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Expansion of education not to blame for overall childlessness levels in European countries

The increasing proportion of the population who prefer to remain childless is a major social problem for many European countries.

24 Aug 2016

Sheffield Hallam celebrates its role in Rio 2016 after helping athletes achieve medal success

Sheffield Hallam University is celebrating its role in Rio 2016 after helping more athletes than ever achieve medal success.

From Sheffield Hallam University 24 Aug 2016

NYU Lutheran offers many treatment options for kidney stone sufferers

Frederick A. Gulmi, MD, chief of urology at NYU Lutheran, cautions anyone who has never had a bout with kidney stones.

24 Aug 2016

GSA selects Kali St. Marie Thomas as recipient of 2016 Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Kali St. Marie Thomas, PhD, MA, of Brown University and the Providence VA Medical Center as the 2016 recipient of the Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award.

24 Aug 2016

Breast cancer patients in the U.S. now have new surgical option that offers flexible alternative for cancer detection

Breast cancer patients in the U.S. will have a new surgical option that eliminates exposure to radioactive materials and offers a less invasive, more flexible alternative for cancer detection. Receiving FDA approval in April and a distribution deal this month, the new device will be used to locate early stage tumors that cannot yet be felt.

24 Aug 2016

Penn scientists develop combined medical and surgical care plan for managing Crohn's disease

The first published combined medical and surgical care plan for managing septic perianal Crohn's disease, a serious complication that occurs in around 40 percent of Crohn's disease patients, has been developed by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.

23 Aug 2016

Scientists find how sleep deprivation negatively affects memory

Researchers from the Universities of Groningen and Pennsylvania have discovered a piece in the puzzle of how sleep deprivation negatively affects memory.

23 Aug 2016

Essential oils could treat inflammation of lung and liver induced by air pollution

Certain ingredients in essential oils made from plants such as cloves, anise, fennel and ylang-ylang could serve as a natural treatment of lung and liver conditions caused by air pollution.

23 Aug 2016

Aquatic treadmill exercise may maximize functional recovery after subacute stroke

For patients in rehabilitation after a stroke, walking on an underwater treadmill produces better measures of exercise performance compared to conventional treadmill walking, reports a study in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

23 Aug 2016

Drinking green tea could prevent abdominal aortic aneurysm

Japan's favorite beverage might be offering more than just a relaxing tea break.

23 Aug 2016

Dangers of do-it-yourself brain stimulation: an interview with Dr Michael D. Fox

tDCS is the administration of week electrical currents through electrodes on the scalp to modulate brain activity.

23 Aug 2016

Study suggests limiting tackling drills in youth football practices could reduce risk of head impacts

Nearly three quarters of the football players in the U.S. are less than 14 years old. But amid growing concern about concussion risk in football, the majority of the head-impact research has focused on college and professional players.

23 Aug 2016

New study aims to find how genes that influence brain function cause risk for drug addiction

A new study aims to better understand what makes some individuals particularly vulnerable to developing drug addiction. A team of researchers from across the country will look at how genes that influence brain function cause risk for addictions.

23 Aug 2016

$Study looks at ways to reduce prescription drugs linked to fracture risk among older adults$

Study looks at ways to reduce prescription drugs linked to fracture risk among older adults

Fragility fractures -- those that occur at standing height -- are a significant source of sickness and death among the elderly population in the United States. They are also associated with annual direct costs of over $16 billion.

23 Aug 2016

Seeds of tropical shrub guarana contain ten times more amount of catechins than green tea

The millions of people who consume green tea all over the world benefit from the catechins it contains.

22 Aug 2016

Study may show ways to maintain immunity in older people

A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older.

22 Aug 2016

Many stroke patients experience unnecessary delays in presentation to medical services

A new study reveals that many patients are not aware that they are having a stroke when they are experiencing symptoms.

22 Aug 2016

Study challenges widely-held assumption that larger athletes need more protein

Sports nutrition recommendations may undergo a significant shift after research from the University of Stirling has found individuals with more muscle mass do not need more protein after resistance exercise.

22 Aug 2016

Large-scale groundwater pumping increases arsenic risk in Southeast Asia

Large-scale groundwater pumping is opening doors for dangerously high levels of arsenic to enter some of Southeast Asia's aquifers, with water now seeping in through riverbeds with arsenic concentrations more than 100 times the limits of safety, according to a new study from scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, MIT, and Hanoi University of Science.

22 Aug 2016

Low selenium levels linked to liver cancer risk? An interview with Dr David Hughes

Food provides us with a variety of substances we need to maintain life. These substances are essential nutrients and are classified as macronutrients (water, protein, fats, and carbohydrates) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).

22 Aug 2016

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Expansion of education not to blame for overall childlessness levels in European countries

Sheffield Hallam celebrates its role in Rio 2016 after helping athletes achieve medal success

NYU Lutheran offers many treatment options for kidney stone sufferers

GSA selects Kali St. Marie Thomas as recipient of 2016 Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award

Breast cancer patients in the U.S. now have new surgical option that offers flexible alternative for cancer detection

Penn scientists develop combined medical and surgical care plan for managing Crohn's disease

Scientists find how sleep deprivation negatively affects memory

Essential oils could treat inflammation of lung and liver induced by air pollution

Aquatic treadmill exercise may maximize functional recovery after subacute stroke

Drinking green tea could prevent abdominal aortic aneurysm

Dangers of do-it-yourself brain stimulation: an interview with Dr Michael D. Fox

Study suggests limiting tackling drills in youth football practices could reduce risk of head impacts

New study aims to find how genes that influence brain function cause risk for drug addiction

Study looks at ways to reduce prescription drugs linked to fracture risk among older adults

Seeds of tropical shrub guarana contain ten times more amount of catechins than green tea

Study may show ways to maintain immunity in older people

Many stroke patients experience unnecessary delays in presentation to medical services

Study challenges widely-held assumption that larger athletes need more protein

Large-scale groundwater pumping increases arsenic risk in Southeast Asia

Low selenium levels linked to liver cancer risk? An interview with Dr David Hughes

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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