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More personalized risk assessments for people at the highest risk for cardiovascular disease...
More personalized risk assessments and new cholesterol-lowering drug options for people at the highest risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are among the key recommendations...
Researchers discovered two proteins essential to the development of skeletal muscle
All vertebrates need muscles to function; they are the most abundant tissue in the human body and are integral to movement.
In a recent article...
Diabetic foot ulcers can take up to 150 days to heal. A biomedical engineering...
They're planning to drop the healing time by amplifying what the body already does naturally: build layers of new tissue pumped up by nitric...
Exosomes could be used to transfer inhaled packets of therapeutics to cells along the...
Bacteria are present in just about every breath of air we take in.
How the airway protects itself from infection from these bacteria has largely...
People who experience major injuries increased risk of being admitted to hospital for mental...
People who experience major injuries requiring hospital admission, such as car crashes and falls, are at substantially increased risk of being admitted to hospital...
The failure of an important cellular DNA repair system promotes fragmentation and defective assembly...
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now found a cause for frequent catastrophic events in the genetic material of...
New research has linked adolescent obesity with up to a four-fold increased risk of...
The study's results also suggest that overweight and even higher weight within the "normal" weight range in men may increase pancreatic cancer risk in...
Salmonella found to be resistant to antibiotics used to treat infections
Brazil's Ministry of Health received reports of 11,524 outbreaks of foodborne diseases between 2000 and 2015, with 219,909 individuals falling sick and 167 dying...
New energy storage : Brick by brick
A nagging question as the year gets closer to the very end.
The wind is there.
The water is there.
The sun is there.
How is it that...
Egypt : local archaeologists have discovered seven Pharaonic Age tombs near the capital Cairo
A top Egyptian antiquities official says local archaeologists have discovered seven Pharaonic Age tombs near the capital Cairo containing dozens of cat mummies along...
AirshowChina : China steps up drone race with stealth aircraft
China is unleashing stealth drones and pilotless aircraft fitted with AK-47 rifles onto world markets, racing to catch up to US technology and adding...
Researchers have invented a new smart drainage device to help patients with glaucoma
Purdue University researchers have invented a new smart drainage device to help patients with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world, as...
Type 1 diabetes : Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) – an enemy always lurking
What is Diabetic ketoacidosis. DKA?
Diabetic ketoacidosis, also referred to as simply ketoacidosis or DKA, is a serious and even life-threatening complication of type 1...
People with type 1 diabetes who use marijuana may double their risk of developing...
People with type 1 diabetes who use marijuana may double their risk of developing a life-threatening complication, a new study suggests.
Called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA),...
Taking fish oil or vitamin D? Big studies give long-awaited answers on who does...
Taking fish oil or vitamin D?
Big studies give long-awaited answers on who does and does not benefit from these popular nutrients.
Fish oil taken by...
