Health  

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 10th, 2015
New Study Explains How and Why Coffee Reduces Stress

New Study Explains How and Why Coffee Reduces Stress

It's all about how caffeine affects brain chemistry

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 8th, 2015
Botox Could Help Alleviate Nerve Pain, Researchers Argue

Botox Could Help Alleviate Nerve Pain, Researchers Argue

The toxin has so far been used to treat nerve pain in mice

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 6th, 2015
Simple Blood Test Reveals All Viruses That Have Ever Infected You

Simple Blood Test Reveals All Viruses That Have Ever Infected You

The test unlocks the memories of your immune system

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 6th, 2015
A Possible Explanation for Why Women Live Longer than Men

A Possible Explanation for Why Women Live Longer than Men

95% of the people who live over the age of 110 are women

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 5th, 2015
Viagra for Women: FDA Advisory Panel Backs New Libido-Boosting Drug

Viagra for Women: FDA Advisory Panel Backs New Libido-Boosting Drug

Flibanserin is the work of Sprout Pharmaceutical

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 5th, 2015
Spontaneous Tissue Regeneration Demonstrated in Laboratory Mice

Spontaneous Tissue Regeneration Demonstrated in Laboratory Mice

Drug used to trigger regrowth of damaged, even lost tissue

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 4th, 2015
World First: Scientists Grow Living, Fully Functional Arm from Scratch

World First: Scientists Grow Living, Fully Functional Arm from Scratch

The goal is to find a way to grow limbs for amputees

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 3rd, 2015
Memories Can Survive Cryogenic Freeze, Researchers Argue

Memories Can Survive Cryogenic Freeze, Researchers Argue

The scientists claim to have even proven this in worms

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 3rd, 2015
Scientists Use Light Beams to Make Muscles Contract on Demand

Scientists Use Light Beams to Make Muscles Contract on Demand

The breakthrough could deliver a new treatment for paralysis

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 2nd, 2015
Not Getting Enough Sleep Makes People Eat More, Study Finds

Not Getting Enough Sleep Makes People Eat More, Study Finds

Sleep deprivation found to influence food choices

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 30th, 2015
Scorpion Venom Could Treat Cancer, Possibly Even Parkinson's

Scorpion Venom Could Treat Cancer, Possibly Even Parkinson's

Specific proteins in scorpion venom kill cancer cells

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 29th, 2015
Zapping the Brain Can Address Schizophrenia Symptoms, Study Finds

Zapping the Brain Can Address Schizophrenia Symptoms, Study Finds

Just a weak electric charge would do, researchers say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 28th, 2015
Psychedelics Could Help Treat Psychiatric Disorders, Researcher Says

Psychedelics Could Help Treat Psychiatric Disorders, Researcher Says

Anxiety and OCD are among the disorders they could treat

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 28th, 2015
US Military Sends Live Anthrax to Labs in the Country and Overseas

US Military Sends Live Anthrax to Labs in the Country and Overseas

To be fair, they thought the spores were inert

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 27th, 2015
Herpes Successfully Used to Treat Skin Cancer

Herpes Successfully Used to Treat Skin Cancer

A herpes-based cancer drug could become available in 2016

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 27th, 2015
Early Brain Surgery Was Borderline Macabre

Early Brain Surgery Was Borderline Macabre

Haunting photos show brain surgery's first patients

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 26th, 2015
Living Close to a Busy Road Can Make You Fat, Researchers Warn

Living Close to a Busy Road Can Make You Fat, Researchers Warn

You might also gain weight if you live near an airport

 
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