BMJ Health News
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Turn up your favorite song to improve medication efficacy
While listening to a favorite song is a known mood booster, researchers have discovered that music-listening interventions also can make medicines...
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New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices
Scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming.
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Study shows 'obesity paradox' does not exist: Waist-to-height ratio is a better indicator of outcomes in patients with heart failure than BMI
New research has debunked the idea that there is an 'obesity paradox', whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight or obese are thought...
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The devil is in the details: Re-imagining fertilizer precursor synthesis
Researchers have improved the Faradaic efficiency of the nitrogen reduction reaction into ammonia by straightforward optimization of chemical...
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Changing temperatures increase pesticide risk to bees
Temperature influences how badly pesticides affect bees' behavior, suggesting uncertain impacts under climate change, according to a new study.
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Searching for life with space dust
Following enormous collisions, such as asteroid impacts, some amount of material from an impacted world may be ejected into space. This material...
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Hunting Venus 2.0: Scientists sharpen their sights
With the first paper compiling all known information about planets like Venus beyond our solar system, scientists are the closest they've ever been...
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Cracking the concrete code
New research introduces metamaterial concrete for the development of smart civil infrastructure systems. Researchers present a new concept for...
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To ward off aging, stem cells must take out the trash
Researchers find stem cells use a surprising system for discarding misfolded proteins. This unique pathway could be the key to maintaining...
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Uracil found in Ryugu samples
Samples from the asteroid Ryugu collected by the Hayabusa2 mission contain nitrogenous organic compounds, including the nucleobase uracil, which is...
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Honey, the 3D print--I mean, dessert--is ready!
Cooking devices that incorporate three-dimensional (3D) printers, lasers, or other software-driven processes may soon replace conventional cooking...
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Diet and exercise programs alone won't tackle childhood obesity
Focusing on immediate fixes such as diet and exercise programs alone won't curb the tide of childhood obesity, according to a new study that for...