Medical researchers have developed an extra-uterine support device. They tested and monitored effects on fetal lambs, in which prenatal lung development is very similar to that occurring in humans.
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A unique womb-like environment...
Mind-body medicine focuses on reducing the physiological manifestations of stress and anxiety by improving social and cognitive stimulation, as well as physical activity.
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Living in a stimulating environment has a wide range of health benefits in...
This graph shows systolic blood pressure according to sodium intake among individuals not taking blood pressure lowering medication. Results were adjusted for sex, age, education, height, weight, physical activity, cigarettes per day and alcohol intake.
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Hormone-gene interaction may underlie sex/individual differences in mental disorders.
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Fluctuations in estrogen can trigger atypical functioning in a key brain memory circuit in women with a common version of a gene, NIMH scientists have discovered. Brain...
Obesity results in as much as 47% more life-years lost than tobacco, and tobacco caused similar life-years lost as high blood pressure.
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A team of researchers from Cleveland Clinic and New York University School of...
Scientists at the University of Luxembourg have succeeded in turning human stem cells derived from skin samples into tiny, 3-D, brain-like cultures that behave very similarly to cells in the human midbrain.
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The most complex organ...
People taking steroid pills were more likely to break a bone, have a potentially dangerous blood clot or suffer a life-threatening bout of sepsis in the months after their treatment, compared with similar adults who didn't use corticosteroids.
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CRISPR/Cas9 system is used for editing, regulating and targeting genomes.
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A team of scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Institute for Medical Engineering &...
Bacterial growth concept illustration (stock image).
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The bacterial flagellum is one of nature's smallest motors, rotating at up to 60,000 revolutions per minute. To function properly and propel the bacterium, the flagellum requires all of its...
This study sheds light on how alcohol functionally alters the brain.
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A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) could help researchers develop personalized treatments for alcoholism and alcohol use disorder.
The research...
How does the epigenetic clock work? And is it possible to change the ticking rate?
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Ageing in humans (and animals) can be seen as either an inevitable process of wear and tear or as an...
