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Medical Xpress / Can training your brain boost immune response? Vaccination study highlights power of positive thinking
Training people to activate a part of the brain linked to reward and positive expectations may be associated with an increase in the body's immune response to a vaccine. The findings from a study involving 85 participants, ...
Medical Xpress / Drug used for blood disorders may aid recovery in severe malaria, study finds
A new clinical trial led by QIMR Berghofer, in collaboration with University of Sunshine Coast Clinical Trials Network has found a medication currently used for some blood disorders could help the body fight malaria more ...
Medical Xpress / Certain antibiotics may may boost immune system
Research led by Lancaster University has discovered that a class of antibiotics—fluoroquinolones—can directly alter the potential bacterial killing ability of one of our immune cells called the macrophage.
Medical Xpress / VO2 max: What the gold standard metric for fitness means for longevity
VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional athletes, but health experts increasingly say it's a measurement worthy of every exerciser's attention.
Tech Xplore / P-type thin film can turn waste heat into power
A new material provides high-performance conversion of heat into electricity, offering a way to make electronic devices more efficient.
Phys.org / Mercury's BepiColombo Mio and Earth's GEOTAIL show shared wave frequency properties across planetary magnetospheres
An international team from Kanazawa University (Japan), Tohoku University (Japan), LPP (France), and partners has demonstrated that chorus emissions, natural electromagnetic waves long studied in Earth's magnetosphere, also ...
Phys.org / New details capture 13 years of wage-related laws, show increased protections for workers in the US
For more than a decade, local and state laws have been increasingly focused on providing more protection and agency to workers fighting wage theft, according to new data published on LawAtlas.org and analysis in a new article ...
Medical Xpress / Cancer patients warned popular supplement may interfere with treatment
For many cancer patients, hair loss is one of the most distressing side effects of their therapy. Increasingly, they have been taking oral supplements of biotin, which are marketed to consumers for their potential to improve ...
Phys.org / How cities are changing social behavior in urban animals
Sealed surfaces, artificial light and constant noise: What is part of everyday life for humans poses major challenges for other animals. A new international review conducted by researchers from Bielefeld University now reveals ...
Phys.org / Digital media breaks can improve well-being
What effect does it have on our well-being when we put our smartphones aside for a while or otherwise disconnect from digital media? Alicia Gilbert, a research associate at the Department of Communication at Johannes Gutenberg ...
Medical Xpress / Cannabis may help some communities cope with gun violence
Yasser Payne grew up in Harlem, New York, where violence was all around him. A number of his family members and friends were shot. He himself was subject to gun violence and witnessed fights. And this ever-present threat ...
Medical Xpress / Inflammatory pathway reveals targetable weakness in hard-to-treat blood cancer
New research co-led by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists has exposed a vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia by identifying the blood cancer's reliance on a specific signaling pathway involved in the body's ...