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Indian scientists have managed to get a glimpse of the protein fragments known as amyloid beta in a major breakthrough, which hallmark Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found the possible lock looks like a bunch of amyloid beta molecules in the shape of a hairpin, but with a twist. The findings were published in the journal ACS Nano.

The researchers from the University of Illinois College of Agricultural consumer and environmental sciences found that men and people at the age of 65 and older who have access to natural surroundings report sleeping better.  The study is published in the journal Preventive Medicine.

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Researchers found that between 2000 and 2009, the better matched the vaccine was for the influenza strain going around, the fewer residents in US nursing home died or were hospitalized. Contrary to claims that the youth benefit more from flu vaccines, a 10-year study has found that annual influenza vaccinations can also reduce the hospitalization rate and delay mortality among the elderly. The study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

A new study has revealed that more older adults especially from the higher strata of the society are drinking alcohol at unsafe levels. The study findings suggest that one in five older people who drink alcohol are consuming it at unsafe levels, over 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units for women each week. The researchers found that older men were more likely to be unsafe drinkers than women. The research was published in BMJ Open.

Researchers at the Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, have revealed a method to reduce the frequency of night time bed-wetting and improve the quality of life for sufferers. They suggest that repetitive sacral root magnetic stimulation (rSMS) can successfully reduce the frequency of night time bed-wetting. The findings were published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

US soldiers who served in the glaring desert sunlight of Iraq and Afghanistan returned home with an increased risk of skin cancer, due not only to the arid climate, but also a lack of sun protection, a new study has found. "The past decade of United States combat missions, including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, have occurred at a more equatorial latitude than the mean centre of the US population, increasing the potential for ultraviolet irradiance and the development of skin cancer," said dermatologist Jennifer Powers from the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville, Tennessee.

Scientists from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China have developed a portable probe that uses near-infrared light to measure blood oxygen saturation in the tissue surrounding the central internal jugular vein in the neck. The research was published in The Optical Society's journal, Biomedical Optics Express.

Researchers discovered, Ingredients from the leaves of the European chestnut tree contain the power to disarm dangerous staph bacteria without boosting its drug resistance. The study is published in PLOS ONE. The use of chestnut leaves in traditional folk remedies inspired the research, led by Cassandra Quave, an ethnobotanist at Emory University.