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Pregnant women living in large cities are more likely to give birth to higher weight babies than those living in rural areas, due to a higher exposure to xenoestrogens, a type of environmental pollutants that act like hormones, researchers have...

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Adolescents sleeping more hours are likely to score higher in maths, Spanish researchers say. Meanwhile, those who sleep between six and ten hours (ie. an average sleep pattern) got significantly better scores, as compared to those with a short (6...

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Overweight women especially those with morbid obesity are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer at an earlier age, according to new research. The researchers examined a sample of 524 women diagnosed with breast cancer who were treated at...

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Remembering the past in a negative way may be harmful to your health, according to a new study. A study by the University of Granada reports that people’s attitude to past events, present experiences or future expectations, influences their perception...

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Researchers of the University of Granada and Edimbourgh have developed a new cancer therapy based on nanotechnology, which promises to dramatically improve current chemotherapy treatments without causing any side effects. This therapy is based on the encapsulation of a catalyst...

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Spanish researchers have confirmed that botox treatment can reduce the number of migraines experienced by many sufferers. University of Granada scientists said that injecting a local anesthetic or botulinum toxin (botox) into certain points named ‘trigger points’ of the pericraneal...

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A study conducted at the University of Granada has found that 50 pc of patients with bipolar disorder suffer some type of work, social and family disability, and approximately 20 pc present some disorder at the three levels. The research...

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A University of Granada study has shown that exposure to organochloride pesticides alters semen quality. Two in 10 young people in South East Spain have poor sperm density, which involves requiring more time to accomplish fertilization. The most common means...

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Researchers at the University of Granada have tried to establish the characteristics that a video game must have to be entertaining. They have created a video game that will serve as a model to assess all aspects related to video...

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A University of Granada study has found that eating disorders are 2.3-fold higher among Muslim adolescents than among their Christian classmates. The study also found that body dissatisfaction was 1.8-fold higher in the former group. Finally, as a general conclusion,...

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