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Medical Xpress / What happens to your brain in nature? The neuroscience explained

Have you ever felt calmer almost as soon as you step into the woods? Or maybe noticed your busy mind soften as you look out at the sea?

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Have a heart—caregivers need care, too

Living with a chronic medical condition after surviving a heart attack or stroke may come with additional health and personal care needs. Often survivors must rely on a family member or close friend to help. However, there's ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Shingles vaccine drastically cuts risk of serious cardiac events

People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get the vaccine, according to a study being presented at the American ...

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Phys.org / Researcher finds that telling the truth is correlated with better criminal justice outcomes

Research from a Bowling Green State University faculty member recently found that one of the best strategies in the context of the criminal justice system is an old-fashioned virtue: telling the truth. Thomas Mowen, Ph.D., ...

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Tech Xplore / Thermal cameras used in drones and robots can be tricked by heat sources, study finds

As thermal cameras become commonplace on autonomous drones and vehicles, a University of Florida engineering professor is working to make sure they can't be maliciously tricked into "seeing" things that aren't there.

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Medical Xpress / Research finds links among work, diet and chronic illnesses

Two related studies published recently by international teams—including researchers with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing—examined how diabetes, heart disease and other ...

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Medical Xpress / Can brevetoxins from algal blooms make me sick? A toxicologist explains

For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, walks were a sad parade of dead sea life.

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Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods linked with serious heart problems

People who consumed over nine servings of ultra-processed foods per day on average were 67% more likely to suffer a major cardiac event than people consuming about one serving of such foods per day, in a study being presented ...

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Medical Xpress / Routine blood pressure readings offer early insights on dementia risk

Measures of blood vessel health derived from routine blood pressure readings may help identify adults at increased risk for dementia, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific ...

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Medical Xpress / Study finds online Pilates program helps people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Research at Clarkson University is helping people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) move with less pain and more confidence. The study, published in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, looked at whether ...

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Medical Xpress / PFAS exposure may weaken teens' bones

Early-life exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may influence how children's bones develop during adolescence, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

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Medical Xpress / Britain rushes to contain 'unprecedented' meningitis outbreak

The British health minister on Tuesday described a deadly outbreak of meningitis linked to a nightclub as "unprecedented" after two students died and 13 people were hospitalized.

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