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Moderate-to-heavy exercise may reduce risk of stroke for men

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Men who regularly take part in moderate-to-heavy intensity exercise such as jogging, tennis or swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who get no exercise or only light exercise, such as walking, golfing, ...


Measured -- The time it takes us to find the words we need

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 16 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The time it takes for our brains to search for and retrieve the word we want to say has been measured for the first time. The discovery is reported in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...


Metobolomics uncovers key indicators of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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A recent metobolomics study by researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond found that impaired peroxisomal oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) is associated with the progression ...


Gene implicated in stress-induced high blood pressure

Medicine & Health / Research

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Do stressful situations make your blood pressure rise? If so, your phosducin gene could be to blame according to a team of researchers, at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, ...


In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number

In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number

Physics / General Physics

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 6

Having a tough time recalling a phone number someone spoke a few minutes ago or forgetting items from a mental grocery list is not a sign of mental decline; in fact, it's natural.


Tissue tension regulates tumor progression

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF scientists have shown for the first time that the rigidity of a tissue can induce cancer. The research team identified an enzyme that is crucial for regulating tissue stiffness and demonstrated that ...


Using new technique, scientists find 11 times more aftershocks for 2004 quake

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas ...


Upending textbook science on Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta. That's why eliminating the protein has been the focus of almost all drug research pursuing a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative ...


Factors from common human bacteria may trigger multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 2 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Current research suggests that a common oral bacterium may exacerbate autoimmune disease. The related report by Nichols et al, "Unique Lipids from a Common Human Bacterium Represent a New Class of TLR2 Ligands Capable of ...


A year after discovery, Congo's 'mother lode' of gorillas remains vulnerable

A year after discovery, Congo's 'mother lode' of gorillas remains vulnerable

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that western lowland gorillas living in a large swamp in the Republic of Congo—part of the "mother lode" of more than 125,000 gorillas discovered last ...



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