize data patterns and then test their effectiveness. But if the datasets used to train and test aren't sufficiently large, models may appear ...

18 hours ago

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Study shows type 2 diabetes can be prevented by diet and exercise even in individuals with high genetic risk

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland is the first in the world to show that a healthy diet and regular exercise reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes even in individuals with a high genetic risk. In other words, ...

17 hours ago

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