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Humans transport hazardous smoke residues into indoor environments

Decades of research have demonstrated the adverse effects of fine particulate matter and volatile organic compounds such as nicotine or acetonitrile from tobacco smoke on human health, with no "safe" level of exposure.

5 Mar 2020

Innovative method bolsters memory processes in the brain during sleep

A new joint study by Tel Aviv University and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers has yielded an innovative method for bolstering memory processes in the brain during sleep.

5 Mar 2020

Researchers pinpoint social factors that can improve health for LGBT people

Individuals in the LGBT community face stressors that have dire consequences on their health. Researchers from Michigan State University are the first to pinpoint social factors that can reduce these stressors and improve health for LGBT people.

5 Mar 2020

Children with a rare food allergy have higher chance of being diagnosed with other allergies

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found that children with a rare food allergy known as food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, or FPIES, have a significantly higher chance of being diagnosed with other allergic conditions, including eczema, traditional food allergy and asthma.

5 Mar 2020

Social isolation could be linked to increased inflammation in the body

Social isolation could be associated with increased inflammation in the body new research from the University of Surrey and Brunel University London has found.

5 Mar 2020

UConn team discovers a population of stem cells with ability to generate new bone

A population of stem cells with the ability to generate new bone has been newly discovered by a group of researchers at the UConn School of Dental Medicine.

5 Mar 2020

Newly developed mobile app helps reduce pain in osteoarthritis patients

By performing a few simple physical exercises daily, and receiving information about their disease regularly, 500 osteoarthritis patients were able to on average halve their pain in 6 months - and improve their physical function.

5 Mar 2020

Deep learning algorithm to enhance mammography screening interpretation

The study is based on the results obtained in the Digital Mammography DREAM Challenge, an international competition led by IBM where researchers from the Instituto de Física Corpuscular have participated along with scientists from the UPV's Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications.

5 Mar 2020

Researchers create new computer program to map the entire 'hemodynamic landscape' of tumors

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have created a computer program for scientists at no charge that lets users readily quantify the structural and functional changes in the blood flow networks feeding tumors.

5 Mar 2020

Fatty nutrients control certain neurons in the reward circuit

Energy-dense food, obesity and compulsive food intake bordering addiction: the scientific literature has been pointing to connections between these for years.

5 Mar 2020

Stress during pregnancy can cause lifetime of immune system deficiencies

Mice exposed to stress in the womb and soon after birth can expect a lifetime of immune system deficiencies that hinder the ability to ward off infections and cancer, Yale University researchers report March 5 in the journal Cell.

5 Mar 2020

City Of Hope builds cloud-based data commons platform for observational study

A $12 million federal grant enabled City of Hope and collaborators to deploy a novel cloud-computing platform, making an immense amount of data from a historic 25-year study more accessible and user-friendly.

5 Mar 2020

Back pain can be linked to humans' evolutionary past and vertebral shape

The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity's evolutionary past, according to new research from a team of bioarchaeologists at Simon Fraser University, the University of Liverpool, and the University of Sydney.

5 Mar 2020

New type of adoptive cell therapy could target prostate and pancreatic cancers in humans

In experiments with mice, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have slowed the growth of transplanted human prostate and pancreatic cancer cells by introducing bone marrow cells with a specific gene deletion to induce a novel immune response.

5 Mar 2020

Curcumin can be delivered effectively into cells via tiny nanoparticles

For years, curry lovers have sworn by the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric, but its active compound, curcumin, has long frustrated scientists hoping to validate these claims with clinical studies.

5 Mar 2020

Common autistic personality test lacks reliability and may not be capturing the right signs

Psychologists at the University of Bath, King's College London, and Cardiff have found that a common test used by doctors and researchers to measure autistic personality traits lacks reliability and might not be capturing the right signs of autism.

5 Mar 2020

Heart attack patients who follow more medical advice have greater long-term survival

Patients who followed more medical advice after a heart attack were more likely to survive years after their heart attack.

5 Mar 2020

Community Treatment Orders associated with increased readmission risk and longer hospital stay

In the first large, observational study with a control group in England and Wales, research funded by the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre has found that Community Treatment Orders are associated with an increased risk of readmission as well as increased time spent in psychiatric hospitals, contrary to results from previous uncontrolled studies.

5 Mar 2020

New NGS technique offers quick, accurate diagnosis of sepsis

A report in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, describes a new technique that uses real-time next-generation sequencing to analyze tiny amounts of microbial cell-free DNA in the plasma of patients with sepsis, offering the possibility of accurate diagnosis of sepsis-causing agents within a few hours of drawing blood.

5 Mar 2020

Study highlights the persistence of gender pay gap in an anonymous online labor market

The U.S. is witnessing a dramatic rise in nontraditional 'gig economy' labor markets where workers are hired for single projects often on a short-term basis.

5 Mar 2020

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Humans transport hazardous smoke residues into indoor environments

Innovative method bolsters memory processes in the brain during sleep

Researchers pinpoint social factors that can improve health for LGBT people

Children with a rare food allergy have higher chance of being diagnosed with other allergies

Social isolation could be linked to increased inflammation in the body

UConn team discovers a population of stem cells with ability to generate new bone

Newly developed mobile app helps reduce pain in osteoarthritis patients

Deep learning algorithm to enhance mammography screening interpretation

Researchers create new computer program to map the entire 'hemodynamic landscape' of tumors

Fatty nutrients control certain neurons in the reward circuit

Stress during pregnancy can cause lifetime of immune system deficiencies

City Of Hope builds cloud-based data commons platform for observational study

Back pain can be linked to humans' evolutionary past and vertebral shape

New type of adoptive cell therapy could target prostate and pancreatic cancers in humans

Curcumin can be delivered effectively into cells via tiny nanoparticles

Common autistic personality test lacks reliability and may not be capturing the right signs

Heart attack patients who follow more medical advice have greater long-term survival

Community Treatment Orders associated with increased readmission risk and longer hospital stay

New NGS technique offers quick, accurate diagnosis of sepsis

Study highlights the persistence of gender pay gap in an anonymous online labor market

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