A new retrospective study of patient medical records suggests that men with prostate cancer who are treated with testosterone-lowering drugs are twice as likely to develop dementia within five years as prostate cancer patients whose testosterone levels are not...
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Tai Chi, a low-impact mind-body exercise, can be as effective as neck exercises in relieving persistent neck pain, according to results of randomized controlled trial reported in The Journal of Pain, the peer-reviewed publication of the American...
Researcher Rob Gaunt prepares Nathan Copeland for brain computer interface sensory test. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 12 October 2016, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.N. Flesher at...
In sickle cell disease, a mutation in the beta-globin gene causes hemoglobin to polymerize under low-oxygen conditions in body tissues, deforming red blood cells. This leads to obstruction in the capillaries and painful episodes for patients.
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Soybeans were grown in WSU greenhouse by Tegeder. Credit: Mechthild Tegeder
Washington State University biologist Mechthild Tegeder has developed a way to dramatically increase the yield and quality of soybeans.
Her greenhouse-grown soybean plants fix twice as much nitrogen from the...
Head-to-head comparison reveals human physicians vastly outperform virtual ones.Credit: Flickr/Jay Reed
Increasingly powerful computers using ever-more sophisticated programs are challenging human supremacy in areas as diverse as playing chess and making emotionally compelling music. But can digital diagnosticians match, or...
A new online game is inviting members of the public to look under a virtual microscope and contribute directly to Alzheimer’s disease research at Cornell.
Stall Catchers, a game launched this week by the Human Computation Institute (HCI), challenges users...
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Vitamins A and C aren’t just good for your health, they affect your DNA too. Researchers at the Babraham Institute and their international collaborators have discovered how vitamins A and C act to modify the epigenetic ‘memory’...
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After analyzing 10 years of medical tests on more than 2,700 people in a federally funded heart disease study, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and elsewhere conclude that taking calcium in the form of supplements may raise...
Driving cessation has huge ramifications for seniors. It signals an end to freedom, acting as a concrete acknowledgement that you're declining. Image Credit: Flickr/Steve Baker
Older adults who participate in training designed to improve cognitive ability are more likely...
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, study whether intestinal bacteria play a role in the development of allergy and asthma.Credit: Thor Balkhed, Linköping University
Children who develop asthma or allergies have an altered immune response to intestinal bacteria in the mucous...
