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Soy peptide lunasin has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory properties

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation ...





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New guidelines for treating complicated skin and soft tissue infections

Medicine & Health / Other

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New evidence-based recommendations developed by the Surgical Infection Society to guide physicians in the diagnosis and management of complicated skin and soft tissue infections have been published in Surgical Infections.


Ecstasy may be linked to sleep apnea

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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New research shows that recreational users of the drug known as ecstasy may be at a higher risk for sleep apnea. The study is published in the December 2, 2009, online issue of Neurology.


Why we outlive our ape ancestors

Medicine & Health / Research

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In spite of their genetic similarity to humans, chimpanzees and great apes have maximum lifespans that rarely exceed 50 years. The difference, explains USC Davis School of Gerontology Professor Caleb Finch, is that as humans ...


Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...


High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all

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It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.



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