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Detecting and controlling heroin addiction genes
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Detecting and controlling heroin addiction genes

Although medicine has made great strides in studying the mechanism of addiction and detoxification, many people have relapsed after 2-3 months of detoxification. Recentl…

December 14, 2018
Diet for people with high blood cholesterol
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Diet for people with high blood cholesterol

The amount of cholesterol in the diet affects the total cholesterol level in the blood. This fat is found in many animal-derived foods, especially viscera such as brain,…

December 14, 2018
Diabetic foot ulcers can easily lead to amputation
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Diabetic foot ulcers can easily lead to amputation

Foot ulcers due to diabetes (diabetes) are a leading cause of limb amputation. Ulcers can start from a very small scratch, but because they don't care, the infected pers…

December 14, 2018
Bodhi - good medicine
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Bodhi - good medicine

Bodhi is also known as the Bodhi, the clump, scientific name is gleditsia australis. Fruit is often used to wash hair. If you have a stuffy nose, shortness of breath, or…

December 14, 2018
Stroke: Recognize and prevent
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Stroke: Recognize and prevent

About 50% of people with stroke (stroke) have hypertension. But if blood pressure is reduced by 5 mmHg, the risk of stroke will be reduced by 10%.

December 14, 2018
Cut the appendix without surgery
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Cut the appendix without surgery

Up to now, surgical doctors still need to use cutlery when having surgery in the abdominal area. But now scientists are offering a whole new way of surgical removal of t…

December 14, 2018
Men and women respond to different humor
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Men and women respond to different humor

A Stanford University team monitored the brain activity of men and women when they were watching comics. They found the brain region involved in processing language, mem…

December 14, 2018
Happy couples have trouble getting flu
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Happy couples have trouble getting flu

A team at the University of Birmingham, UK, found stressful life events that affect the immune response of people who get the flu shot every year. The immune response is…

December 14, 2018
Plague - global assassins in history
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Plague - global assassins in history

In 430 BC, during the Peloponnesian war in ancient Greece, the people of Athens were attacked by a mysterious disease, which caused so terrible consequences that they no…

December 14, 2018