Archive | Research
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Report warns Earth may be approaching an environmental tipping point
A group of 22 researchers from around the world are warning of imminent and irreversible changes to the Earth’s biosphere resulting from a combination of human population growth, mass consumption and extensive environmental destruction.
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Antibodies in breast milk found to neutralize HIV
Duke U. researchers have isolated an antibody that could aid in the creation of an HIV vaccine. A research team led by Dr. Sallie Permar, assistant professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases, isolated antibodies that can neutralize HIV in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi.
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Study: Exercise could hurt heart health
Exercise may actually worsen the health of some individuals, according to a recent Duke U. study. The study, titled “Adverse Metabolic Response to Regular Exercise: Is It a Rare or Common Occurrence?
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Study links consistent exercise and cognition
While exercise has long been linked to physical health, research conducted by Dartmouth College psychology professor David Bucci and his team found that it may also benefit mental health.
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Column: Funding the fantastic
The stranger edges of science and technology are generally couched in the terms of the impossible, the unlikely, or at the very least the under-funded and thus considerably delayed.
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Researchers to monitor UCLA, high school athletes in NCAA-funded study on concussions
In 1948, more than 5,000 residents of Framingham, Mass., enrolled in a long-term study on heart disease, consenting to be monitored throughout their lives.
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Obesity related to lack of sleep, study says
People often turn to exercising or dieting as ways to lose weight, but what some may not realize is getting enough sleep may be an effective way to shed the pounds, too.
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Seau family considering brain donation to Boston U., still undecided
Junior Seau’s family is determining whether or not they will donate his brain for research, which could shed light on the cause of the retired National Football League player’s May 2 death.
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NAFTA enables export of obesity, report finds
The North American Free Trade Agreement’s liberalization of trade policies has allowed the United States to export obesity to Mexico, according to an April 5 study co-authored by David Wallinga.