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Researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC) of the University of Granada (UGR) have designed a test to detect dysphagia, a disorder that prevents people from swallowing when eating. It affects 8 percent of the world’s population. Dysphagia is prevalent among older people in particular (30 percent to 40 percent of the elderly people admitted to hospitals […]
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania will lead an international team in a new project to study relationships between brain injuries and various types of neurodegeneration that lead to dementia symptoms. The work will be supported by a five-year, $9.7 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute on Aging, Penn announced Thursday. […]
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Women who are unable to produce enough breast milk for their children are increasingly turning to “mother-to-mother” informal milk-sharing, a potentially unsafe practice that is discouraged by the pediatric medical community, according to new research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2019 National Conference & Exhibition. The research abstract, “Where to get Donor Breast Milk? Self-Reported Parental […]
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Parents night out! Shay Mitchell and her boyfriend Matte Babel got in some much needed couple time at Drake‘s 33rd birthday bash on Wednesday night — just days after welcoming their new baby daughter. Mitchell, 32, shared videos from the party on her Instagram Stories, which show her and Babel dancing to Young Thug‘s “The London” featuring J.Cole and Travis […]
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Researchers have discovered in mice how one of the few genes definitively linked to schizophrenia, called SETD1A, likely confers risk for the illness. Mice genetically engineered to lack a functioning version of the enzyme-coding gene showed abnormalities in working memory, mimicking those commonly seen in schizophrenia patients. Restoring the gene’s function corrected the working memory deficit. Counteracting the gene’s deficiencies […]
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Miguel Cervantes‘ wife got a very special tattoo on what would have been their daughter Adelaide‘s fourth birthday. “Last week, on Miss Adelaide’s birthday, my mom and I did a thing,” Kelly Cervantes wrote Thursday on Instagram alongside a slideshow of images from their trip to get matching ladybug tattoos — a nod to Adelaide, who was nicknamed Adelaidey Bug. […]
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Nearly half of all nursing homes do not have adequately trained infection prevention staff and their efforts to combat the over prescription of antibiotics are suffering as a result, according to a new study in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. Elderly nursing home residents are more […]
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A new study by researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston uncovered new information on why the Ebola virus can exert such catastrophic effects on the infected person. They’ve described for the first time how the virus disables T cells, an important line of immune defense, thus rendering the infected person less able to combat the infection. […]
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The consumer protection organization Foodwatch has found in several milk powder products for infants potentially carcinogenic mineral oils. Three out of four in Germany products purchased contaminants were substances with aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) was detected, said food watch. There is no acute health is in danger. Foodwatch is calling for a zero tolerance in terms of the content of aromatic […]
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Desperate times call for desperate measures! Hilary Duff shared her words of wisdom for cleaning messy babies after a meal on Wednesday, October 23. “Exhausted mom tip: when your child eats like a pig, you bathe them in the pool,” the Younger star, 32, said on her Instagram Story while wearing a leopard-print bathing suit and carrying her and Matthew […]
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