First practice guidelines for clinical evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease
CHICAGO, July 22, 2018 - Despite more than two decades of advances in diagnostic criteria and technology, symptoms of Alzheimer's ...
Month: July 2018
Women under-treated for heart attacks die at twice the rate of men
Published in today's Medical Journal of Australia, the study of 2898 patients (2183 men, 715 women) reveals that six months ...
First dementia prevalence data in lesbian, gay and bisexual older adults
Chicago, July 22, 2018 - The first dementia prevalence data from a large population of lesbian, gay and bisexual older ...
SF State study compares athlete and truck driver, identical twins
When it comes to being fit, are genes or lifestyle -- nature or nurture -- more important? Researchers at San ...
Wearable device from Stanford measures cortisol in sweat
The hormone cortisol rises and falls naturally throughout the day and can spike in response to stress, but current methods ...
Mother-child communication in plants
Credit: Source: Thomas Laux An international team led by the Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux has shown that ...
The need for speed: Why malaria parasites are faster than human immune cells
Credit: Heidelberg University Hospital/ HITS/ ZMBH Malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium move ten times faster through the skin than ...
Single-molecule magnetic tweezers reveal dual function of FACT in gene regulation
In eukaryotic cells, linear genetic DNA wraps around histones to form stable nucleosomes that further assemble to form chromatins. Nucleosomes ...
Oregon researchers say sea pickles are adapting to the Pacific Northwest
Credit: Photo by Kelly Sutherland EUGENE, Ore. - July 20, 2018 - Tubular colonial jellies known as pyrosomes that arrived ...
New findings on intercellular communication
Led by Benoit Vanhollebeke, WELBIO investigator at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the Laboratory of Neurovascular Signaling (ULB's Faculty ...
Houseplants could one day monitor home health
Credit: Photo (inset, right) by Francisco Palacios. Design renderings by Susan G. Stewart and Rana Abudayyeh. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In ...
Doctors rely on more than just data for medical decision making
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Many technology companies are working on artificial intelligence systems that can analyze medical data to help diagnose ...
A molecular key for delaying the progression of Multiple Sclerosis is found
Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys a structure known as the "myelin sheath", whose integrity is ...
Scientists identify most pressing issues posed by chemicals in the environment
Scientists have identified 22 key research questions surrounding the risks associated with chemicals in the environment in Europe. Chemicals released ...
Diabetes raises risk of cancer, with women at even greater likelihood, a major new study has found
A global review involving almost 20 million people has shown that having diabetes significantly raises the risk of developing cancer, ...
Kessler Foundation and UAB to study exercise training for cognitive deficits in MS
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - July 20, 2018 - Glenn Wylie, DPhil, associate director of the Rocco Ortenzio ...
SPIE journal announces public access to largest multi-lesion medical imaging dataset
Credit: @SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA and CARDIFF, UK - A paper published today in the Journal of Medical Imaging - ...
Loyola medicine radiologist wins award for best clinical research paper
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine radiologist Jennifer Lim-Dunham, MD, and colleagues have received the Society for Pediatric Radiology's prestigious Walter ...
Effect of twice-weekly calorie restriction diet for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
Bottom Line: A diet with calorie restriction two days per week was comparable to a diet with daily calorie restriction ...
Can greening vacant urban land improve mental health?
Bottom Line: Physical conditions in a neighborhood matter. Trash, a lack of sidewalks and parks, and vacant or dilapidated spaces ...
