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Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego

Lifesaving Nano-Tattoo Monitors Bloodsugar

16/01/2015

This first-ever example of the flexible, easy-to-wear device could be a promising step forward in noninvasive glucose testing...

Optimistic People Have Healthier Hearts

13/01/2015

Individuals' total health scores increased in tandem with their levels of optimism....

Apicture of a nurse by Charlotte Jarvis @ Waag Society

Rihanna Songs Prove Effective as Post-Op Care

11/01/2015

Patients who listened to 30 minutes of songs or audio books -- had a significant reduction in pain after major surgery...

bodybuilder by freedigitalphtos.net and stockimages

Posting Selfies is The Path to Misery

09/01/2015

People who score higher on self-objectification post more selfies, which leads to more feedback from friends online, which encourages them to post even more photos...

Do You Feel Lucky #2 : Obesity

05/01/2015

Some obese people are protected from the adverse metabolic effects of moderate weight gain, whereas others are predisposed to develop these problems...

Nano-Engineering New Knees…. Nice!

03/01/2015

Medical researchers may have found a way to integrate an artificial ligament with native bone using nanotechnology. ...

A picture of dice by Freedigitalphotos.net/Boaz Yiftach

Cancer : Do You Feel Lucky?

02/01/2015

You can add to your risk of getting cancers by smoking or other poor lifestyle factors. However, many forms of cancer are due largely to... bad luck. report...

Did Ebola Come From Bats?

31/12/2014

The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa may have originated from contact between humans and virus-infected bats...

Do Your Teeth Help You Remember?

21/12/2014

The memory and walking speeds of adults who have lost all of their teeth decline more rapidly than in those who still have some of their own teeth...

A picture of a laptop by Vicktor Hanacek

Internet Addiction Afflicts 6%

20/12/2014

The prevalence of Internet addiction varies among regions around the world...

Tanned Pilots : The Secret

19/12/2014

Airline pilots can be exposed to cockpit radiation similar to tanning beds...

How Red Wine Stops Cancer

07/12/2014

By alcohol source, the lowest cancer incidence is in people who drank red wine...

Reduce Stress? Check Your Email…. Less.

06/12/2014

Easing up on email checking can help reduce psychological stress....

Breastfeeding Could Save NHS Millions

05/12/2014

The NHS could save more than £40 million a year by increasing the length of time that mothers breastfeed...

Dislocated Shoulder : What Not To Do

04/12/2014

We do not recommend self-setting of shoulder dislocations...

brain by freedigitalphotos.net and ddpavumba

Too Much Memory : Data and the Ageing Brain

03/12/2014

Older individuals take in more at the same time as the stability of their visual perceptual learning declines....

Milk by freedigitalphotos.net and Danilo Rizzuti

Milk’s Longterm Human Legacy

01/12/2014

The milk of all three major dairy livestock--cattle, sheep and goats--has been consumed by human populations for at least 5,000 years...

stem cells in a mouse nail by Krzysztof Kobielak lab

Fingernails for Stem Cells

26/11/2014

Nails: the right signals or environmental cues could induce nail stem cells to generate additional types of tissue. Report...

Is Screenburn Hereditary?

22/11/2014

Screen time of children is significantly associated with parental screen time...

Teach Yourself to Hear Purple

20/11/2014

A nine-week training programme sees if adults without synaesthesia can develop the key hallmarks of the condition. Report...

Givin’ it Some Verbal. Office Abuse by Gender

19/11/2014

Among the studies that show significant differences, a majority conclude that men are more at risk (11 studies) than women (5 studies)....

Fighting Obesity with Coffee

18/11/2014

Coffee consumption may lower the risk for chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease...

Kissy Kissy Icky Icky – The Microbiology of Snogging

17/11/2014

Researchers calculate that about 80 million bacteria are transferred during a 10 second kiss...

Garlic by Freedigitlphtoos.net and Mister GC

Cold Feet and Garlic Bread – The Hidden Link

16/11/2014

The mechanism in that creates the connection between cold and pain is the same receptor that reacts to the pungent substances in mustard and garlic....

Drumsticks by freedigitalphotos.net and hinnamsaisuy

Are You ‘Beat Deaf’?

13/11/2014

Beat-deafness, though very rare, is a problem not simply of how people feel a pulse or move their bodies, but instead, how people synchronize with sounds they hear....

Dublin by Freedigitalphotos.net and Artur84

Dub No Bike With My Head – Dublin Resists Bikes

12/11/2014

Participants thought traveling by bike was inconvenient, dangerous, and too hard to deal with in a wet climate...

Beer Without Biff : Putting the Flavour Back in Alcohol-Free

06/11/2014

Beer: making 'alcohol-free' varieties more palatable for the consumer...

Resveratrol Doubts

03/11/2014

Resveratrol supplementation may actually oppose the effects of exercise...

Milk : Nature’s Stinking Fraud

01/11/2014

A high milk intake in women and men is not accompanied by a lower risk of fracture and instead may be associated with a higher rate of death...

mosquito by freedigitalphotos.net and sweetcrisis

Text Messages to Combat Malaria

29/10/2014

Text message reminders to take malaria medication can help fight the disease by boosting the rates at which patients complete their medication regimen...

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