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Category: Medicine

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Spend a lot of time online? It may affect your sleep.

Posted on August 18, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

In a study conducted by Taiwanese scientists with female college students, they showed that internet addiction has a negative impact on…

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    This new tiny biomedical device makes diagnosing cancer types easier

    Posted on August 14, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    A team of scientists has made valves which can operate on tiny channels of fluid the width of 3 human hairs! This paper, published in the…

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      Do obesity and abnormal liver function magnify coronavirus symptoms?

      Posted on August 12, 2020June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Obesity and abnormal liver function have been predicted to play a part in extended hospitalization duration and worsen the health…

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        One way that oxygen can damage our DNA

        Posted on August 10, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

        Guanine, a component of DNA, is revealed to react with oxygen and change how your genes are expressed.

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          Electrical stimulation may delay Parkinson’s disease progression

          Posted on July 29, 2020June 25, 2025 by Nathan Gock

          Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, meaning that brain cells will continuously die off as the illness…

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            The little molecule that repairs your heart after a heart attack

            Posted on June 25, 2020June 17, 2025 by Sciworthy

            Recent experiments are starting to show how circular RNA might be able to help a heart regrow itself after a heart attack.

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              Muscles lost in our primate ancestors still appear in humans

              Posted on June 15, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              A review of previous anatomy studies found that some “ancient” muscles that are normally present in other primate species may be more…

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                Antibody testing for coronavirus: what does the science say?

                Posted on May 18, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Are there better ways to detect the coronavirus in our body? A small study from China suggests antibody testing as a potentially more…

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                  How genes taught us about the origin of novel coronavirus

                  Posted on May 5, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  A group of scientists collected samples from some of the initially infected COVID-19 patients to show its similarities to other coronavirus…

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                    What is COVID-19 and what we can do to prevent its spread?

                    Posted on March 27, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Since December, 2019 a virus which causes the COVID-19 disease has been spreading, resulting in a global pandemic. While some questions…

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