IMAGE: Schematic of the mid-sagittal plane of the mouse skul and brain. The pathway of cerebrospinal fuid flow is shown by blue arrows, flowing around the brain and spinal cord…. view more A consensus is building that air pollution can cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, but how fine, sooty particles cause…
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City College of New York-led researchers have published a breakthrough in understanding previously unknown inner workings related to the lateralization of speech processing in the brain. Their study, headed by biologist Hysell V. Oviedo of CCNY’s Division of Science and published in the journal “Nature Communications,” could shine a light on miswiring of brain circuits…
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A 2-year-old boy died from complications of E. coli and three other children were sickened in cases that officials said were linked to contact with animals at the San Diego County Fair in June. Four children, ages 2 to 13, visited the fair from June 8 to 15 and exhibited symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing E.…
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For postmenopausal women, being “pear-shaped” may be healthier than being “apple-shaped.” Even in women with normal body mass index, the location of fat varies. Apple-shaped women have more fat around the waist, pear-shaped more around the hips and legs. Writing in the European Heart Journal, researchers studied 2,683 postmenopausal women with normal B.M.I.s, following them…
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Image The designer Ralph Rucci, left, and his team working in the studio of his pattern maker, Nicolas Caito, in New York.CreditJackie Molloy for The New York Times In 2014 Ralph Rucci — the first American to show on the Paris couture schedule under his own name since Mainbocher in the 1930s, recipient of a…
DetailsOne global study that investigated the role of iron in a variety of health conditions has found that excess iron may lead to a higher risk of bacterial skin infections. Excessive iron levels may be linked to skin infections such as abscesses. Iron is an essential mineral. All human cells contain some iron, but around…
DetailsResearchers have designed a brain aging model to investigate the factors that contribute to cognitive decline, borrowing principles from precision medicine. How can we tackle cognitive decline? Cognitive decline affects a person’s ability to focus, remember, and make decisions. Its severity can range from mild to severe, and it may lead to dementia, in the…
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GORI, Georgia — Here are just a few of the fun facts that visitors learn during a guided tour of the Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the former Soviet leader was born. Joseph Stalin was a good singer. He wrote poems. During his reign, 9,000 state enterprises were started. One of…
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Katherine Marie Dopulos and Nicholas Michael McCormick were married June 29 in Syracuse. The Rev. Dr. Brian E. Konkol, a Lutheran minister and the dean of Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel, performed the ceremony there. Mrs. McCormick, 28, is a lead analyst in the Syracuse office of Bank of New York Mellon. She graduated from Haverford…
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Margaret Elizabeth Thornton and Nathan Bart Reeder were married June 29 at Nesselrod Bed and Breakfast in Radford, Va. The Rev. Rachel Wenner Gardner, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony. The bride, 32, is studying for a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy at the University of Virginia, from which she graduated and also received…
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