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(Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center) Eating walnuts may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of the elderly population, according to a study conducted by researchers in California and Spain.

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Functional safety, a critical requirement in automotive applications, addresses catastrophic failures from data corruption by attaining Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASILs) as per ISO 26262 standard. Contrary to th...

(Universität Bayreuth) The Bayreuth biochemist Dr. Claus-D. Kuhn and his research team have deciphered how the important human oncogene CDK8 is activated in cells of healthy individuals. Their findings, which have now b...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) High levels of protein in a patient's urine shortly after an episode of acute kidney injury is associated with increased risk of kidney disease progression, providing a valuable too...

(Queensland University of Technology) Is it possible to create a truly bushfire-resistant house? What's the best way to donate to bushfires? How can you tell fact from fake news in this era of Twitter bots? How can we im...

(Florida Atlantic University) Researchers examined racial and ethnic differences in genetic testing frequency and results among diverse breast cancer patients diagnosed at age 50 or younger from January 2007 to December ...

(University of Montreal) In the human body, cells shield themselves from disease-causing microbes by scrambling their lipids into liquids, according to new research by an international team headed by the Montreal Clinica...

(University of Massachusetts Amherst) U.S. combat soldiers who suffered a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely than soldiers with other serious injuries to experience a range of mental health d...

(Anglia Ruskin University) New research shows that exercise addiction is nearly four times more common amongst people with an eating disorder.

(University of Otago) People who cycle to work have a lower risk of dying, a New Zealand study has found. The study, by researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, the University of Melbourne and the University...

(Queen Mary University of London) The role of primary care needs to be improved to help young stroke survivors return to work, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Cambridge...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Compounds based on palladium, a metal belonging to the same group as platinum, have been developed by researchers from Brazil, the UK and Italy. In vitro tests show...

(Texas A&M University) Despite an ever-rising number of pedestrian and bicyclist deaths on US roads each year, there's no widespread public pressure to improve road safety -- a situation influenced by how news articles a...

(McMaster University) Children who spend time in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at birth have a higher risk of mental health issues later, regardless of their birth weight, say McMaster University researchers.

(Mayo Clinic) As human trafficking evolves as a health concern, medical schools are starting to include the topic in education. However, it's still in the early stages, says a Mayo Clinic study in the American Journal of...

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Whether elevated blood pressure early in life translates to increased risk of dementia is a question scientists are working to answer. "Dementia is not a normal part of ...

(Medical University of South Carolina) Bone mass accrual is regulated by the gut microbiome as well as by diet and exercise. In a new report, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina showed that a specific...

(University of Virginia Health System) 'Under-representation of Asian populations in genetic studies has meant that medical relevance for more than half of the human population is reduced,' one researcher said.

(The Society of Thoracic Surgeons) Legendary heart-lung transplant surgeon, researcher, and professor Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, MD, today was honored with the 2020 Earl Bakken Scientific Achievement Award from The Society ...

(eLife ) New insight on how information relating to sound and movement is processed in the brain has been published today in the open-access journal eLife.

(Concordia University) Concordia researcher Natalie Phillips and her colleagues found that poor hearing especially was linked to declines in memory and executive function in otherwise relatively healthy, autonomous, comm...