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People who gain weight after they quit smoking may face a temporary increase in...

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People who gain weight after they quit smoking may face a temporary increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the risk...

Aggressive brain tumour cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical...

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Aggressive brain tumour cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical in laboratory tests, researchers have shown. The study could be the...

A study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that elevated levels...

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An international research team led by investigators at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry published these results in...

U.S. health officials are eliminating special regulations for gene therapy experiments, saying that what...

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U.S. health officials are eliminating special regulations for gene therapy experiments, saying that what was once exotic science is quickly becoming an established form...

A new study reports that while listening to music, brain activity becomes synchronized to...

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When we listen to music, we often tap our feet or bob our head along to the beat – but why do we do...

Inside cells, where DNA is packed tightly in the nucleus and rigid proteins keep...

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They can self-organize, find one another in crowded spaces, and quickly coalesce into droplets—like oil in water. Now, new discoveries from Howard Hughes Medical Institute...

Research shows there are types of small molecules called senolytics that can reverse the...

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What's the secret to aging well? University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have answered it- on a cellular level. Aging starts in our cells, and...

We humans are pros at category learning – the process can be influenced by...

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We humans are pros at category learning—the process by which we classify things, whether objects, concepts or events, into groups that share certain features...

Chemicals produced by vegetables such as kale, cabbage and broccoli could help to maintain...

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The research, published in Immunity, shows that mice fed on a diet rich in indole-3-carbinol—which is produced when we digest vegetables from the Brassica...

Doctors may be able to enlist a mysterious enzyme to stop internal bleeding

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Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole and stop the bleeding. But genetic...

Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for...

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Immune cells usually ignored by neuroscientists appear to play an important role in determining whether an animal's sexual behavior will be more typical of...

Eating breakfast before exercise may “prime” the body to burn carbohydrates during exercise and...

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Scientists from the University's Department for Health, working with colleagues at the universities of Birmingham, Newcastle and Stirling, were studying the effect of eating...

Married people who fight nastily are more likely to suffer from leaky guts -a...

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It's the first study to illuminate this particular pathway between bad marriages and poor health, said lead author Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, director of the Institute...

Hackers can compromise your network just by sending a Fax

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There are plenty of online fax services out there, but many organizations still have all-in-one printers and other fax-connected devices on their network. Researchers at Check Point...

People who are quick to lose their temper are more likely to overestimate their...

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People who are quick to lose their temper are more likely to overestimate their own intelligence, a new study from The University of Western...