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Fluoride may diminish kidney and liver function in adolescents, study suggests

August 8, 2019 Adolescents, and, diminish, Fluoride, Function, in, kidney, liver, may, study, suggests

August 8, 2019)—Fluoride exposure may lead to a reduction in kidney and liver function among adolescents, according to a study

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Optimistic people sleep better, longer, study finds

August 7, 2019 Better, finds, longer, Optimistic, people, sleep, study

People who are the most optimistic tend to be better sleepers, a study of young and middle-aged adults found. More

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Erectile dysfunction associated with lower work productivity in men

August 7, 2019 associated, dysfunction, Erectile, in, Lower, Men, productivity, with, Work

Erectile dysfunction (ED) was linked with loss of work productivity and with lower health-related quality of life in an International

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A simple method to improve heart-attack repair using stem cell-derived heart muscle cells

August 6, 2019 A, cell-derived, cells, heart, Heart attack, improve, method, muscle, repair, simple, stem, to, Using

The heart cannot regenerate muscle tissue after a heart attack has killed part of the muscle wall. That dead tissue

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Team first to grow genetically engineered mini livers to study disease and therapeutics

August 6, 2019 and, disease, engineered, First, genetically, grow, livers, Mini, study, Team, therapeutics, to

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are the first to grow genetically modified miniature human livers in

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Philippines declares dengue outbreak a national epidemic

August 6, 2019 A, declares, Dengue, epidemic, national, outbreak:, Philippines

The Philippines’ Department of Health on Tuesday declared the country’s outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic. The agency

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How deep space travel could affect the brain

August 5, 2019 affect, brain, Could, deep, How, Space:, the, travel

Exposure to chronic, low dose radiation—the conditions present in deep space—causes neural and behavioral impairments in mice, researchers report in

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Knowing where the center of a space is helps inform spatial awareness

August 2, 2019 A, awareness, center, helps, inform, is, Knowing, of, Space:, spatial, the, where

As you enter a new environment such as visiting a classroom for the first time, your brain takes in information

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New computational method could advance precision medicine

August 1, 2019 advance, computational, Could, medicine, method, New, precision

Scientists have devised a new computational method that reveals genetic patterns in the massive jumble of individual cells in the

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Oral semaglutide reduces HbA1c, weight in patients with T2DM

July 31, 2019 HbA1c, in, Oral, patients, reduces, semaglutide, T2DM, weight, with

(HealthDay)—Compared with placebo, oral semaglutide monotherapy is associated with superior and clinically relevant improvements in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and weight

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