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Connection between stunted childhood growth and inflammation in the gastrointestinal system
Linear growth delay, in which normal growth in children is stunted, affects an estimated 155 million children around the world each year.
Caused in part...
Sucralose is metabolized in the gut producing at least two fat-soluble compounds
Sucralose, a widely used artificial sweetener sold under the trade name Splenda, is metabolized in the gut, producing at least two fat-soluble compounds, according...
Role of chondrocyte-to-osteoblast transdifferentiation during bone tissue formation
Cell differentiation is a widely studied phenomenon forming the basis of all developmental processes including fetal growth and bone fracture healing.
A series of recent...
Washington State University researchers have created potential drugs to help curb smoking
Washington State University researchers have created more than a dozen candidate drugs with the potential to curb smokers' desire for nicotine by slowing how...
Stem cells transformed into 3-D human liver tissue
Stem cells transformed into 3-D human liver tissue by scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of...
Usa: “No al presunto diritto al ritorno dei discendenti dei profughi palestinesi”
Secondo Hadashot TV, Washington intende porre fine all’anomalia per cui lo status di profugo, nel caso dei palestinesi, è ereditario e gonfia e perpetua...
Exoskeletons for Russian Army – Rostec has demonstrated its new operative passive system
Rostec has demonstrated its new operative passive exoskeletons for the first time to be used for the Russian Army’s new-generation of Ratnik combat suit.
The...
How we judge personality from faces depends on our beliefs about how personality works
We make snap judgments of others based not only on their facial appearance, but also on our pre-existing beliefs about how others' personalities work,...
Focused ultrasound can be used to safely open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in patients...
In the first peer-reviewed published report of its kind, University of Toronto researchers have demonstrated that focused ultrasound can be used to safely open...
Aspirin did not reduce the occurrence of major cardiovascular events
The jury is still out on whether people at moderate risk of a first heart attack or stroke should take daily aspirin to lower...
Short sleep could be linked with future cardiovascular disease
Middle-aged men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following two...
Blood pressure and cholesterol lowering drugs continue to improve survival in patients with hypertension
Blood pressure and cholesterol lowering drugs continue to improve survival in patients with hypertension after more than a decade, according to late breaking results...
Belviq – Weight-loss drug – seems safe for heart
For the first time, a drug has been shown to help people lose weight and keep it off for several years without raising their...
People who have lots of deep forehead wrinkles may have a higher risk of...
According to research presented in Munich today at the ESC Congress 2018, the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology, people who have...
Breast milk : Marijuana found up to six days after use
With the legalization of marijuana in several states, increased use for both medicinal and recreational purposes has been documented in pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Although...
