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LONDON (Reuters) - Men who smoke suffer a more rapid decline in brain function as they age than their non-smoking counterparts, with their cognitive decline as rapid as someone 10 years older but who shuns tobacco, scientists said on Monday. In a large, long-term study, British researchers found that while there seems to be no link between cognitive decline and smoking in women, in men, the ...
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Research and Markets: Future Endocrine Function Diagnostics Market: US, Europe, Japa
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Future Endocrine Function Diagnostics Market: US, Eur
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Acorda Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data Showing Dalfampridine Improves Motor Function in Chronic Strok
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. presented data showing that treatment with dalfampridine improved motor function in a preclinical model of stroke, with treatment initiated at least four weeks following the ischemic event.
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No invite yet, but Prem will be at flood function, govt say
Privy Council president General Prem Tinsulanonda will attend a government function this Friday to thank officials and volunteers involved in flood relief efforts, senior government figures said yesterday.
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Lung Function At School Age Better Thanks To Breastfeedin
A study by researchers in Switzerland and the UK reveals that breastfeeding is linked to enhanced lung function at school age, especially in children born to asthmatic mothers. The study is published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Claudia E. Kuehni, M.D...
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Breastfeeding OK for Moms With Asthm
Title: Breastfeeding OK for Moms With Asthma Category: Health News Created: 2/4/2012 11:01:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/6/2012
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CD97 gene expression and function correlate with WT1 protein expression and glioma invasivenes
( Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group ) Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Old Dominion University have discovered that suppression of Wilms tumor 1 protein (WT1) results in downregulation of CD97 gene expression in three glioblastoma cell lines and reduces the characteristic invasiveness exhibited by glial tumor cells. This finding is published online Feb. 7 in the Journal ...
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Emory Study Links Exercise, Sexual Functio
Emory researchers have conducted the first study revealing that exercise can reduce the chance of erectile dysfunction and may enhance sexual function in men between the ages of 18 and 40.
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Men Who Smoke Have Faster Brain Function Decline Than Nonsmoker
Middle-aged male smokers experience a faster decline in brain function compared with men who never smoked, a new study finds. Decline in brain function among men who quit 10 years ago is similar to that seen in men who never smoked.
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The Big Stor
Sports Award function in New Delhi New Delhi: Union Minister for HRD Kapil Sibal presents an award to Tennis player Leander Paes during an award function in New Delhi on Sunday.
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