Researchers have found higher blood pressure and pesticide exposures in children associated with a heightened pesticide spraying period around the…
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Medical News Today: What can cause a sore eyelid?
Causes of sore eyelids can include styes, chalazia, injuries, infections, and problems with contact lenses. Although sore eyelids often get…
Big energy savings for tiny machines
Physicists demonstrate for the first time a strategy for manipulating the trillions of tiny molecular nanomachines inside us that work…
Surgery patients: Getting older every year
A new analysis reveals that people undergoing surgery in England are getting older at a faster rate than the general…
Scientists discover novel genes responsible for regulating muscle cells
Scientists have uncovered a unique set of genes that play a role in muscle cellular gene expression and differentiation which…
Medical News Today: Knee pain from squatting: What to do
Squatting properly does not usually cause knee pain. However, if a person squats incorrectly or has a knee injury or…
Defects in heart valve cilia during fetal development cause mitral valve prolapse
Genetic mutations in heart valve cells of the developing fetus lead to mitral valve prolapse, report a global collaborative of…
Infants later diagnosed with autism seldom initiate joint attention
A new study shows that infants who are later diagnosed with autism react adequately when others initiate joint attention, but…
Reductions in PM over decade has improved health; ozone pollution remains little changed
Fewer deaths and serious illnesses have occurred in the US over the past decade as a result of cleaner air,…
Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature
Women’s performance on math and verbal tests is best at higher temperatures, while men perform best on the same tests…