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No babies here! Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) shut down pregnancy rumors after her husband, Justin Bieber, hinted that they might be expecting. Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin’s Relationship Timeline “Mom and dad,” the “Yummy” singer, 27, captioned a black-and-white photo via Instagram of the couple on Monday, July 19, sparking some fans to think they were going to be parents. […]
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Stepping away. Domino Kirke has decided to step away from Carriage House Birth, the doula company that she cofounded in 2010, following claims of racism. “As you all know, 3 days ago anti-racist educator and activist Shishi Rose called out Carriage House Birth and myself. This week has been about pausing so I can really get behind what I say […]
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Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, and currently there is no effective treatment. Memory deficits are a hallmark of this condition and a study published today in the journal Science reports that the defects in a conserved stress pathway dubbed the ‘integrated stress response,’ or ISR, could explain the cognitive deficits in a mouse model […]
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A new approach to treat advanced breast cancer shuts down the growth of cells that become resistant to standard hormone therapy, according to Duke Cancer Institute animal studies. The research, which is likely to be tested in clinical trials within the year, identified and targeted vulnerabilities that appear in nearly all estrogen-positive breast cancers that develop resistance to current treatments. […]
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A soccer team is made up of 11 players with each person having a specific role and place on the field. In the world of biology, each individual cell also has many moving parts and pieces, each with specific roles and places to be. If one of those pieces isn’t working correctly, it can affect the entire cell, much like […]
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Imagine that while eating a delicious meal at your favorite restaurant, your joy is cut short because of difficulty swallowing your food, followed by chest pain. If you go see a doctor about these symptoms, and there is no evidence of a cardiac cause of the chest pain, you could be diagnosed as having some sort of disorder of the […]
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While there has long been discussion whether exposure to anesthesia affects brain development, new Rush University Medical Center research published in the journal Cerebral Cortex describes how prenatal anesthesia in rats seems to disrupt the “precisely choreographed” and timed migration of neurons to the area of the developing brain where thinking, memory and language occur. The finding further fuels the […]
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Poor diet and lack of exercise are associated with cancer development, but the underlying biology is not well understood. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) could offer a biological link to help us understand how certain lifestyle behaviors increase cancer risk or lessen the likelihood that an anti-cancer therapy will be effective. AGE accumulation is the natural and unavoidable result of […]
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Clinical trials for preventing Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome may soon be possible thanks to new research from King’s College London. The researchers found changes in memory and attention are the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s in Down syndrome, and these changes start in the early 40s. People with Down syndrome have an extremely high risk of developing Alzheimer’s […]
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(HealthDay)—Pediatric exposures to liquid nicotine decreased from 2015 to 2016, but exposure still poses serious risks to children, according to a study published online April 23 in Pediatrics. Preethi Govindarajan, from the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and colleagues examined exposures to liquid nicotine among children aged
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