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Poor oral health may contribute to declines in brain health
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Taking care of your teeth and gums may offer benefits beyond oral health such as improving brain health, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2023. The meeting, to be held in person in Dallas and virtually, Feb
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Living near a "food swamp" may increase stroke risk among adults 50 and ol
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adults ages 50 and older who lived near dense fast food and unhealthy food environments known as "food swamps" had a higher risk of stroke compared to those who lived in areas with fewer retail and fast food choices, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke As
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Aquatic organisms respond to flooding, drought disturbance in different wa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in different ways that can be anticipated, according to a new Penn State-led study that employed a novel method to assess the stability of stream ecosystems.
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Scientists release new accurate map of all matter in universe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A group of scientists, including several with the University of Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have released one of the most precise measurements ever made of how matter is distributed across the universe today.
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Scientists develop new design principles to improve cancer vaccine structu
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants and an
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Moderate physical activity favours good sleep: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Proper sleep is critical for the maintenance of good health, and vice versa -- a healthy lifestyle has been found to improve sleep quality. To better examine the relationship between physical activity and sleep, a team of researchers conducted a comprehensive study among middle-aged Japanese
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Tweezers untangle chemotherapeutic's impact on DNA
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Cornell research is providing a fresh view into the ways a common chemotherapy agent, etoposide, stalls and poisons the essential enzymes that allow cancer cells to flourish.
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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Study reveals how brains turn into smarter disease fighters
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Combating Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to safely thwart the brain's resistance
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Sports-related sudden cardiac arrest rare in older adults: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The annual incidence of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest in older adults is rare: 2 to 3 cases per 1,00,000 people.
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Machine learning identifies drugs to help smokers quit
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University of Minnesota researchers. They developed a novel machine learning meth
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How species adapt: Ancestral variation guides future environmental adaptat
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The speed of environmental change is very challenging for wild organisms. When exposed to a new environment individual plants and animals can potentially adjust their biology to better cope with new pressures they are exposed to -- this is known as phenotypic plasticity.
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