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Broccoli for life

The world’s longest-lived rodents don’t eat broccoli, but they have the protection of a protein that, in humans, is activated by consumption of steamed broccoli. The protein is called Nrf2, and it was connected with the maximum life span in 10 rodent species tested by the UT Health Science Center’s Barshop Institute for Longevity and […]

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Staying in balance after stroke

Strokes affect nearly a million Americans each year, but an already-approved drug used for epilepsy could dramatically reduce their debilitating impact. New research shows one dose of the anti-epilepsy drug retigabine given hours after a mouse experienced a stroke preserved brain tissue and prevented the loss of balance and motor coordination. In the study, both […]

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Early detection

Having a baby is a joyous event but can be nerve-wracking, even when the baby is the picture of health. Now imagine being the parent of an infant who has a congenital anomaly, a developmental delay or an autism spectrum disorder. Three months is the average wait time faced by parents to learn the nature […]

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Dental implants for diabetics

Diabetics heal slowly and often face high infection rates. For some 20 years, these reasons have kept dentists from placing dental implants in patients with diabetes. But a new study shows that with some accommodations, diabetic patients—even those with poorly controlled diabetes—had as high a success rate with implants after one year as patients with […]

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