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Medical News Today: How vitamin D helps fight treatment-resistant cancer
Two active forms of vitamin D can kill treatment-resistant cancer cells by blocking a way that the cells pump out…
Sustainable Discovery and Development of Antibiotics — Is a Nonprofit Approach the Future?
The introduction of penicillin transformed the practice of medicine and contributed to mortality from infections plummeting by about 80% in…
Inattentive children earn less money at 35
An international team finds that if kids can’t pay attention in kindergarten, they will grow up to have less lucrative…
Joint hypermobility related to anxiety, also in animals
Researchers report the first evidence in a non-human species, the domestic dog, of a relation between joint hypermobility and excitability:…
‘Goldilocks’ neurons promote REM sleep
It has been a mystery why REM sleep, or dream sleep, increases when the room temperature is ‘just right’. Neuroscientists…
Fatty fish without environmental pollutants protect against type 2 diabetes
If the fatty fish we eat were free of environmental pollutants, it would reduce our risk of developing type 2…
How bacteria protect themselves from plasma treatment
Considering the ever-growing percentage of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, interest in medical use of plasma is increasing.
Motherhood can deliver body image boost
New research indicates that perfectionism is related to breast size dissatisfaction, but only in non-mothers — suggesting that mothers are…
High postural sway doubles older women’s fracture risk
Postural sway is an independent risk factor for bone fractures in postmenopausal women, according to a new study. Women with…