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People With Mental Health Disorder More Prone To Heart Disease
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 27, 2014 07:13 PM EDTPeople with mental health disorders are twice as likely to have heart disease or stroke, according to a new study.
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Making Mistakes While Learning Benefits Memory
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 27, 2014 07:13 PM EDTIt is better for memory to make mistakes while learning and lead to the correct answer, according to a new study. However, it is effective only if the guesses are close-but-no-cigar, the findings of the study added.
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Lipids Trigger Strong Insulin Response
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 27, 2014 07:13 PM EDTBlood brain barrier is the main sensor to report the nutritional status, especially the lipid composition of consumed food to special neurons which in turn regulate insulin release, suggests a new study.
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Dendrite Activity Plays Important Role In Memory Formation
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 27, 2014 07:13 PM EDTResearchers have discovered how neurons in the brain might allow some experience to be remembered while others are forgotten.
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Four Tips For People With Arthritis
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 27, 2014 07:12 PM EDTArthritis is one of the most common ailments that elders suffer from. Some of its characteristics include swelling in joints and acute pain, which makes it difficult for the person to even perform daily chores.
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Researchers Discover 6,000 Year-Old Temple That Hosted Regular Ritual Animal Sacrifices
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 22, 2014 11:35 AM EDTResearchers have discovered a 6,000 year old temple in Ukraine that hosted regular ritual animal sacrifices, according to a new study.
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Only Six Northern White Rhinos Left, Comeback Almost Impossible
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 22, 2014 11:35 AM EDTAfter a recent death of a northern white rhino in captivity in Kenya, the subspecies is down to just six, according to officials.
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Hospital Acquisitions Increase Patient Costs
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 22, 2014 11:34 AM EDTThe ongoing trend of hospitals merging with medical groups and physicians practices in an effort to improve the coordination of patient care is failing and instead increasing the cost of patient care, according to a new study.
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Troubled Marriage And Depression History Might Lead To Obesity
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 22, 2014 11:34 AM EDTTroubled marriage and a history of depression may increase the risk for obesity in adults, a new study has shown.
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Teenage Self-Harm Associated With Problems In Later Life
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 22, 2014 11:33 AM EDTTeenagers who self-harm are at more risk of developing mental health and substance misuse problems in adults, according to a new study.
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1.3 Billion-Year-Old Martian Meteorite Contains Cell-Like Structure
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 20, 2014 12:05 PM EDTResearchers have found a mysterious oval structure embedded deep within a famous Martian meteorite called Nakhla, according to a new study.
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Ebola Vaccine Not Before Late 2016, GSK Researcher Says
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 20, 2014 12:05 PM EDTAn Ebola vaccine by British pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline may not be ready for commercial use until late 2016, said a company researcher.
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Image Guided Radiation Therapy Commonly Used To Ensure Accuracy In Treating Pediatric Tumors
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 20, 2014 12:04 PM EDTImage guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a commonly used technique to ensure the treatment accuracy in the management of pediatric tumors, according to a new study.
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Inconsistent Achievement Of Guidelines For Acute Asthma Care In Hospital EDs
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 20, 2014 10:36 AM EDTA new study compared the care delivered to patients coming to hospital emergency departments (EDs) for acute asthma attacks in recent years with data gathered more than 15 years earlier and found existing inconsistencies in how well hospitals are meeting nationally established treatment guidelines.
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Smoking During Pregnancy Alters Newborn Stress Hormones and DNA
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 20, 2014 10:36 AM EDTNewborns of mothers who smoke during pregnancy show lower levels of stress hormones, lowered stress response, and alterations in DNA for a gene that regulates passage of stress hormones from mother to fetus, according to a new study.
