Health
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Danger avoidance can be genetically encoded for four generations, biologists say | Princeton University
Princeton University researchers Rebecca Moore, Rachel Kaletsky and Coleen Murphy have discovered that learned behaviors can be inherited for multiple generations in C. elegans, transmitted from pare ...
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How to breathe for better health, studying and test taking | Ileana Varela
Dr. Nathaly Shoua-Desmarais practices diaphragmatic breathing using biofeedback. Credit: Florida International University March 11, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- If you're reading this you're obviously bre ...
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Donald Trump's use of humiliation could have catastrophic consequences -- a psychologist explains why | Simon Mccarthy-Jones
Donald Trump. Credit: Gage Skidmore, Flicker (CC BY-SA 2.0)March 11, 2019 (Pbys.org) -- World War II opened the gates to hell. In 1948, the nations of the world tried to bolt them shut again. They di ...
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Three ways studying organic chemistry changes the brain | Abby Simmons,
The region of left hippocampus in red shows decreased mean diffusivity (MD) after learning. The following hippocampal subregions are shown: Cornu Ammonis (CA) in blue; dentate gyrus in green, and sub ...
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Scientists expose hidden risks of diarrhoeal disease | University of East Anglia
Cryptosporidium muris. Credit: public domain image March 4, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- A rapidly evolving new subspecies of the cryptosporidium parasite -- a leading cause of diarrhoeal disease in child ...
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New 'interspecies communication' strategy between gut bacteria and mammalian hosts uncovered | Case Western University
Feb. 21, 2019 (Case Western University) -- Bacteria in the gut do far more than help digest food in the stomachs of their hosts, they can also tell the genes in their mammalian hosts what to do. A st ...
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Single CRISPR treatment provides long-term benefits in mice | Duke University
1These images highlight the stark contrast between mouse models of untreated Duchenne muscular dystrophy (left) and those treated with a CRISPR-based genetic therapy after one year (right). On the ri ...
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Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease | Houston Methodist
Scanning electron microscope image of Staphylococcus pyogenes bacteria (pink). Credit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Feb. 18, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- Houston Methodist inf ...
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How exercise may protect against Alzheimer's | Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Credit: CC0 Public DomainFeb. 9, 2019 (MeidcalXpress) -- Athletes know a vigorous workout can release a flood of endorphins: "feel-good" hormones that boost mood. Now there's evidence that exercise p ...
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Simple drug combination creates new neurons from neighboring cells | Jiu-Chao Yin, Gail Mccormick
A simple treatment using four small molecules converts human astrocytes - a common type of cells in the nervous system - into new neurons, which develop complex structures after four months, as pictu ...
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Universal Basic Income: A Thoroughly Wrongheaded Idea | Milton Ezrati
(Editor's note: I selected this story to provide some perspective to Ellen Brown's more recent story: "A Universal Basic Income Is Essential and Will Work." I don't claim to have any big answers, how ...
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