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Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis
Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis, according to a new study from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in...
Video game can change the brain and improve empathy
A space-exploring robot crashes on a distant planet.
In order to gather the pieces of its damaged spaceship, it needs to build emotional rapport with...
Scientists have carried out the first study of human cognition using a new generation...
Scientists have carried out the first study of human cognition using a new generation of brain scanner that can be worn like a helmet.
This...
UCLA bioengineers have demonstrated that a gel-like material containing tiny magnetic particles could be...
Broadly, the study demonstrates the promising use of biomechanical forces that push and pull on cells to treat disease.
"Much of mainstream modern medicine centers...
Meditation aids cognitive skills
College students who listen to a 10-minute meditation tape complete simple cognitive tasks more quickly and accurately than peers who listen to a "control"...
New research shows that humans “see” the actions of others not quite as they...
Published today (8 August) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study could explain why people get others' actions so wrong and see ambiguous...
Alzheimer’s disease is difficult to diagnose as well as treat, but researchers now have...
A study of 3,877 randomly selected patients found a significant link between three degenerative eye diseases—age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma—and Alzheimer' disease.
The...
A new study at Texas Biomedical Research Institute is shedding light on the role...
The work, published in a supplement to The Journal of Infectious Diseases, was led by Staff Scientist Olena Shtanko, Ph.D., in Texas Biomed's Biosafety...
US study confirms effectiveness of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in women aged up...
For women aged 14-20 years, catch-up HPV vaccination—offered if American women miss the recommended vaccination series at 11-12 years—is effective against the risk of...
Adults in their early 60s, who spend less time sitting and more time engaged...
Adults in their early 60s, who spend less time sitting and more time engaged in light to vigorous physical activity, benefit with healthier levels...
Japanese and American scientists report that the molecule shootin1 is essential for guiding the...
While today's technology is growing increasingly wireless, the human brain still depends on neurons being directly connected to one another.
Two neurons are connected when...
Children’s advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the tech industry’s practice of...
The advocates, citing research that links excessive use of social media and video games with depression and academic troubles, say it's unethical for psychologists...
The PLK1 gene, which has for decades been considered a tumor promoter, can also...
This finding was made by researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) and Germany's Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), who have published their...
An examination of research on oral health, commissioned by the World Health Organisation, has...
Food contains different types of starchy carbohydrate with varying degrees of processing.
Although the researchers found no association between the total amount of starch eaten...
Key aspects of the ageing of human cells can be reversed by new compounds...
In a laboratory study of endothelial cells—which line the inside of blood vessels—researchers tested compounds designed to target mitochondria (the "power stations" of cells).
In...
