Month: August 2018

Falls are not just a problem of advanced age, according to researchers in Trinity College Dublin, who have identified a ...

Powerful molecules provide new findings about Huntington’s disease

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a direct link between the protein aggregation in nerve cells that is ...

Study shows children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis can be treated

CAPE TOWN | 16 AUGUST 2018 | The results of a large, international systematic review published in the journal PLOS ...

Almost out of the air: an environmental friendly synthesis of betulin oxo-derivatives

Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University The cosmetic and food industries, especially the pharmaceutical industry are interested in these derivatives where they ...

Study sheds light on how brain lets animals hunt for food by following smells

Most animals have a keen sense of smell, which assists them in everyday tasks. Now, a new study led by ...

FDA research informs smokeless tobacco prevention messaging for at-risk youth

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 21, 2018--Recent findings from formative research conducted with rural, non-Hispanic ...

Untreated genital warts may increase risk of HIV transmission

(Boston)-- A new study has shown that genital warts may promote HIV sexual transmission and, in turn, their treatment and ...

New wave of complex street drugs puzzles emergency doctors

Baltimore, Md., August 21, 2018 - At a time when drug overdoses are becoming more prevalent and lethal, a new ...

Dehydration alters human brain shape and activity, slackens task performance

Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore When dehydration strikes, part of the brain can swell, neural signaling can intensify, and ...

Endocrine Society congratulates Early Investigators Award winners

WASHINGTON-- The Endocrine Society has selected five new recipients for its Early Investigators Awards. The Early Investigators Awards were established ...

Living close to urban green spaces is associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer

An increasing number of studies are reporting health benefits of contact with urban green spaces. A new study from the ...

Sanford Burnham Prebys compound advances into Phase 1 trial for pancreatic cancer

Credit: John Gestaldo LA JOLLA , CALIF. - August 21, 2018 - A compound discovered at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical ...

Newer HIV therapies have led to gains in viral suppression rates over past 2 decades

1. Newer HIV therapies have led to dramatic gains in viral suppression rates over the past 2 decades Younger persons ...

What’s behind the retreating kelps and expanding corals?

Credit: Kumagai N.H., et al., PNAS, August 20, 2018 Climate change and other external forces are causing rapid marine community ...

Near 2 million acres on fire in the United States

Credit: NOAA The West Coast of the United States is shrouded in smoke from the 110 large fires (this does ...

Getting policy right: why fisheries management is plagued by the panacea mindset

Fisheries management has often been characterized by regulatory policies that result in panaceas--broad based policy solutions that are expected to ...

Stool proteins to predict inflammatory bowel disease

Credit: University of Houston University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is set to make a breakthrough in predicting and monitoring ...

Colorado study shows how to make (and destroy) a metastatic cancer cell

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Many cancers become especially dangerous only when they metastasize from their site of origin ...

Childhood brain tumor treatment impairs new memory formation

Credit: Melanie Sekeres Young people who received radiation therapy for the most common pediatric brain tumor struggle to create new ...

Children with brain tumors who undergo radiation less likely to recall recent events