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- Coffee and cigarettes may protect against liver disease
- Strobe glasses improve hockey players' performance
- Nutrition report cards receive high marks in pilot program
- Evolution on molecular level
- New tech lets cholesterol-tracking smartphone users take lifesaving selfies
- New link found between obesity, early decline in kidney function
- Changing chemo not beneficial for metastatic breast cancer patients with elevated circulating tumor cells
| Coffee and cigarettes may protect against liver disease Posted: 14 Dec 2013 11:48 AM PST Coffee and cigarette smoking may protect against the rare liver disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), study shows. |
| Strobe glasses improve hockey players' performance Posted: 13 Dec 2013 05:11 PM PST Professional hockey players who trained with special eyewear that only allowed them to see action intermittently showed significant improvement in practice drills, according to a study with the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. The eyewear features lenses that switch between transparent and opaque, producing stroboscopic visual conditions, much like a strobe light in your favorite dance club. |
| Nutrition report cards receive high marks in pilot program Posted: 13 Dec 2013 05:10 PM PST Parents receiving academic report cards throughout the school year is commonplace, but a new study shows that for healthier nutrition, parents should opt to receive a nutrition report card, too. |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2013 05:10 PM PST Researchers describe the evolution of various forms of the enzyme "dihydrofolate reductase" as it occurred from bacteria to humans. Their paper may prove useful to scientists in the design of future drugs and catalysts. |
| New tech lets cholesterol-tracking smartphone users take lifesaving selfies Posted: 13 Dec 2013 01:11 PM PST With a new smartphone device, you can now take an accurate iPhone camera selfie that could save your life -- it reads your cholesterol level in about a minute. |
| New link found between obesity, early decline in kidney function Posted: 13 Dec 2013 01:11 PM PST A new study of nearly 3,000 individuals links obesity to the development of kidney disease. |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:47 AM PST For women with metastatic breast cancer who had elevated amounts of circulating tumor cells in their blood after a first line of chemotherapy, switching immediately to a different chemotherapy did not improve overall survival or time to progression, according to the results of a phase III clinical trial. |
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