Studies and Analyses

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Do Long Sleepers Have an Increased Risk of Stroke?

The study found that people who slept more than eight hours a night, called long sleepers, were 46 percent more likely to have a stroke than people who slept…

Why companies don’t learn from their mistakes

The mobile phone bill is not quite correct, the wrong food is served at a restaurant or the hotel room hasn’t been properly cleaned: Most of us may have been…

New research pinpoints crucial protein that keeps the heart beating on time

The average heart beats 35 million times a year – 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calibrated; even a small divergence from the…

New study helps explain links between sleep loss and diabetes

The study, the first to examine the impact of sleep loss on 24-hour fatty acid levels in the blood, adds to emerging evidence that insufficient sleep–a highly…

Chicken Pox Virus May Be Linked to Serious Condition in the Elderly

The varicella zoster virus, of the herpes virus family, can cause chicken pox and may reactivate later in life in the form of shingles, a very painful rash.

New study reveals how to improve chemotherapy use in prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer for men in the United States. Only one class of chemotherapy called taxanes is effective against the…

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