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Stents More Effective Than Drugs For Heart Disease? What Study Says
Some of the most common invasive heart procedures in America are no better at preventing heart attacks and death in patients with stable heart disease than pills and lifestyle improvements alone, according to a massive federally funded study designed to resolve a long-standing controversy in cardiology.
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Excessive Brain Activity Linked To A Shorter Life
One key to a longer life could be a quieter brain without too much neural activity, according to a new study that examined postmortem brain tissue from extremely long-lived people for clues about what made them different from people who died in their 60s and 70s.
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Long Overlooked By Science, Pregnancy Is Finally Getting The Attention It Deserves
The basic science of pregnancy, is getting a closer look, as National Institutes of Health has so far funded $76 million in research projects to study the human placenta, the temporary organ that provides oxygen and nutrients to the fetus.
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Weekend 'Catch-Up Sleep' Is A Lie
The negative health effects of skimping on sleep during the week can't be reversed by marathon weekend sleep sessions, according to a sobering new study.
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Lack Of Sleep Is A Public Health Crisis, Brain Researchers' Warning
Brain research, which has pushed back hard against this nonchalant attitude, is now expanding rapidly, reaching beyond the laboratory and delving into exactly how sleep works in disease and in normal cognitive functions such as memory.
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"Rogue, Crazy": Alarm Over China Scientist's Claim Of Gene-Edited Babies
A Chinese scientist triggered alarm, shock and confusion across the scientific community Monday with the claim that he had edited the DNA of human embryos to create twin baby girls, Lulu and Nana, who he said had been born "crying into the world as healthy as any other babies" a few weeks ago.
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New Peanut Allergy Drug Could Herald A 'Sea Change' In Treating Food Allergies, But Is Not A Cure
After a year of treatment with an experimental drug made by Aimmune Therapeutics, 67% of children and teenagers with peanut allergies were able to safely ingest the equivalent of at least two peanuts.
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Self-Driving Cars Will Have To Decide Who Should Live And Who Should Die
Imagine this scenario: the brakes fail on a self-driving car as it hurtles toward a busy crosswalk. A homeless person and a criminal are crossing in front of the car. Two cats are in the opposing lane.
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Scientists Grow Tiny Human Retinas in a Dish
Plenty of questions remain about how well they mirror eye development in the foetus, since they lack many other peripheral structures.
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Scientists Grow Tiny Human Retinas In A Dish
Kiara Eldred sometimes compares her nine-month-long scientific experiments, growing tiny human retinas in a laboratory dish, to raising children.
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Stents More Effective Than Drugs For Heart Disease? What Study Says
Some of the most common invasive heart procedures in America are no better at preventing heart attacks and death in patients with stable heart disease than pills and lifestyle improvements alone, according to a massive federally funded study designed to resolve a long-standing controversy in cardiology.
-
Excessive Brain Activity Linked To A Shorter Life
One key to a longer life could be a quieter brain without too much neural activity, according to a new study that examined postmortem brain tissue from extremely long-lived people for clues about what made them different from people who died in their 60s and 70s.
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Long Overlooked By Science, Pregnancy Is Finally Getting The Attention It Deserves
The basic science of pregnancy, is getting a closer look, as National Institutes of Health has so far funded $76 million in research projects to study the human placenta, the temporary organ that provides oxygen and nutrients to the fetus.
-
Weekend 'Catch-Up Sleep' Is A Lie
The negative health effects of skimping on sleep during the week can't be reversed by marathon weekend sleep sessions, according to a sobering new study.
-
Lack Of Sleep Is A Public Health Crisis, Brain Researchers' Warning
Brain research, which has pushed back hard against this nonchalant attitude, is now expanding rapidly, reaching beyond the laboratory and delving into exactly how sleep works in disease and in normal cognitive functions such as memory.
-
"Rogue, Crazy": Alarm Over China Scientist's Claim Of Gene-Edited Babies
A Chinese scientist triggered alarm, shock and confusion across the scientific community Monday with the claim that he had edited the DNA of human embryos to create twin baby girls, Lulu and Nana, who he said had been born "crying into the world as healthy as any other babies" a few weeks ago.
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New Peanut Allergy Drug Could Herald A 'Sea Change' In Treating Food Allergies, But Is Not A Cure
After a year of treatment with an experimental drug made by Aimmune Therapeutics, 67% of children and teenagers with peanut allergies were able to safely ingest the equivalent of at least two peanuts.
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Self-Driving Cars Will Have To Decide Who Should Live And Who Should Die
Imagine this scenario: the brakes fail on a self-driving car as it hurtles toward a busy crosswalk. A homeless person and a criminal are crossing in front of the car. Two cats are in the opposing lane.
-
Scientists Grow Tiny Human Retinas in a Dish
Plenty of questions remain about how well they mirror eye development in the foetus, since they lack many other peripheral structures.
-
Scientists Grow Tiny Human Retinas In A Dish
Kiara Eldred sometimes compares her nine-month-long scientific experiments, growing tiny human retinas in a laboratory dish, to raising children.
