UCLA research may improve stroke recovery
A stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability in adults; recovery ranges from minimal to significant. Now, UCLA researchers have identified a...
Collision warning device helps the visually impaired to navigate
A wearable device has been created by researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary which can help people with low vision avoid colliding...
Sleep boosts access to forgotten memories
Sleep not only protects your memories from being forgotten, it also makes them easier to access, according to new research from the U.K.’s University...
New research describes new method for probing the bewildering diversity of...
In recent years, researchers have begun to explore the vast assemblage of microbes on and within the human body. These include protists, archaea, fungi,...
Scientists use patients’ own stem cells to lessen damage from Crohn’s...
Researchers at Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, GA have begun harvesting mensenchymal stromal stem cells from the bone marrow of patients 18-65*...
Research reveals how reducing sodium intake can help patients with heart...
For the past century people with weak hearts have been told to lower their salt intake, but until now there has been little scientific...
Study clarifies degree of breast-ovarian cancer risk among susceptible women
Not all women at increased risk for breast or ovarian cancer develop the malignancy. A new study of more than 31,000 women who have...
Research sheds light on why immunodeficiency affects only one identical twin
Scientists have long queried the causes of immune disorders in only one of two identical twins with identical genes. New research from the Wellcome...
Risk for pneumonia may be increased by sedatives
News Medical writes that a sedative is a substance which induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement. At higher doses a sedative may result...
New research sheds light on psychological therapies for chronic low back...
Led by Ms Emma Ho and Professor Paulo Ferreira from the University of Sydney, Australia, it suggests that a combination of physiotherapy alongside psychological...
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Yaphet Kotto, Jewish actor who was first Black Bond villain, dies aged 81
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“I’m...
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