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- Random Walks on DNA: Bacterial Enzyme Has Evolved an Energy-Efficient Method to Move Long Distances Along DNA
- Ocean Acidification as a Hearing Aid for Fish?
- Superstorm Sandy Shook the U.S., Literally
- Weeding out Ineffective Biocontrol Agents
- Freedom of Assembly: Scientists See Nanoparticles Form Larger Structures in Real Time
- Research Harnesses Solar-Powered Proteins to Filter Harmful Antibiotics from Water
- Technique Unlocks Design Principles of Quantum Biology
- Mine Disaster: Hundreds of Aftershocks
- Risk Factor for Depression Can Be 'Contagious'
- Child's Counting Comprehension May Depend on Objects Counted, Study Shows
- Learning Disabilities Affect Up to 10 Percent of Children
- Neural Activity in Bats Measured in-Flight
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Scientific Basis for Cognitive Complaints of Breast Cancer Patients
April 19, 2013 — Researchers have shown a statistically significant association between neuropsychological (NP) test performance and memory complaints in post-treatment, early stage breast cancer patients. ... > full story
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Alternative Medicine
Diseases and Conditions
Caregiving
Pain Control
Today's Healthcare
Multiple Sclerosis Research
Alternative Medicine Use by MS Patients Now Mapped
April 19, 2013 — A major Nordic research project has, for the first time ever, mapped the use of alternative treatment among multiple sclerosis patients -- knowledge which is important for patients with chronic ... > full story
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Early Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Reduces Risk of Psychosis
April 19, 2013 — Young people seeking help who are at high risk of developing psychosis could significantly reduce their chances of going on to develop a full-blown psychotic illness by getting early access to ... > full story
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Risk of Dementia Declined Over Past 20 Years
April 19, 2013 — The risk of developing dementia may have declined over the past 20 years, in direct contrast to what many previously assumed. The decrease in dementia risk coincides with the general reduction in ... > full story
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Infant's Health
Asthma
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Child Development
Infectious Diseases
Child Psychology
New Understanding of Asthma Development: Transmission of Respiratory Viruses in Utero
April 18, 2013 — The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, respiratory syncytial virus, can be transferred during pregnancy to an unborn baby, according to new ... > full story
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Rats' and Bats' Brains Work Differently on the Move
April 18, 2013 — A new study of brain rhythms in bats and rats challenges a widely-used model -- based on rodent studies -- of how animals navigate their environment. To get a clearer picture of processes in the ... > full story
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First Steps of Synapse Building Is Captured in Live Zebra Fish Embryos
April 18, 2013 — Using spinning disk microscopy on barely day-old zebra fish embryos, scientists have gained a new window on how synapse-building components move to worksites in the central nervous ... > full story
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Bursts of Brain Activity May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
April 18, 2013 — Scientists have found that bursts of electrical pulses applied to the brain can manipulate the balance of two proteins crucial to the development of Alzheimer's disease. It represents a major advance ... > full story
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Big Boost in Drug Discovery: New Use for Stem Cells Identifies a Promising Way to Target ALS
April 18, 2013 — Using a new stem-cell based drug screening technology with the potential to reinvent and greatly reduce the cost of the way new pharmaceuticals are developed, researchers have found a compound more ... > full story
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Learned Helplessness in Flies and the Roots of Depression
April 18, 2013 — When faced with impossible circumstances beyond their control, animals, including humans, often hunker down as they develop sleep or eating disorders, ulcers, and other physical manifestations of ... > full story