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Which part of the human body is 'useless'?
Professor Robert Shmerling at Harvard Medical School has just released his views on the least important part of the human body.
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American developed 'artificial spleen'
The function of the spleen is to filter the blood. However, when we are seriously ill or injured, the spleen sometimes is not strong enough to remove toxins from the blo…
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Detection of hormones that treat diabetes
After working on mice, experts from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (US) discovered a hormone called betatrophin that increased the adrenal insulin secretion efficiency…
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Milk butter can help men avoid pregnancy?
A new study by experts from Harvard School of Public Health found that men who consumed 3 servings of dairy products every day had poorer sperm quality and were therefor…
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Reverse effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are common methods used to treat cancer. However, a new study at Harvard Medical School (USA) shows that these methods may lead to unexpect…
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150 brains for autism research are destroyed
Fox News quoted Dr. Francine Benes, director of Harvard Brain Cell Source Center, saying that McLean Hospital's freezer was broken and stopped chilling in May, but did n…
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Prevent Parkinson's disease with strawberries
Scientists from Harvard School of Public Health (USA) and Norwich Medical School (UK) have been monitoring the diet of about 130,000 men and women, including 800 people…
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Coffee spray
According to David Edwards, a biomedical engineering professor at Harvard University, we can enjoy coffee in an unusual way, which is sprayed into the mouth.
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Coffee can help reduce the risk of depression in women
According to a new study by Harvard University (USA) researchers in the Journal of Internal Medicine Archives, women who drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day will reduce the r…
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A little wine every day, more healthy when you are old
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston in a public science newspaper have shown that among women who live up to 70 years of age, those who regularl…
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There is a link between sleep and high blood pressure
New research by scientists at Harvard University has just published in the journal High Blood Pressure of the American Heart Association said people with deep sleep are…
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Red meat increases the risk of diabetes
A new study by scientists from Harvard University School of Public Health has found a close relationship between the use of red meat, especially processed meat with the…
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Special effects of placebo
Scientists from Harvard Medical School (USA) have discovered that placebo can help patients feel better even if they know well that they are just sugar pills.
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Regularly eating fried fish increases the risk of stroke
American research shows that although eating fish may lower the risk of stroke, frequent eating of fried fish increases the risk of stroke.
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Cure stroke by singing - simple but effective
Harvard Medical School professor Gottfried Schlaug (US) said that finding a simple and effective treatment for stroke is by singing.