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(PhysOrg.com) -- Vaccination programs against whooping cough may not be fully effective because the bacteria that cause the disease have evolved new strains, a new study has found. A team of Australian scientists has ...
IQ among strongest predictors of cardiovascular disease -- second only to cigarette smoking
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as reflected by low results on written or oral tests of IQ - have been associated with a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, no study has so far compared the relative strength of this association with other established ...
Communication breakdown: What happens to nerve cells in Parkinson's disease
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A new study from The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro - at McGill University is the first to discover a molecular link between Parkinson's disease and defects in the ability of nerve cells to communicate. ...
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A common cholesterol drug fights cataracts, too
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Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
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Intense sweets taste especially good to some kids
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APA announces draft diagnostic criteria for DSM-5
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High prevalence of AF found among cross-country skiers
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Physicists investigate structural properties of spider webs,
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Exploring the characteristics of viscoelastic fluids,
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Artificial magnetic fields for light could illuminate correlated quantum systems,
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Creating a quantum gas,
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