Smoking reduces wealth’s tendency to increase life expectancy
Smoking dominates other factors, including amount of wealth, in shortening lifespan, reports a study by researchers at Georgetown University and ...
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Diverse life forms may have evolved earlier than previously thought
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers ...
Some types of epilepsy may be associated with worse quality of life
MINNEAPOLIS – A new study suggests that people with epilepsy associated with head injuries, especially the type not well controlled ...
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Mark Granovetter for discovering the importance of an extended network of “acquaintances” in economic and social life
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Sciences has gone in this edition to Mark Granovetter, “probably the most ...
Sport improves concentration and quality of life
Physically fit primary school pupils feel better and can concentrate better. They are more likely to make it to higher-level ...
Dementia diagnosis at end of life among older adults
What The Study Did: This study of 3.5 million Medicare decedents found the percentage who received an Alzheimer disease and ...
Personality traits are associated with well-being and satisfaction in life after work
A new study has identified novel associations between older adults’ personality traits, the routes they took to leave their jobs, ...
Life at the top: Scientists find first molecular clues behind high-altitude adaptation in gelada monkeys
Amongst the high mountain meadows and grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau stands one primate, the gelada–the “bleeding heart” monkey named ...
Women who report significant antibiotic use in midlife are more likely to experience cognitive decline in later life, perhaps through gut microbiome changes, in study of almost 15,000 U.S. nurses
Women who report significant antibiotic use in midlife are more likely to experience cognitive decline in later life, perhaps through ...
Modern animal life could have origins in delta
The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China, new ...
IVF children shown to have a better quality of life as adults in new study
Being conceived via assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as IVF, may provide some advantages in quality of life in adulthood, ...
Examining association of music interventions with health-related quality of life
What The Study Did: Music-making and listening interventions were associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health-related quality of life in ...
Nature study: Ocean life may adapt to climate change, but with hidden costs
Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change—measuring how they evolve and how ...
Pandemic-related cancer surgery slowdowns may lead to shorter life spans for patients: Ontario study
Pandemic-related slowdowns of cancer surgeries may result in shorter survival rates for patients with cancer, according to a new modelling ...
New insight into the possible origins of life
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have for the first time been able to create an RNA molecule that replicates, ...
An archaeological investigation analyses peasant life in Roman Spain
The archaeology of the Roman period has traditionally been focused on monumental aspects, but very little is known about what ...
Aspects of Asian elephants’ social life are related to their amount of stress hormones
An international team of scientists found that sociality is linked to stress in Asian elephants. For example, loneliness increased male ...
For youth with a heart defect, shift to adult-focused care is key to health, quality of life
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET Thursday, March 17, 2022 DALLAS, March 17, 2022 — Most people ...
Combing the cosmos: New color catalog aids hunt for life on frozen worlds
ITHACA, N.Y. – Aided by microbes found in the subarctic conditions of Canada’s Hudson Bay, an international team of scientists ...
UTSW study finds cognitive decline key factor in predicting life expectancy in Alzheimer’s disease
DALLAS – March 14, 2022 – Cognitive decline is the biggest factor in determining how long patients with Alzheimer’s disease will ...
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Charging a green future: Latest advancement in lithium-ion batteries could make them ubiquitous
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Resolution time of COVID vaccine-related lymphadenopathy
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Long-hypothesized ‘next generation wonder material’ created for first time
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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What the new Jurassic Park movie gets wrong: Aerodynamic analysis causes a rethink of the biggest pterosaur.
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Venous thromboembolism: Less recurrencies with low-dose apixaban compared to discontinuation of the anticoagulant after negative D-dimer