Airport scanners OK for people with implanted heart devices: study
(HealthDay)—It appears to be safe for people with implantable heart devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators to go through body
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Research paves the way for further understanding of traumatic brain injury
Understanding how the brain reacts to acceleration is essential to designing more effective protective equipment and strategies for preventing traumatic
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Damaged lungs regenerated in study
A new technique to rehabilitate lungs that are too damaged to be considered for transplant could benefit an increasing population
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Congo ebola outbreak death toll surpasses 1,000
(HealthDay)—The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo now stands at 1,008, the country’s health minister reported. The
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Soy protein lowers cholesterol, study suggests
Soy protein has the ability to lower cholesterol by a small but significant amount, suggests a new study led by
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Researchers identify brain region activated by Pokemon characters
If your childhood involved countless hours spent capturing, training and battling Pokémon, there may be a wrinkle in your brain
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Mental well-being predicts leisure time physical activity in midlife
Men and women with high mental well-being at the age of 42 were more physically active at the age of
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New cancer therapy target found in mitochondria for potential treatment of blood cancers
A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified a new therapeutic target in cancer cells and
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These trippy images were designed by AI to super-stimulate monkey neurons
To find out which sights specific neurons in monkeys “like” best, researchers designed an algorithm, called XDREAM, that generated images
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Researchers examine how our brain generates consciousness—and loses it
Medically-induced loss of consciousness (mLOC) during anesthesia is associated with a break-down of brain connectivity at the anatomical macro scale—across
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