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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
SCIENTISTS SMASH LETHAL BACTERIA THAT ACTS LIKE A HAMMER
New research could lead to better treatment options for a rare but very lethal type of bacterial infection.
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
INCREASING URBAN GREENERY COULD HAVE PREVENTED AT LEAST 34,000 US DEATHS OVER TWO DECADES
A US nationwide study found that increasing green vegetation in large, metropolitan areas could have prevented between 34,000-38,000...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
HAYWIRE T CELLS ATTACK PROTEIN IN 'BAD' CHOLESTEROL
Detecting these T cells may lead to diagnostics to better detect heart disease-and disease severity-through a blood sample. The knowledge...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
STUDY DISCOVERS AN UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR INFANTILE SPASMS AND POINTS TO A NOVEL THERAPY
A groundbreaking study has found the underlying cause and a potential treatment for infantile spasms - intractable epilepsy common...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
NEW RESEARCH CHALLENGES ESTABLISHED IDEAS ABOUT INFANT CRYING
A research project provides a new understanding of what can be defined as normal and excessive crying among infants.
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
STUDY LINKS THALAMUS INHIBITION IN ADOLESCENCE TO LONG-LASTING CORTICAL ABNORMALITIES
Researchers have reported new evidence that cognitive abnormalities seen in neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia may be...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
CHILDREN WITH SAME-SEX PARENTS ARE SOCIALLY WELL-ADJUSTED
Difficult social and legal conditions are stress factors for same-sex families, but do not affect the behavior of children and young...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF STRUCTURAL BRAIN CHANGE WITH SHORT-TERM MINDFULNESS TRAINING
A team found flaws in previous research that purported to show meditation could alter the brain's structure.
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
CLIMATE CHANGE LIKELY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SLEEP THAT PEOPLE GET PER YEAR
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
NOVEL PRECLINICAL DRUG COULD HAVE POTENTIAL TO COMBAT DEPRESSION, BRAIN INJURY AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS
Scientists have described a novel preclinical drug that could have the potential to combat depression, brain injury and diseases that...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
RESEARCH REVEALS SURPRISING INACTIVATION MECHANISM FOR A VOLTAGE-GATED ION CHANNEL
The study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital presents a new understanding of how a VGIC, crucial for the communication of neurons...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
KILLER T VS. MEMORY - DNA ISN'T DESTINY FOR T CELLS
Scientists have uncovered how one type of T cell creates two genetically identical, but functionally different, daughter cells.
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
RESEARCH BRINGS HOPE FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY TREATMENT
Scientists have shown an existing drug may reduce damage after spinal cord injury, by blocking the inflammatory response in the spinal...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
INSOMNIA IN MIDLIFE MAY MANIFEST AS COGNITIVE PROBLEMS IN RETIREMENT AGE
According to a new study, long-term insomnia symptoms can pose a risk of poorer cognitive functioning later in life. This is another...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
UNCOVERING NEW DETAILS OF THE BRAIN'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
A research team has mapped out the development and genetic trajectory of previously understudied macrophages associated with the central...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
DIETARY CHOLESTEROL WORSENS INFLAMMATION, SICKNESS IN MICE WITH INFLUENZA
New research suggests high levels of dietary cholesterol make mice sicker when infected with influenza. This study links cholesterol...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
ARE PEOPLE SWAPPING THEIR CATS AND GOLDFISH FOR PRAYING MANTISES?
Praying mantises have gained recent popularity as pets, sold at animal fairs and pet markets, but also collected in the wild by a fast-growing...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
EPILEPSY DRUG STOPS NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR GROWTH IN MICE
People with neurofibromatosis type 1 develop tumors on nerves throughout their bodies. Researchers have discovered that nerve cells...
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
SCIENTISTS DEVISE METHOD TO PREVENT DEADLY HOSPITAL INFECTIONS WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS
Some 1.7 million Americans each year acquire hospital infections, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths from infection-related complications....
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By ScienceDaily - May 22, 2022
DO COMPRESSION GARMENTS FACILITATE MUSCLE RECOVERY AFTER EXERCISE?
Thought to enhance muscle recovery, compression garments are commonly worn by athletes and people engaging in exercise. Yet, an international...
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How often you should be washing your bras and other key items
An expert has explained exactly how often we should be washing our bras and other key items.
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Pelvic Floor Exercises: Why You Need Them and How to Do Them
Even if you strength train regularly, you may not be adequately working an important group of muscles that weaken with age. You don't target these muscles when you do squats...
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The sharemarket crash has only just begun and it will hurt
Bear markets come and go but this one could be one of the worst in history.
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NSW detective charged with raping teen who alleges she was sex-crimes victim
The 55-year-old detective had been assigned to work on the case of the 19-year-old, who has alleged he sexually assaulted her just under a year ago.
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Satellite images of Mariupol show mass graves
There are fears thousands of Ukrainians have been killed and buried in mass graves around the city of Mariupol.
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Woman invites man she met on Tinder to wedding
A woman in the US has invited a man she met on Tinder to a wedding, and the catch is he lives in Scotland, a long distance away.
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Several Jif Peanut Butter Products Recalled Over Potential Salmonella
The J.M. Smucker Company said it initiated a voluntary recall and advised consumers to dispose of some potentially contaminated products.
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7 Ways to Make Your Next Cup of Tea Even Healthier
Did you know tea is the second most consumed beverage worldwide? Humans have sipped this popular beverage for thousands of years. It's not just because it tastes good, though...
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Can't Consume Dairy?: 7 Plant-Based Foods Rich in Calcium
It's not hard to get enough dietary calcium if you consume dairy products, but what if you're lactose intolerant or eat a vegan diet? That makes it a bit more challenging...
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6 Signs of Skin Cancer You Should Be Aware Of
Here's a frightening statistic. Did you know that one in five adults will develop skin cancer by age 70? Fortunately, many skin cancers are curable if detected and treated...