CRICCIETH, Wales — Everyone here seems to know Jan Morris, even the waitress at the local fish restaurant. “Have you met Jan before?” she asks as Morris materializes from what, due to a trick of the light, looks to be the ocean itself, clouds of white hair wafting and fluffing around her face. Morris is…
DetailsIn a recent study in mice, scientists found a particular brain circuit that helps explain why it is so easy to overindulge in unhealthful foods. Researchers find a brain circuit in mice that plays a role in overindulging in high-calorie foods. There is a large bag of chips in our lap; we are not hungry,…
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In 1868, after more than two centuries of isolationism, the opening of the port of Kobe brought a wave of international influences to this sunny city on the main Japanese island of Honshu. These days visitors will find Western-style mansions built by foreign diplomats, music influenced by the United States, and dim sum in the…
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IMAGE: Sharing contaminated needles is the most common reason people contract hepatitis C. A recent study led by Steve Davis, a researcher in the WVU School of Public Health, suggests fear… view more Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.–Acute hepatitis C infections rose 98 percent between 2010 and 2015 nationwide, largely because more people were injecting drugs. Using…
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IMAGE: First-place winner Sophia Chen and science teacher Dr. Devin Parry (courtesy Lakeside School) view more Credit: Lakeside School, Seattle, Washington ROCKVILLE, Md. – As part of its celebration of National DNA Day, The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) announced today the winners of its 2019 DNA Day Essay Contest, which encourages high school students…
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IMAGE: Dr Geoffrey Kohe view more Credit: University of Kent A new book co-written by a University of Kent sports scientist recommends corporations and organisations engage more effectively with communities – rather than taking a ‘top down’ approach – to improve relationships and outcomes in the sport sector. Such outcomes include approaches to the financial resourcing…
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IMAGE: Hastings Center Report, March-April 2019. view more Credit: On the cover: Somebody Wants to Know, by Ludovic Laffineur, soft pastel on paper, 120 x 85 cm. Courtesy of the artist. www.ludoviclaffineur.be Federal Right to Try: Where Is It Going?Kelly Folkers, Carolyn Chapman, and Barbara Redman Many patients with terminal or serious illness who have exhausted…
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April 25, 2019 — Awareness and diagnoses of hypertension and diabetes in China has been limited, resulting in compromised treatment, and increased screening did not lead to significant improvements, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Findings are online in the journal BMC Public Health. Until now, there was…
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Scientists and patients from all over the world are gathering in Vancouver, Canada, on Friday and Saturday to discuss new discoveries and future direction in the treatment of Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN), a drug-induced disease that has a mortality of up to 50%. SJS/TEN 2019 is co-chaired by Elizabeth Phillips, MD, professor of Medicine…
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IMAGE: Staining shows collagen deposit, in blue, within a residual breast tumor following Her2 inhibition. view more Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — For many women who thought they had beaten breast cancer, the news that it has roared back years later comes as an especially cruel diagnosis with no clear answers for why or how…
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