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Health chief says Trump working on prescription import plan
The Trump administration is working on a plan that would allow Americans to import lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says.
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Glowing cholesterol helps scientists fight heart disease
A newly developed technique that shows artery clogging fat-and-protein complexes in live fish gave investigators from Carnegie, Johns Hopkins University, and the Mayo Clinic a glimpse of how to study heart disease in action. Their research, which is currently being used to find new drugs to fight cardiovascular disease, is now published in Nature Communications.
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Scientists say 10 warmest UK years have all been since 2002
Britain's weather service says the country's 10 hottest years since the 19th century have all occurred since 2002, as climate change makes the U.K. warmer and wetter.
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First pictures of enzyme that drives new class of antibiotics
Understanding how antibiotic scaffolds are constructed in nature can help scientists prospect for new classes of antibiotics through DNA sequencing and genome mining. Researchers have used this knowledge to help solve the X-ray crystal structure of the enzyme that makes obafluorin—a broad spectrum antibiotic agent made by a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria. The new work from Washington University in St. Louis and the University at Buffalo is published July 31 in the journal Nature Communications.
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Blood pressure control less likely among those treated in low-income areas
People enrolled in a large clinical hypertension management trial were half as likely to control their blood pressure if they received care at clinics and primary care practices in low-income areas, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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EPA clears path for proposed copper and gold mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay
Federal officials said Tuesday they would not block a proposed copper and gold mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay despite objections by critics who contend it would imperil a fishery and harm wetlands and streams.
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Vaquita porpoise about to go extinct, researchers warn
The vaquita porpoise, one of the world's most endangered animals, could become extinct within a year if fishing nets continue being used illegally, a university in Scotland warned on Wednesday.
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Researchers raise the heat on molten metals to forge future technologies
Solid-state materials are important for developing new technologies, from renewable energy applications to electronics. Manufacturing these advanced materials often requires metal-flux synthesis, a complex process that relies heavily on costly trial-and-error.
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Biodiversity highest on Indigenous-managed lands
More than one million plant and animal species worldwide are facing extinction, according to a recent United Nations report. Now, a new UBC-led study suggests that Indigenous-managed lands may play a critical role in helping species survive.
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Overturning the truth on conservation tillage
Just as we blend, cut, and fold ingredients together to follow a recipe, farmers use equipment to stir together soil and crop residue (stalks and roots of previous crops) before planting. This mechanical action is called tillage.
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Many North American indigenous youth experience symptoms of depression during adolescence
Studies of youth and their experiences with depression have tended not to include Indigenous youth. A new study that analyzed data on the development of depressive symptoms among Indigenous youth in the United States and Canada found that many of the youth had experienced these symptoms during adolescence. The study also identified the risks associated with developing symptoms of depression and how depressive symptoms were associated with alcohol use disorder.
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PE fitness tests have little positive impact for students
A new study reveals that school fitness tests have little impact on student attitudes to PE—contrary to polarised views on their merits—and for many students, fitness testing during PE may be wasting valuable class time when used in isolation from the curriculum.
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Increased risk of cardiovascular disease for healthy 75-year-olds who stop taking statins
Statins are known to reduce the risk of further problems in patients of any age who have already suffered heart problems or stroke. However, until now it has not been clear how effective their use is in preventing such events occurring in healthy people aged 75 and over, with no previous history of cardiovascular disease.
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Rare photo captures sea lion falling into mouth of whale
In a stunning photo, a wildlife photographer has captured a sea lion falling into the mouth of a humpback whale in what he calls a "once-in-a-lifetime" moment.
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Glimmer of hope as Italy battles 'olive tree leprosy'
Working in an arid Italian field of crumbly soil, agronomists are battling a rampant bacterium that has already infected millions of olive trees and could threaten the entire Mediterranean basin.
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DR Congo makes new push to fight year-old Ebola epidemic
An Ebola epidemic raging in eastern DR Congo marks its first year on Thursday in a mood of fear mingled with hope that fresh money and a change of leadership will turn the tide.
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An ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea route? Adventurers to test theory
Were the ancient Egyptians able to use reed boats to travel as far as the Black Sea thousands of years ago?
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'80s tape, toy dino: Chinatown archaeological dig cut short
An archaeological dig in Boston's historic Chinatown has been cut short after it turned up a 1980s music cassette, a toy dinosaur and other bric-a-brac.
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'Love hormone' has stomach-turning effect in starfish
A hormone that is released in our brain when we fall in love also makes starfish turn their stomach inside out to feed, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.
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Early onset of menstruation associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes is a global health concern expected to affect 693 million people worldwide by 2045. It's been well documented how diet and exercise influence risk of type 2 diabetes; however, a new study suggests that early menarche also is associated with a higher risk, but body mass index (BMI) may mediate this association. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
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Warmer winters could lead to longer blue crab season in Chesapeake Bay
Scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are predicting that warmer winters in the Chesapeake Bay will likely lead to longer and more productive seasons for Maryland's favorite summer crustacean, the blue crab.
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Children born to older parents tend to have fewer behavior problems
Since 1995, parents in many Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries and in the United States have been having their first babies at a later age. Amid this trend in delayed childbearing, a new Dutch study considered the behavior problems of children born to older parents. Specifically, researchers looked at externalizing behaviors (e.g., aggression) and internalizing behaviors (e.g., anxiety, depression) of children born to older parents when the youth were 10 to 12 years old. They found that children of older parents tend to have fewer externalizing behavior problems than children of younger parents. The researchers also found that parents' age was unrelated to children's internalizing behaviors.
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Tuesday, 30 July 2019
A voracious Cambrian predator, Cambroraster, is a new species from the Burgess Shale
Palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large new predatory species in half-a-billion-year-old rocks from Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies. This new species has rake-like claws and a pineapple-slice-shaped mouth at the front of an enormous head, and it sheds light on the diversity of the earliest relatives of insects, crabs, spiders, and their kin. The findings were announced July 31, 2019, in a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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New material could make it easier to remove colon polyps
More than 15 million colonoscopies are performed in the United States every year, and in at least 20 percent of those, gastroenterologists end up removing precancerous growths from the colon. Eliminating these early-stage lesions, known as polyps, is the best way to prevent colon cancer from developing.
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Link between music and speech rhythm in brain could provide language insight
Neuroscientist Dr. Domenica Bueti often plays an altered version of the classic aria La donna è mobile when she gives talks about the importance of time perception. Her friend's piano rendition of Giuseppe Verdi's composition uses the same notes but is played at different speeds. Rarely does anyone ever identify the tune.
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Less-invasive procedures to restore leg blood flow as good at avoiding amputation as open surgery
Less-invasive procedures to open severely-clogged leg arteries were as good at helping people survive and avoid amputation as more invasive open surgeries, according to a study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.
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Siberia forest fires spark potential 'disaster' for Arctic
Gigantic forest fires have regularly raged through the vast expanses of Russia's Siberia, but the magnitude of this year's blazes has reached an exceptional level with fears of a long-term impact on the environment.
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Indonesia returns containers of waste to France, Hong Kong
Indonesia has returned seven shipping containers of illegally imported waste to France and Hong Kong, an official said Tuesday, marking the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation to send back rubbish to their wealthy places of origin.
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European price war squeezes Lufthansa hard in Q2
European airline giant Lufthansa on Tuesday reported tumbling net profits in the first quarter, saying higher operating costs and a European short-haul price war ate into the bottom line.
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Uber cuts marketing staff to reduce costs
Uber on Monday confirmed it is cutting 400 jobs from its marketing team of more than 1,200 workers to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
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A third of Guam reefs killed by rising ocean temperatures
Researchers have found that a third of Guam's coral reefs died due to rising ocean temperatures.
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Bayer says now targeted in 18,400 glyphosate cases in US
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Tuesday it is now targeted in some 18,400 US legal cases over glyphosate, a key herbicide ingredient that plaintiffs say caused grave illnesses like cancer.
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Plastic junk spawns desert island disaster in Pacific
Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and scientists say little can be done to save it while a throwaway culture persists.
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Capital One target of massive data breach
A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications, the bank said Monday as federal authorities arrested a suspect in the case .
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Candida auris is a new drug-resistant fungus emerging globally
Early identification of Candida auris, a potentially deadly fungus that causes bloodstream and intra-abdominal infections, is the key to controlling its spread. Its emergence has highlighted gaps in fungal identification capacity in the U.S. and around the world, and physicians should be on alert for risk factors. A commentary is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Monday, 29 July 2019
Globally, more than 11 million years of healthy life lost due to childhood cancer in 2017
While the number of new cancer cases in children and adolescents (aged 0-19 years) is relatively low at around 416,500 globally in 2017, treatment-related ill-health and disability and fatal cancer are estimated to cause around 11.5 million years of healthy life lost globally every year, according to the first Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) to assess childhood and adolescent cancer burden in 195 countries in 2017, published in The Lancet Oncology journal.
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Study shows power of refocusing student stress in middle school transition
A new study by education researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that proactively addressing students' anxieties with clear and cost-effective messaging early in the school year can lead to a lasting record of higher grades, better attendance, and fewer behavioral problems for sixth graders embarking on their stressful first year of middle school.
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'Tickle' therapy could help slow ageing
'Tickling' the ear with a small electrical current appears to rebalance the autonomic nervous system for over-55s, potentially slowing down one of the effects of ageing, according to new research.
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To get customers to buy more in the future, help them buy a gift
Researchers from the University of Paderborn and University of Rostock, both in Germany, published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines how the purchase of a gift may promote future brand loyalty with the gifted brand.
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Birthweight, height together provide insight into future heart health
It's the proportionately of a newborn—a measure that includes both birthweight and length—that may best tell doctors whether a child is born with an increased risk for heart problems later in life, investigators report.
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source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/birthweight-height-together-provide-insight-into-future-heart-health
NASA tracks wildfires from above to aid firefighters below
Every evening from late spring to early fall, two planes lift off from airports in the western United States and fly through the sunset, each headed for an active wildfire, and then another, and another. From 10,000 feet above ground, the pilots can spot the glow of a fire, and occasionally the smoke enters the cabin, burning the eyes and throat.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/nasa-tracks-wildfires-from-above-to-aid-firefighters-below
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/nasa-tracks-wildfires-from-above-to-aid-firefighters-below
Individuals with obesity get more satisfaction from their food
The propensity to overeat may, in part, be a function of the satisfaction derived from eating. A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, published by Elsevier, found no significant difference in taste perceptions between participants of normal weight and those who were overweight. However, participants with obesity had initial taste perceptions that were greater than participants who were not obese, which declined at a more gradual rate than participants who were not obese. This quantification of satisfaction from food may help explain why some people eat more than others.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/individuals-with-obesity-get-more-satisfaction-from-their-food
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/individuals-with-obesity-get-more-satisfaction-from-their-food
Support needed for foster carers of LGBTQ young people
More support is needed for fosters carers looking after LGBTQ young people, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/support-needed-for-foster-carers-of-lgbtq-young-people
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/support-needed-for-foster-carers-of-lgbtq-young-people
Cardiac device complications vary widely among hospitals
The chances of patients experiencing complications after having a cardiac device implanted vary according to where they have the procedure.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/cardiac-device-complications-vary-widely-among-hospitals
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/cardiac-device-complications-vary-widely-among-hospitals
'Digital twins'—An aid to tailor medication to individual patients
Advanced computer models of diseases can be used to improve diagnosis and treatment. The goal is to develop the models to "digital twins" of individual patients. Those twins may help to computationally identify and try the best medication, before actually treating a patient. The models are the result of an international study, published in the open access journal Genome Medicine.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/digital-twins-an-aid-to-tailor-medication-to-individual-patients
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/digital-twins-an-aid-to-tailor-medication-to-individual-patients
Scientists reproduce the dynamics behind astrophysical shocks
High-energy shock waves driven by solar flares and coronal mass ejections of plasma from the sun erupt throughout the solar system, unleashing magnetic space storms that can damage satellites, disrupt cell phone service and blackout power grids on Earth. Also driving high-energy waves is the solar wind—plasma that constantly flows from the sun and buffets the Earth's protective magnetic field.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/scientists-reproduce-the-dynamics-behind-astrophysical-shocks
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/scientists-reproduce-the-dynamics-behind-astrophysical-shocks
After years of decline, some European seagrass meadows show signs of recovery
European research has found that a third of European seagrass was lost to disease, declining water quality and coastal development, chiefly during the 1970s and 1980s. However, since the late 20th century that decline has been gradually slowing and in some places seagrass meadows are recovering as a result of EU measures to improve water quality. The findings, made by European scientists including Marieke van Katwijk at Radboud University, have been published in Nature Communications.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/after-years-of-decline-some-european-seagrass-meadows-show-signs-of-recovery
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/after-years-of-decline-some-european-seagrass-meadows-show-signs-of-recovery
Scientists look to synthetic biology and 3-D printing for life support in space
As NASA gears up to send humans back to the moon or even to Mars, they'll need to figure out how to keep these humans healthy and safe, far away from the resource-abundant Earth.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/scientists-look-to-synthetic-biology-and-3-d-printing-for-life-support-in-space
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/scientists-look-to-synthetic-biology-and-3-d-printing-for-life-support-in-space
Single-electrode material streamlines functions into a tiny chip
The ability to combine many functions into a single microchip is a significant advance in the quest to perfect the tiny, self-powered sensors that will expand the Internet of things. KAUST researchers have managed to combine sensing, energy-harvesting, current-rectifying and energy-storage functions into a single microchip.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/single-electrode-material-streamlines-functions-into-a-tiny-chip
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/single-electrode-material-streamlines-functions-into-a-tiny-chip
Adjusting pH levels in drinking water may be key to combating the obesity crisis
Obesity and health problems caused by high sugar content in drinks can be tackled by increasing the pH level and reducing the quantity of total dissolved solids (TDS) in water, according to research from the University of Sheffield, Innovate UK, De Montfort University and WET Global Ltd.
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/adjusting-ph-levels-in-drinking-water-may-be-key-to-combating-the-obesity-crisis
source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/adjusting-ph-levels-in-drinking-water-may-be-key-to-combating-the-obesity-crisis
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