When labor begins, the uterus must coordinate rhythmic, well-timed contractions to deliver the baby safely. While hormones such as progesterone and oxytocin are key contributors to that process, scientists have long suspected that physical forces—in this case, the stretching and pressure that accompany pregnancy and delivery—also play a role.
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While past studies have explored how cancer patients’ financial health influenced their risk of mortality, new research digs in deeper by zeroing in on objective data: credit scores.
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A Penn-led team has revealed how hydralazine, one of the world’s oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for preeclampsia, works at the molecular level. In doing so, they made a surprising discovery—it can also halt the growth of aggressive brain tumors.
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The government’s new mandate to carry out random oral-fluid roadside drug testing marks a milestone in New Zealand’s road safety policy.
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Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday.
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Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn’t only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running U.S. analysis of older adults has now linked chronic insomnia to changes inside the brain that set the stage for dementia.
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Japanese investigators are testing a surprising, minimally invasive way to repair spine fractures.
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Scientists think snakes and lizards could help them find new ways to prevent painful kidney stones and gout in people. And it all owes to an evolutionary trick.
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Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. There are over 6 million people living with dementia in the U.S. and 57 million globally.
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Researchers have identified that the precisely timed transcription of two genes named grim and reaper is responsible for the targeted death of neurons within the developing nervous system of female flies. This group of neurons normally survive in males and play a key role in the neural circuits underlying courtship song.
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