Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline is just as large in the age groups that are not screened. The decline is …read more Source:: Science
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Avatar therapy may help to reduce auditory hallucinations for people with schizophrenia
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•An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their auditory hallucination may help reduce symptoms, when provided alongside usual treatment, according …read more Source:: Science
Drug can dramatically reduce weight of people with obesity
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•A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Methane-eating microbes may reduce release of gases as Antarctic ice sheets melt
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•A lake beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet contains large amounts of methane and describes how methane-eating microbes may keep the climate-warming gas from entering the atmosphere. …read more Source:: Science
Dementia: BACE inhibitor improves brain function
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•The protein amyloid beta is believed to be the major cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Substances that reduce the production of amyloid beta, such as BACE inhibitors, are therefore promising candidates …read more Source:: Science
Paying people to protect forests is worth it
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•A new study suggests that paying people to conserve their trees could be a highly cost-effective way to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions and should be a key part of …read more Source:: Science
Lowering health risks of cannabis use with new public health guidelines
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•Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, released with the endorsement of key medical and public health organizations, provide 10 science-based recommendations to enable cannabis users to reduce their health risks. The …read more Source:: Science
Unique visual stimulation may be new treatment for Alzheimer’s
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•Using LED lights flickering at a specific frequency, researchers have shown that they can significantly reduce the beta amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer’s disease in the visual cortex of mice. …read more Source:: Science
Graphic pictures on cigarette packs would significantly reduce smoking death rate
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•Using prominent, graphic pictures on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm births, and about …read more Source:: Science