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If you’re an ’80s babe, you’ve probably watched Saved by the Bell. The sitcom — which followed the fictional lives of Zack Morris, Kelly Kapowski, Samuel "Screech" Powers, Albert Clifford "A.C." Slater, Jessica "Jessie" Myrtle Spano, and Lisa Marie Turtle — was a staple in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and today, it remains a series most of us remember […]
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Chances are, you’ve read about or know someone who’s on the keto diet, or perhaps you’ve experimented with it yourself. Short for “ketogenic,” the keto diet is an extremely low-carbohydrate eating plan that sends the body into ketosis—a state of burning fat for energy, rather than sugars. People on a ketogenic diet consume 50 grams or fewer of carbohydrates per day and […]
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Independence in mobility is the single most important factor affecting quality of life in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), reports a study in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. Based on validated clinical questionnaires, the study by Julien Goulet, MD, and colleagues of Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de […]
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New research has shown that a lack of protein in a father’s diet affects sperm quality which can have a direct impact on the long-term health of their offspring. The study—’Paternal diet programs offspring health through sperm- and seminal plasma-specific pathways in mice’—carried out at the University of Nottingham fed male mice a poor quality diet which resulted in their […]
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Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) have found evidence that may disrupt conventional understanding about how electrical activity travels in the heart—a discovery that potentially can lead to new insight into medical problems such as heart arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. The research study, now online but scheduled to appear as a final version on Tuesday, Sept. […]
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Whether you like it or not, school is back in session, at least for most. I mean, if you’ve spent any time on the internet this month, you’ve surely noticed pictures of children holding chalkboard signs, lunch bags and backpacks are everywhere, and this includes celebrity Instagram feeds. Stars: They’re (obsessed with their kids) just like us. Here are a few […]
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Pin Back-to-school means starting fresh — for kids and parents alike. A new teacher, new classmates, a new grade, a new and revitalized attitude toward school… and often all-new school supplies and clothes to boot. But how are companies marketing to that back-to-school desire to start over — and at what (and how wasteful a) cost? There’s a reason one […]
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Patients with focal epilepsy that does not respond to medications badly need alternative treatments. In a first-in-humans pilot study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have identified a sentinel area of the brain that may give an early warning before clinical seizure manifestations appear. They have also validated an algorithm that can automatically detect that early warning. These […]
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For Busy Philipps’ family, dinnertime is all about fun and games. The actor and soon-to-be host of E!’s Busy Tonight recently told Us Weekly that she encourages her two daughters, Birdie and Cricket, to eat their vegetables by raising the stakes. "I use sibling rivalry," she told the magazine. "I’m like, ‘I feel like Cricket’s going to finish her broccoli […]
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Changing people’s behaviour is key to tackling the world’s health, social and environmental problems, such as obesity, sustainable living and cybersecurity. To change behaviour, though, we need to know what works, for whom, where and how. But research is generated far faster than humans can access and use it. A search on Google Scholar for “behaviour change” produced over 60,000 […]
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