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Mariana Figueiro Presents At NIH Workshop On Light At Night
Mar 21, 2016Rensselaer Professor Mariana Figueiro, Light and Health Program Director at the Lighting Research Center was an invited speaker and panelist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Workshop: Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at ...
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Drinking Low-Calorie Cranberry Juice Cocktail May Help Lower The Risk of Chronic Diseases
Jul 10, 2015A new study reveals that drinking low-calorie cranberry juice cocktail may help lower the risk of chronic diseases that rank among the leading causes of death worldwide, including heart disease, diabetes and stroke. To discover the extent ...
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Green LED Glasses Been Developed to Improve Sleep Quality
Jul 6, 2015When you’re having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need. But according to a pilot study attempting to solve insomnia among lung cancer patients led by University at Buffalo sleep researcher Grace Dean, light ...
Tags: Green LED, Improving Sleep Quality, LED
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Eating Green Leafy Vegetables Could Help Slow Cognitive Decline
Apr 14, 2015Something as easy as adding more spinach, kale, collards and mustard greens to the diet could help slow cognitive decline, according to new research from Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago. The study, which was presented at the ...
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EPA Updates Community
Feb 2, 2015On February 4, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting to discuss how a new scientific study about a previously unknown contaminant relates to the ongoing cleanup at the Reich Farm Superfund site in Toms ...
Tags: groundwater treatment system, drinking water, Agriculture
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Salt Intake Not Associated with Mortality or Risk for CVD and HF
Jan 23, 2015Study finds salt intake not associated with heart health risks Salt intake was not associated with mortality or risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and heart failure (HF) in older adults based on self-reported estimated sodium ...
Tags: salt, heart health risks, Agriculture
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Covidien Has Purchased a Small California Medtech Company
Aug 26, 2014As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
Tags: Covidien, Medtech Company, Health
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Increasing Coffee Consumption May Reduce The Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
Apr 30, 2014Increasing coffee consumption may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes Increasing coffee consumption by an average one-and-a-half cups per day (approximately 360mL) over a four-year period is associated with an 11 per cent ...
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People Eat More Breakfast Cereal, by Weight, When Flake Size Is Reduced
Apr 15, 2014People eat more breakfast cereal, by weight, when flake size is reduced, according to researchers from Penn State University. The study, which was published in the March 2014 edition of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries and Forms of Paralysis Have Reason to Be Optimistic
Apr 10, 2014Patients with spinal cord injuries and other forms of paralysis have reason to be optimistic, thanks to recent advances in the use of spinal-cord stimulator devices to regain some lower limb function. A recently announced study reporting ...
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Heat-Processed Foods May Cause Brain Changes Similar to Alzheimer's Disease
Mar 10, 2014Heat-processed foods may increase risk of Alzheimer's Compounds commonly found in the so-called “Western diet” known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) may cause brain changes similar to Alzheimer’s disease and ...
Tags: Heat-Processed Foods, Foods
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FDA Grants 510(K) Clearance for Marketing of Ultrasound Pain Management Device Sam
Feb 28, 2014ZetrOZ has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the marketing of its ultrasound pain management device sam, a wearable, long-duration, ultrasonic diathermy device for use in applying deep ...
Tags: Ultrasound Therapy Device, Medicine, FDA
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SDSU Professor Leads The National Institutes
Feb 27, 2014SDSU professor leads the National Institutes of Health's largest and most comprehensive study ever conducted on Hispanic and Latino health The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, released ...
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Baby Hearts Need Rhythm to Develop Correctly
Feb 27, 2014To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm...even before they have blood to pump. "We have discovered that mechanical forces are important when making baby hearts," said Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, a Vanderbilt graduate student working ...
Tags: Baby Heart, Rhythm, Roadmap, SysCODE
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Penn Medicine Is The First Academic Medical Center in Philadelphia
Feb 26, 2014Penn Medicine is the first academic medical center in Philadelphia - one among just a handful of academic medical centers in the U.S.—to launch a program across multiple professional schools and affiliated hospitals at Penn to improve ...
Tags: LGBT, health, medical education, outreach