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Misinformation : creationism and conspiracism
It's not uncommon to hear someone espouse the idea that "everything happens for a reason" or that something that happened was "meant to be."
Now,...
Performing simple leg exercises could reduce impact of sedentary lifestyle on heart and blood...
A sedentary lifestyle can cause an impairment of the transport of blood around the body, which increases the risk of disease in the heart...
Seventy-eight percent of parents in a national poll had a clear answer when asked...
However, another 1 in 10 parents thought a tattoo would be OK as a reward, to mark a special occasion or if the tattoo...
New assay to detect genetic abnormalities in sarcomas
Sarcomas are rare tumors that are often misdiagnosed. Specific recurrent chromosomal rearrangements, known as translocations, can serve as essential diagnostic markers and are found...
Infection rates of high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) oral infection in England are lower...
The research, conducted by the University of Sheffield, also strengthens evidence that smoking and sexual behaviour were shown to be risk factors for oral...
Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, has spread outside of Latin America and carries...
Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic heart disease in about one third of those infected.
Over...
Colon : Strawberries could help reduce harmful inflammation
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a set of painful conditions that can cause severe diarrhea and fatigue.
Treatments can include medications and surgery.
But now researchers...
E-cigarettes: researchers report that vaping may modify the genetic material, or DNA, in the...
The popularity of electronic cigarettes continues to grow worldwide, as many people view them as a safer alternative to smoking.
But the long-term effects of...
Muscular dystrophy patients could someday also benefit from this hydrogel successfully tested in mice
A car accident leaves an aging patient with severe muscle injuries that won't heal. Treatment with muscle stem cells from a donor might restore...
Researchers use CRISPR gene editing technology to target GABA receptors in order to help...
An estimated 13 percent of Americans take antidepressant drugs for depression, anxiety, chronic pain or sleep problems.
For the 14 million Americans who have...
Research team develops the world’s first-ever 4-D printing for ceramics
A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has achieved a groundbreaking advancement in materials research by successfully developing the world's first...
Researchers at Orange Labs and Normandie University have developed a novel deep neural model...
Their study, which was pre-published on arXiv, follows a philosophy of simplicity, substantially limiting the parameters that the model acquires from datasets and using simple learning...
Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10...
Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra minutes to do so, according to a new study...
Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns...
Now, an experimental model of this chronic hypoxia reveals that those cellular alterations have behavioral consequences.
Chronic sublethal hypoxia is associated with locomotor miscoordination and...
Stanford University have devised a new type of artificially intelligent camera system that can...
The image recognition technology that underlies today's autonomous cars and aerial drones depends on artificial intelligence: the computers essentially teach themselves to recognize objects...
