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Common Degenerative Eye Disease May Be Triggered By Tiny Mineral Deposits
A new research article that appeared in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the scientists at...
Know your enemy: Combating whooping cough requires informed vaccine booster schedules
In order to win any battle, it is important that you know your enemy. When it comes to fighting off diseases like the dreaded...
Can Alzheimer Disease Be Cured?
Alzheimer disease is a mysterious phenomenon that scares a lot of people because of their ignorance. However, knowing crucial facts protects you and gives...
Clearing the Air: Can Carrots Really Cause Lung Cancer?
If you were to randomly ask people on the street if carrots are good for you, you will most likely get a resounding yes....
Your pain reliever may also be diminishing your joy
Acetaminophen is the main ingredient of some of the commonly used pain relievers used in the United States. A new study regarding it has...
How Immune Cells Facilitate the Spread of Breast Cancer
The human body has its own system in place to fight off diseases and infections. Yes, we are talking about our body’s immune system...
Team finds ‘exploding head syndrome’ more common in young people than thought
‘Exploding Head Syndrome’ is a physiological ailment which is characterized by abrupt loud noises, sensation of an explosion in the head. It was previously...
How deep-brain stimulation reshapes neural circuits in Parkinson’s disease
Dramatic and positive rapid effects are seen with deep-brain stimulation (DBS therapy) in treatment of movement disorders. However, it is surprising to note that...
Unprecedented Germ Diversity Found In Remote Amazonian Tribe
Is our Western lifestyle and diet stripping us of some of the beneficial bacteria that we would want back? Somewhere in a remote part...
Chemical tag marks future microRNAs for processing, study shows
A DNA helix is formed when two DNA strands naturally arrange themselves into a helix. However, RNA doesn’t form a helix; they form hairpin-like...
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