(HealthDay)—Helping your brain stay sharp with age may be as simple as changing up the food on your plate at dinnertime, a new study suggests. The study focused on the healthy “Mediterranean” diet, a regimen reliant on olive oil, beans, nuts, fruits, vegetables and whole grains, with chicken and fish largely replacing red meat. Dairy products and eggs are only […]
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Researchers are puzzled over the unusually high viral load of a newborn baby that was sick with COVID-19 in Washington, D.C., last year. The newborn, who has since recovered, was treated in September at Children's National Hospital, where doctors confirmed that the baby was infected with a variant of the deadly virus, according to the Washington Post. The infant was reportedly […]
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Another randomized trial, on the heels of the recently published SAMSON, has concluded — many would say confirmed — that statin therapy is no more likely than placebo to “cause” muscle pain in most patients who report such symptoms while taking the drugs. Affected patients who sorely doubt that conclusion might possibly embrace statins, researchers say, if the new trial’s […]
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Scientists want to know more about how an inexpensive, low-risk treatment may improve recovery from the most deadly type of stroke. The treatment, remote ischemic conditioning, or RIC, involves successive bouts of compressing then relaxing an arm or leg with a blood pressure-like cuff, most typically for four cycles of five minutes of inflation followed by five minutes of deflation. […]
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The optimal timeframe for donating convalescent plasma for use in COVID-19 immunotherapy, which was given emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration in August 2020, is within 60 days of the onset of symptoms, according to a new Penn State-led study. The research also reveals that the ideal convalescent plasma donor is a recovered COVID-19 patient who is […]
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Three’s Company Davis and husband Julius Tennon welcomed their daughter, Genesis, into their family through adoption back in 2011. 1of 21 Party Hard Genesis is featured in one of Davis’ first Instagram posts from August 2015. In a pair of photos, Genesis helps her mom ring in her 50th birthday. “‘Mommy is a part of the 5-0 club and she’s fabulous!!’-Genesis,” […]
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University of Queensland researchers have confirmed a link between depression and stomach ulcers, in the world’s largest study of genetic factors in peptic ulcer disease. By studying health data from nearly half a million people, Professor Naomi Wray from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Queensland Brain Institute and Dr. Yeda Wu from the IMB have provided clues to how […]
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A meaningful moniker! Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith have known their newborn son’s name, August, for months. Elsa Hosk’s Daughter Tuulikki and More Celebrity Kids With Unique Names “It was last August when @taylordawesgoldsmith and I found out we were having a boy (it’s also Taylor’s birth month) and we always loved the name … so it was settled very […]
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The new HK Series Differential Refractometer from Testa Analytical Solutions e.K sets a benchmark for precise determination of specific refractive index increment (dn/dc) – an important parameter for polymer and protein molecular weight determination using light scattering techniques. The specific refractive index increment (dn/dc) is one of the most underestimated parameters in material science. The assumption that using the approximate […]
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