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Playing 3D video games like 'Super Mario 64' was found to possibly prevent dementia. It stimulates the hippocampus, which increases its capacity to hold long-term memory.

News With the help of a 3-D printer, University of Houston engineers have developed a small removable pump that could enable patients to avoid both heart transplants and life-long use of an..... Contributed Author: Unive...

News Short-term exposures to fine particulate air pollution and ozone--even at levels well below current national safety standards--were linked to higher risk of ....................... Contributed Author: Harvard T.H. C...

Product Announcement Powerbo has launched a series of power supplies for medical applications requiring BF (Body Floating) class insulation and full, reliable operation up to 5,000 meters altitude to..... Contributed Aut...

News Scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have shown that by replacing a bulky lens with optical fibers it can build optical "tweezers" small enough to go into the bloodstream to,,,,, Contributed Author: Worcest...

News London-based nutritionist Georgios Tzenichristos of the LipoTherapeia Clinic has looked into the benefits and nutrient content of green tea vs turmeric vs cocoa and has come to some... Contributed Author: LipoTherap...

News UCLA scientists believe gene expression in specific cells and in specific regions can provide a more precise, neuroprotective approach than traditional treatments for neurological diseases. For multiple sclerosis, s...

News A new potential drug carrier to treat gynecological conditions is sperm. Scientists report that they have exploited the swimming power of sperm to ferry a cancer drug directly to.... Contributed Author: American Che...

News A new potential drug carrier to treat gynecological conditions is sperm. Scientists report that they have exploited the swimming power of sperm to ferry a cancer drug directly to.... Contributed Author: American Che...

News Thousands of U.S. state legislators have been put on notice about potential patient abuse and fraud in the for-profit behavioral system that is costing taxpayers an estimated...... Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News By identifying proteins abnormally expressed by patients with a rare eye disease, Stanford researchers were able to identify existing drugs that could be used to treat symptoms. Contributed Author: Stanford Universi...

News American Humane's "Canines and Childhood Cancer Study," supported by Zoetis, provides scientific evidence gauging effectiveness of promising, underutilized weapon in war on cancer Contributed Author: American Humane...

News Climate scientists say that killer heat waves will become increasingly prevalent in many regions as climate warms. Contributed Author: The Earth Institute at Columbia University Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News A new study concludes that regular fish consumption both improves cognition as well as helps with sleep. Contributed Author: University of Pennsylvania Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News A new study by University of Pennsylvania scientists concludes that regular fish consumption both improves cognition as well as helps.... Contributed Author: University of Pennsylvania Topics: Medical Diagnostics

After sharing his wife's cervical cancer story and dying photo, Elliott Lowe's profile was suspended. He has failed to recover access despite verifying his identity.

(Hokkaido University) Scientists have revealed more details of the molecular mechanism behind neuronal cell death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a step forward to find ways to control progression of the disease.

(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Research teams, including one led by biostatistician Nicholas Reich at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, are participating in a national influenza forecasting challenge to ...

(University of California - San Francisco) New UC San Francisco research finds that although young male songbirds are genetically predisposed to sound like their fathers, enriched early experience with a foster-father ca...

(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Short-term exposures to fine particulate air pollution and ozone -- even at levels well below current national safety standards -- were linked to higher risk of premature death...

(JAMA Network) Short-term exposure to air pollution at levels below current air quality standards were associated with a higher risk of death in older adults.

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Reduced FoxO3 activity reprograms connective tissue cells, triggering the disease.