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Weight Training and Cardio Keeps the Doctors Away: Study

May 15, 2013 05:03 AM EDT

Weight Training and Cardio at Old Age Keeps Doctors Away: Study

A latest study published in the journal PLOS ONE states that lifting weights and doing cardio reduces the number of hospital visits in seniors. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia in collaboration with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

Neuronal cell cultures through a confocal microscope

May 14, 2013 11:59 PM EDT

New Cellular Oxygen Probe Helps to Better Understand Cell Death

The ability to measure concentrations of oxygen inside living human cells is a key requirement to help advance our understanding and treatment of a range of serious medical conditions.

May 14, 2013 11:41 PM EDT

A New Weapon in The Fight Against Cancer

A group of European research partners attempted to tackle the difficult task of finding a way to detect and capture 'circulating tumour cells' (CTCs), a crucial task in the fight against cancer, and succeeded.

Nanotube technology leading to new era of fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics

May 14, 2013 06:16 PM EDT

Scientists Made a Tiny Self-Powered Biodevice Swimming Inside of Body

Bioelectronic devices have huge scientific and practical importance for basic science as well as for possible applications in medicine, the high-tech industry, the military, etc. Scientists are working on the integration of biomaterials with electronic elements, such as electrodes, chips and transis...

A*STAR scientists make groundbreaking discovery on stem cell regulation

May 14, 2013 02:05 PM EDT

Can Clay Grow Bone? Synthetic Silicate Nanoplatelets Induce Stem Cells to Make It

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors.

May 14, 2013 01:18 PM EDT

Scientists Are Developing Artificial Skin, Could Improve Prosthetic Limbs

Could scientists be closer to actually developing artificial skin that can actually feel?

May 14, 2013 12:07 PM EDT

'Turn on Those Sad Songs'? Melancholy Music Helps Transform Relationship Blues

Listening to tearjerkers on your iPod may ease the transition of a nasty break up.

May 14, 2013 11:47 AM EDT

Could Breastfeeding Prevent ADHD?

A new study suggests that breastfeeding may have a positive impact on the physical and mental development of infants. In fact, findings show that it may actually help prevent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) later in childhood.

May 14, 2013 11:25 AM EDT

Primitive Brain Areas as Important as Frontal Lobe for Human Intelligence

Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain's frontal lobes, which are known for advanced thinking. Instead, researchers have found that more primitive brain areas may explain the intellect of humans.

May 14, 2013 11:09 AM EDT

Coke Formula Claim: Did George Man Stumble onto the Secret?

Could the secret ingredients to America's favorite soft drinks be revealed?

May 14, 2013 10:39 AM EDT

Dead for 40 Minutes: Australian Man Revived with New Machine After Heart Attack (Video)

A Victorian man who was clinically dead for 40 minutes was brought back to life with a new machine that's located in only one hospital in Australia. The new resuscitation technique has the potential to make a huge impact in patients that suffer from heart attacks.

May 14, 2013 10:38 AM EDT

New Drug Shown to Slow Memory Deficits and Alzheimer's in Mice, Could it Work in Humans?

A drug developed by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may be helpful reversing memory deficits and slowing Alzheimer's disease in aged mice following short-term treatment.