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Sunday 12 February 2012
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Exercise Increasingly Recommended By Doctors, CDC
Written by Catharine Paddock PhD
Doctors in the US are increasingly advising adults to exercise or be more physically active, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published online on Thursday... [read article]

Alzheimer's / Dementia photo
Hope For Early Alzheimer's Test In Spinal Fluid
Written by Catharine Paddock PhD
New research led by Nottingham University in the UK suggests abnormal levels of seven proteins in spinal fluid could be markers for the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes of a test for a disease that is... [read article]

HIV / AIDS photo
Protein Starves HIV, Thus Protecting Cells
Written by Christian Nordqvist
A protein called SAMHD1 has been found to starve HIV in cells so that it cannot do anything, thus making the cell resistant to HIV infection, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center reported in Nature Immunology... [read article]


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