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Dopamine Plays a Role in Allowing Organisms to Avoid Negative Events

Dopamine Plays a Role in Allowing Organisms to Avoid Negative Events

Highlights: The neurotransmitter dopamine plays a vital role in causing behavior related to the avoidance of specific threats. Lower amount of ...

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Liver Function Abnormalities Higher in Young Adults

Liver Function Abnormalities Higher in Young Adults

Non-adherence to a balanced diet and a sedentary lifestyle among young adults below 40 can increase their risk of liver function abnormalities, ...

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Awareness Month – Spread the Word

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Awareness Month – Spread the Word

Highlights : The Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month is observed every year in April in the United States ...

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Predicting Future Drug Addiction Based on Brain Activity Patterns

Predicting Future Drug Addiction Based on Brain Activity Patterns

Measuring the brain activity in regions of the brain associated with decision-making among people who use recreational stimulants can predict who ...

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Cannabis Has No Effect on Cognitive Function After 72 Hours

Cannabis Has No Effect on Cognitive Function After 72 Hours

Using cannabis can cause a reduction in cognitive function. However, a new study reveals that adolescents and young adults who frequently use ...

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Medical Marijuana Users at Higher Risk of Prescription Drug Use and Abuse

Medical Marijuana Users at Higher Risk of Prescription Drug Use and Abuse

Many believe medical marijuana can help fight the opioid epidemic, but a new study proves otherwise. In fact people using medical marijuana were ...

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Inherited Autism Risk Increases With Mutations in Non-coding DNA

Inherited Autism Risk Increases With Mutations in Non-coding DNA

Rare inherited variants in regions of non-coding DNA contribute to inherited cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a new study by an ...

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Gene Therapy Safe and Effective for Beta Thalassemia

Gene Therapy Safe and Effective for Beta Thalassemia

Gene therapy for patients with a severe form of the blood disorder beta-thalassemia can be safe and effective, according to a study led by Philippe ...

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Using Genetic Clues to Pick the Right Chemotherapeutic

Using Genetic Clues to Pick the Right Chemotherapeutic

Using techniques drawn from computational biology, a new study makes it easier for physicians to use the genetic profile of a patient's tumor to pick ...

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New Technology Could Facilitate Personalised Treatment for Obesity

New Technology Could Facilitate Personalised Treatment for Obesity

Brain neurons of obese patients were re-created using "disease in a dish" technology, offering a new method to study the brain's role in obesity and ...

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Potential to Beat Obesity at the Cellular Level

Potential to Beat Obesity at the Cellular Level

A new study has uncovered the potential to beat obesity at the cellular level. The international team have characterized for the first time a ...

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Liver Function Abnormalities Higher in Young Adults

Liver Function Abnormalities Higher in Young Adults

Non-adherence to a balanced diet and a sedentary lifestyle among young adults below 40 can increase their risk of liver function abnormalities, ...

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Global Intake of Dietary Calcium in Adults

Global Intake of Dietary Calcium in Adults

Many populations are not getting enough calcium in their diets, shows a new interactive Global Map of Dietary Calcium Intake in Adults, launched by ...

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Brain Processes Sight and Sound in Same Manner: New Study

Brain Processes Sight and Sound in Same Manner: New Study

The human brain was found to process both sight and sound in the same manner, reveals a new study done by neuroscientists at Georgetown University ...

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Treating Psoriasis With a Compound from Immune Cells

Treating Psoriasis With a Compound from Immune Cells

Compound derived from immune cells treats was found to be capable of treating psoriasis in mice and may hold promise for treating other autoimmune ...

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Art Therapy Benefits Cancer Patients

Art Therapy Benefits Cancer Patients

Link between art and health has been explored. Bedside visual art intervention (BVAI) facilitated by art educators was found to improve mood and ...

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Melanoma Skin Cancers Linked With Reduced Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Melanoma Skin Cancers Linked With Reduced Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer’s disease risk decreased in patients with malignant melanoma, revealed study published in Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & ...

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Simple Blood Test Could Replace Painful Bone Biopsy

Simple Blood Test Could Replace Painful Bone Biopsy

The new chip-based blood test vastly improves testing performance and accuracy over previous chips for multiple myeloma, said researchers. The ...

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Sexual Health News

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Promising, New Male Contraceptive Compound Discovered

Promising, New Male Contraceptive Compound Discovered

EP055 compound identified by researchers binds to sperm proteins to significantly slow the overall mobility of the sperm without affecting hormones, ...

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Search Engines and Social Media Activities Can Help Trace Syphilis Trend

Search Engines and Social Media Activities Can Help Trace Syphilis Trend

Artificial intelligence has found an association between certain risk-related terms that Google and Twitter users researched or tweeted about and the ...

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Grindr - The Gay Dating App Reminds Users To Get Themselves HIV Tested

Grindr - The Gay Dating App Reminds Users To Get Themselves HIV Tested

World’s largest gay dating app, Grindr has added an update feature to remind users to get themselves tested for HIV. This app not only reminds them ...

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How Antiepileptic Drug Valproic Acid Causes Problems During Pregnancy?

How Antiepileptic Drug Valproic Acid Causes Problems During Pregnancy?

When human placentas are exposed to valproic acid, an anti-epileptic drug, they express lower levels of transporters for compounds essential for ...

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World Immunisation Week: Nations Must Ensure Vaccines Reach 90% Population

World Immunisation Week: Nations Must Ensure Vaccines Reach 90% Population

All member countries must ensure covering 90 per cent of the population each time and listed ways to achieve the target, said the World Health ...

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Arthritis: Which Pain Medication is Safest?

Arthritis: Which Pain Medication is Safest?

Patients with arthritis taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in combination with esomeprazole (stomach acid-reducing medicine) had ...

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Heart Disease News

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Eyes of Adolescents Could Signal Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Eyes of Adolescents Could Signal Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Structural changes in the retina of adolescents could signal cardiovascular disease risk, say researchers. The findings showed adolescents -- ...

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Watch Out for That Second Heart Attack

Watch Out for That Second Heart Attack

Patients who have suffered a heart attack before could be at increased of developing a second one, if they are divorced or have low socioeconomic ...

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Three Cups of Coffee or Tea a Day May Reduce Risk of Stroke

Three Cups of Coffee or Tea a Day May Reduce Risk of Stroke

Does drinking coffee or tea perk you up in the morning, but advised to avoid caffeinated beverages because of a possible heart conditions? You can ...

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