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Mice Restoring Hearing Ability with ‘Genetic Patch’

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 10:52

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Published in the journal Nature Medicine, a study has revealed that a particular form of deafness, which is usually seen running in families, can be prevented using a small `genetic patch'. The study was carried out by researchers at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago.

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Researchers Link Cannabis Use to Stroke

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 10:49

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A study conducted newly by a group of researchers at Auckland University has claimed that cannabis use may almost double a person's risk of facing a stroke. The findings have been recently presented at the International Stroke Conference of the American Stroke Association in Honolulu.

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Researchers Raise Hope on 3D Printing

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:31

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A recent research has shed light on how a 3D technique would be able to fasten up the development of artificial organs. It has been apparently claimed that Embryonic stem cells, being the "body's building blocks", have the tendency to transform into any type of tissue or organ in the body.

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Extended TV Viewing may Lower Sperm Count

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:25

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While there has been so much said about TV viewing as such, a recent report has shed light on how it could even drop sperm count. It has been said that those lethargic men do have a high tendency to lose sperm count unlike active men while spending excessive time in viewing TV.

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Researchers Claim Surgery to Combat Diabetes

Mon, 02/04/2013 - 12:36

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Business Day has reported in one of its issues on Monday about a study that claims running of surgical procedures to put diabetes in remission.

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Chewing Activates Brain and Enhances Its Power: Study

Mon, 02/04/2013 - 10:08

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With recent scientific evidence, chewing gum has been proved to be beneficial for brain. According to researchers, chewing not only enhances thinking but also improves the alertness of an individual. In fact, the reaction times also get faster by 10% in chewers.

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Absence of Fear Center Does Not Stop Men from Being Fear: Study

Mon, 02/04/2013 - 09:56

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In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience1, there has been a disclosure that even in the absence of brain's fear center, men can be afraid. Justin Feinstein at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and his colleagues have worked on the situations where even people without amygdale can show fear.

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Plastic Surgery Market Growing Dramatically

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 11:41

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A survey conducted by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons recently has revealed that plastic surgeries are mostly received per head of population by women in Korea.

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Research Talks About Soy Intake Benefits

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 10:50

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A recent research has talked about benefits attached with dietary soy for lung cancer prevention. It has been claimed after researchers recruited some 70,000 women in the Shanghai Women's Health Study, who were interviewed about their soy intake.

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Key Circuit in Genes Key to Stem Cell Production

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 10:34

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A new discovery has been knocking at the doors of stem cells. The researchers at IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have found one of the gene regulation circuits, which would aid in revival of hematopoietic blood cells, i. e. blood tissue stem cells.

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Experts Say Women Should Induce Labor between 39 and 40 Weeks

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 08:55

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According to a research taken out recently by a team of canvassers at the University College Hospital's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, stillbirth is more likely to be faced by women who have crossed 40 years of age.

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Whooping Cough Taking Its Toll on Babies

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 08:44

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With the number of whooping cough cases falling a bit in winters, doctors have warned that the cases would increase by the spring. Red signal has already been shown as the complications are rising.

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Rise in HIV for Gay Men: HPA

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 08:42

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In a research conducted on gay men, it has been revealed that HIV has been significantly increasing for this group. In the latest report by The Health Protection Agency, it has been said that HIV is at its all-time high for gay men as the cases have been increasing in great amount. This has been attributed to unsafe sex.

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Homing Pigeons’ can Hear Infrasound, says Hagstrum

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 13:21

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It seems that finally we have an answer to the mysterious power of the homing pigeons that help them find their homes even after they fly thousands of miles away.

And the answer is coming from Mr. Jon Hagstrum, who since several long years has been studying over birds and their behaviors.

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Humans Killed Thylacine, Claims Study

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 13:16

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A new study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Adelaide has been claiming that it was humans, who have been responsible for the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine's demise. Found all over Tasmania prior to the European settlement in the year 1803, the thylacine was known as a unique marsupial.

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Compounds of Beer for Medicine

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 12:53

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With already known a few benefits of beer in small amounts, researchers have across that the bitter acids in beer can have very positive impact in treatment of cancer and diabetes.

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Physical Activity Can Reduce Alzheimer’s Precursor Protein: Study

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 11:36

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Published in Molecular Psychiatry, a report has claimed that the risk of development of Alzheimer's disease in one can be reduced significantly, if he does physical activity.

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Married Less Prone to Heart Diseases: Study

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 11:17

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In a study at Finland, it has been revealed that the married women are less vulnerable to heart attacks. The research says that the single men had 58% to 66 % of chances to experience a heart attack than married ones. For single women, the results are far better; they are 60-65 % more likely to suffer acute coronary events.

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Vegetarians Less Vulnerable to Heart Disease

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 11:13

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In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it has been reported that vegetarians have less probability of falling ill and getting hospitalized.

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Human Body has Innate Sense of Conserving Energy

Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:01

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A new study has found that while going to some place on the foot, humans can conserve their energy by swapping between walking and running. The first of its kind study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface supports the concept that human body has innate sense that when it's on a move, how it can conserve and optimize its energy.

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