Active-duty Marines who suffer a traumatic brain injury face significantly higher risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study. Other factors that raise the risk include severe pre-deployment symptoms of ...
A mathematical pattern of movement called a Lévy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. The study, led ...
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Forage testing is a tool to determine current nutritive values as well as non-nutritive values in forages that can be used for marketing hay, formulating rations, and determining potential toxicities or other problems (i.e., prussic acid, ...
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Obesity increases the risk of developing kidney disease, a new study suggests. Moreover, declines in kidney function can be detected long before people develop other obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, the ...
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Fear of being single is a meaningful predictor of settling for less in relationships among both men and women, researchers at the University of Toronto say. Lead author Stephanie Spielmann, a post-doctoral researcher in the University of ...
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Boston Scientific has reported the first two commercial implants of Lotus valve system in a German hospital. Dr Gerhard Schuler and Dr Axel Linke led the procedures at the Heart Center - University Hospital Leipzig, Germany. CE Mark ...
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A dietary compound abundant in red meat and used as a supplement in energy drinks, energy pills and some weight-loss treatments has been found to promote hardening of the arteries, according to a study released Sunday by a research group at ...
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Myriad Genetics, a US-based molecular diagnostic company, has launched a new prognostic test, Myriad myPlan Lung Cancer, for patients diagnosed with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. myPlan lung cancer test is an RNA expression panel of 31 ...
US-based Boston Scientific has obtained CE Mark approval for its Lotus valve system, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device designed to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk with surgical valve ...
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The Institute of Food Research (IFR) has conducted a research for the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) to establish if the cooking technique sous vide is safe. Sous vide uses lower temperatures to improve food quality. This technique could ...
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Castle Biosciences has announced that data from studies of its DecisionDx-Melanoma test confirm previous studies, indicating that the gene expression profile test is a strong predictor for classifying which Stage I or II non-metastatic ...
Women check and use food label components more often and thoroughly than men, according to a recent study from the University of Alabama and published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and featured in the May issue of ...
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Skeptical consumers, take heed: If you receive a notice that your personal data has been breached, pay attention and take free self-help steps to protect yourself from identity fraud. Data-breach notifications have become an increasingly ...
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MDxHealth has presented results from two studies of its DNA methylation-based assay at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium 2013, held at Orlando, Florida, US from 14 - 16 February 2013. The epigenetic assay, ConfirmMDx for Prostate ...
We've been enjoying the Tesla Model S as it goes through its break-in period, leading into formal testing. During this time, I've been keen to find out its real-world range, and recently confirmed that driving this electric car—like ...
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