Obesity is Painful, Study of 1 Million People Finds
“Our findings confirm and extend earlier studies about the link between obesity and pain. A clear association between obesity and pain—with higher rates.
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Dawn of Social Networks: Ancestors May Have Formed Ties Based On Shared Attributes
The study’s findings describe elements of social network structures that may have been present early in human history Ancient humans may not have.
- January 27, 2012
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Could Stem Cells Save Snow Leopards?
.style1 {color: #999999} Never before have induced pluripotent stem cells, which share many of the useful properties Scientists have produced embryonic stem-like cells.
- January 23, 2012
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Device Spots Melanoma Cell by Cell
Early detection of melanoma, the most aggressive skin cancer, is critical because melanoma will spread rapidly throughout the body A new photoacoustic device.
- January 11, 2012
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Alzheimer’s Damage Occurs Early
As many as 91 percent of the patients with mild memory impairment who had these risk markers went on to develop Alzheimer’s within.
- January 3, 2012
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Do Our Medicines Boost Pathogens?
With some exaggeration: medical practice helped in developing a superbug Scientists of the Institute of Tropical Medicine discovered a parasite that not only.
- December 21, 2011
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Alzheimer’s Drug Candidate May Be First to Prevent Disease Progression
A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer’s disease, A new drug candidate may.
- December 16, 2011
- 3 minutes read
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World’s First Super Predator Had Remarkable Vision
The metre-long super predator Anomalocaris. (Credit: Artist’s impression by Katrina Kenny/University of Adelaide.) South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide scientists working on.
- December 8, 2011
- 2 minutes read
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Dream Sleep Soothes Painful Memories
While humans spend one-third of their lives sleeping, there is no scientific consensus on the function of sleep. During the dream phase of.
- December 1, 2011
- 3 minutes read
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Jet Lagged? Time to Reset That Inner Clock
Identifying the structure of dCRY is a starting point to understand the function and mechanisms of the protein. A better understanding of how.
- November 22, 2011
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