When reaching for a cup of coffee or catching or throwing a ball, our brain manages to coordinate the movement of no less than 27 joint angles in our arms…
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Shorter radiotherapy course reduces risk of bladder cancer returning
Giving people with bladder cancer fewer but larger doses of radiation reduces the risk of their disease returning and should be adopted as the new standard of care, a new…
Egg freezing is on the up, but new research raises questions about how clinics advertise
More women in the UK than ever before are considering freezing their eggs, with the sharp rise in inquiries at some of London's largest clinics attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Study finds those who gradually get overweight live longest
People who start adulthood with a body mass index (BMI) in the normal range and move later in life to being overweight—but never obese—tend to live the longest, a new…
Researchers visualize neuron activity
A type of novel molecular voltage sensor makes it possible to watch nerve cells at work. The principle of the method has been known for some time. However, researchers at…
How to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to stay warm during power outages
A giant winter storm that's brought ice and plummeting temperatures to a large swathe of the country has left more than five million people without power, creating another possibly dangerous…
Excess mortality rates early in pandemic highest among Blacks, study finds
Unusually high numbers of racial minorities and people of Hispanic origin nationwide died of all causes in the early days of the pandemic, according to a new study. After adjusting…