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Month: April 2016
Commonly used reflux, ulcer medication may cause serious kidney damage
Patients who took proton pump inhibitors for heartburn, acid reflux, or ulcers had an increased…
How the brain consolidates memory during deep sleep
How long-term memory is formed is not well understood, and remains a central question of…
Heavy cannabis use associated with reduced dopamine release in brain
Evidence of a compromised dopamine system has been found in heavy users of marijuana. Lower…
Greek dancing improves jumping ability of elderly heart failure patients
Greek dancing improves the jumping ability of elderly patients with heart failure, according to new…
Once-a-day epilepsy drug may prevent seizures as well as twice-a-day drug
A new study suggests that an epilepsy drug that can be taken once a day…
Juvenile offenders probably more criminal to begin with
It’s a long-simmering debate in juvenile justice: Do young offenders become worse because of their…
Right whales threatened by planned seismic surveys along Mid- and Southeastern Atlantic seaboard, say scientists
A series of seismic surveys for oil and gas planned for the mid- and southeastern…
Worm infection counters inflammatory bowel disease by drastically changing gut microbiome
Infection with worms counters inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) by triggering immune responses that change the…
Chemical composition of dust from beyond the solar system analyzed
A dust detector on the Cassini space probe — known as the cosmic dust analyzer…