Looking For The Best Toy Information? Here It Is
Do you dread purchasing toys, often simply buying the latest fad? The toy aisle is probably the worst place to make your choice. Researching the right toy – the smartest …
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Masculine traits linked to better parenting for some dads
In some men, having traditional masculine characteristics such as competitiveness and adventurousness was linked to being better fathers to infants, a new study found. But the men in this study—highly …
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Bless You: Hay fever and asthma affect more people, and earlier
The unpopular guests are already here. Hazel, alder and elm tree pollen sweep in over us during the early spring months, with birch pollen following in May. Then grass follows …
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Researchers examine how microbes in the gut process the plant-based, sulfur-containing sugar sulfoquinovose
An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Professor Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna and Professor David Schleheck from the University of Konstanz has uncovered new metabolic capabilities …
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New research on why ‘poo’ transplants effectively treat C. diff
Experts have uncovered a new molecular reason why fecal transplants are highly effective in treating infections such as C. difficile (a nasty bacteria that can infect the bowel), which could …
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Metabolic changes in fat tissue in obesity associated with adverse health effects
A twin study recently completed at the University of Helsinki indicates that the machinery responsible for energy handling in fat tissue is working poorly in obesity. In the study, a …
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Seaweed molecules found to aid wound healing
Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterial Science (ACES) and University of Wollongong (UOW), in partnership with their seaweed bioinks collaborators Venus Shell Systems, have discovered that a …
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Genes and immune cells predict immunotherapy success in bladder cancer
Sets of genes associated with resistance to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer of the bladder have been identified and validated by researchers at Mount Sinai. In a study …
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