Plastic is ubiquitous in the modern world, and it’s notorious for taking a long time to completely break down in the environment – if it ever does.
But even without breaking down completely, plastic can shed tiny particles – called…
Category: 6. Health
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Study reveals how a microglial mutation increases risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, “The Gain-of-Function TREM2-T96K Mutation Increases Risk…
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Study highlights the emotional and social challenges of stroke recovery
Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, “Coherence of Stroke Survivors’ Lived Experiences and the Stroke Specific…
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Audiological and radiological diagnosis of sensorineural hearing loss in Africa | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Olusanya BO, Newton VE, Somefun AO (2014) Hearing impairment in children in developing countries. Lancet Glob Health 2:e4–e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70160-4
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Review reveals how paternal lifestyle shapes sperm epigenetics and offspring health
A new review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesises growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as diet, obesity, smoking, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and stress alter sperm epigenetic marks (DNA…
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Study suggests link between Hurricane Sandy, heart disease risk
A new study published in JAMA Network Open, a monthly open-access medical journal published by the American Medical Association, has uncovered a long-term link between Hurricane Sandy flooding and increased heart disease risk in older adults…
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Rare type of cancer is on the rise among young people
Appendix cancer was once a medical oddity that most people never heard about. Today, reports are stacking up in younger adults, and doctors are trying to make sense of it.
This cancer starts in the small pouch off the large intestine, and it often…
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Immune Altering Drug Hits Cancer In Stomach
Working with an international team of collaborators, scientists at Columbia University have found a way to shift the balance of a type of white blood cell inside a stomach tumor, causing the immune system to…
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Study links obesity-driven fatty acids to dangerous form of breast cancer – @theU
Reposted from the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
New research from the University of Utah has found that lipids, a key feature of obesity, fuel tumor growth in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Findings from a National Cancer…
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