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Moderate physical activity lowers heart disease risk in young women
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 31 July 2016 31 July 2016
Dallas, Texas - Spending a cumulative 2.5 hours a week doing recreational physical activity is linked with a 25 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease in women under age 50, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.
NIH-led researchers develop software that could facilitate drug development
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- Published: 31 July 2016 31 July 2016
Washington, DC - A team of researchers led by a National Institutes of Health investigator, Teresa Przytycka, Ph.D., has developed a new software tool called AptaTRACE that could be an important advance for drug developers and other scientists who want to identify molecules that bind with high precision to targets of interest.
Students Seek to Reduce Deaths From Battlefield Injuries That Block Breathing
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- Written by Phil Sneiderman Phil Sneiderman
- Published: 31 July 2016 31 July 2016
Baltimore, Maryland - When a battlefield explosion injures a soldier’s face or neck, the critical air passage between the head and lungs often becomes blocked, which can lead to brain damage and death within minutes.
Brain’s Super-Sensitivity to Curbs
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- Written by Jill Rosen Jill Rosen
- Published: 31 July 2016 31 July 2016
Baltimore, Maryland - Humans rely on boundaries like walls and curbs for navigation, and Johns Hopkins University researchers have pinpointed the areas of the brain most sensitive to even the tiniest borders.
Evidence suggests migratory birds are not a reservoir for highly pathogenic flu viruses
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- Written by Jann Ingmire Jann Ingmire
- Published: 31 July 2016 31 July 2016
Memphis, Tennessee - The H5 avian influenza A virus that devastated North American poultry farms in 2014-15 was initially spread by migratory waterfowl, but evidence suggests such highly pathogenic flu viruses do not persist in wild birds. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital led the research, which appears online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Gas Drops for Fussiness
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- Written by Dr. Kara Fine Dr. Kara Fine
- Published: 30 July 2016 30 July 2016
Rochester, Minnesota - You and your baby are not alone. Fussiness is common and can be a normal part of infant behavior. In general, there’s no harm in giving your baby gas drops if they seem to help. It’s likely her frequent fussiness will fade over time without additional treatment.
Hope takes on different meanings for Alzheimer's caregivers
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- Written by Angela Lunde Angela Lunde
- Published: 30 July 2016 30 July 2016
Rochester, Minnesota - When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's or a related dementia, we may silently hope that the diagnosis is incorrect or that somehow they will defy the odds and not get any worse. We hope that a drug is available that will fix the problem or that a new drug will come to market at any moment. But, as time goes on, this hope fades.