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Scientists describe a new potential treatment for chronic cough. Continuous cough monitoring shows inhaled alkaline salts may reduce chronic cough frequency

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Higher perceived power in romantic relationships increases individuals’ interest in alternative partners, and this effect is driven by their perception of having higher mate value than their partner. Both men and women in the power condition were more likely to consider alternatives.

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: Awarded jointly to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for "foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: Awarded jointly t...

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Record Discovery: Three Large Stars Locked in a Space Smaller Than Mercury's Orbit

Record Discovery: Three Large Stars Locked in a Sp...

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Even short bursts of simple exercises by children, like rubbing hands, elbow circles or single-leg balance, can increase blood flow to the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for important cognitive functions like decision-making, memory, and attention.

Even short bursts of simple exercises by children,...

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New research shows children who go to bed early have a richer gut microbiome and better sleep efficiency, paving the way for potential interventions that leverage the gut-brain connection to improve sleep quality and overall health.

New research shows children who go to bed early ha...

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Brain’s waste-clearance pathways revealed for the first time. Wastes include proteins such as amyloid and tau, which have been shown to form clumps and tangles in brain images of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Severe Covid infections can inflame brain’s ‘control centre’, the brainstem, that governs functions such as breathing, heart rate and blood pressure, finds brain scans of people hospitalised with Covid, which may explain the long-term breathlessness and fatigue some long COVID patients experience.

Severe Covid infections can inflame brain’s ‘contr...

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Women physiotherapists and doctors working in elite and professional sport are paid less, get less work and face more harassment than men, an Australian-first study by La Trobe University has found.

Women physiotherapists and doctors working in elit...

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Blood pressure may read falsely high if the arm isn’t positioned properly, researchers suggest | New study shows readings were roughly 4 millimeters of mercury higher when participants had their arm at lap- or side-level.

Blood pressure may read falsely high if the arm is...

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China develops a gene therapy to tackle autoimmune diseases like lupus and sclerois

China develops a gene therapy to tackle autoimmune...

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Baby boomers living longer but are in worse health than previous generations. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other diseases all affecting people at younger ages, a “generational health drift”, with younger generations with worse health than previous generations at the same age.

Baby boomers living longer but are in worse health...

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