Philadelphia’s sweetened drink sales drop 38% after beverage tax
Findings from Penn study support beverage taxes as a promising policy tool to help improve public health PHILADELPHIA - One ...
Month: May 2019
Risk of cardiovascular complications post-surgery doubles for patients with sleep apnea
TORONTO - According to a new study published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), patients who ...
You are what you eat: How the pursuit of carbs changed mammals’ genes and saliva
A study of 46 mammal species explores the evolutionary history of amylase, a compound that breaks down carbsCredit: Douglas Levere ...
Pitt study finds direct oxidative stress damage shortens telomeres
Credit: Fouquerel et al. (2019). Mol Cell. PITTSBURGH, May 14, 2019 - The same sources thought to inflict oxidative stress ...
A nerve cell serves as a ‘single’ for studies
Researchers of the Universities of Bonn and Amsterdam and of the MPI in Göttingen are developing a novel human nerve ...
New doctors’ DNA ages six times faster than normal in first year
Long work hours of intern year associated with accelerated shortening of telomere regions of chromosomesCredit: University of Michigan In just ...
Preschoolers who watch TV sleep less
UMass Amherst scientist's ongoing sleep research looks into the impacts of TV on young childrenCredit: UMass Amherst Preschoolers who watch ...
Nutrition 2019 preview: Hot topics in research and practice
Join us June 8-11 in Baltimore to explore the latest research findings and their implications for practice and policy Journalists ...
Small, hardy planets most likely to survive death of their stars
Small, hardy planets packed with dense elements have the best chance of avoiding being crushed and swallowed up when their ...
Symbionts as lifesavers
Researchers discover new factor influencing the spread of LegionellaCredit: © Cecilia Wentrup When people fall ill from bacterial infection, the ...
How the Sun pumps out water from Mars into space
Credit: Space Science Council of RAS Russian and German physicists have offered an explanation for the new data obtained by ...
How proteins help influenza A bind and slice its way to cells
New study adds to our understanding of how influenza A effectively overcomes the first line of our defence against infectionCredit: ...
Humanwide program uses data-driven, integrated team approach to predict, prevent disease
Proactive, personalized care detected overlooked health conditions and risks Proactive, personalized care detected overlooked health conditions and risks A Stanford ...
Army research supports communications in smart cities
ADELPHI, Md. -- The U.S. Army is researching how to leverage smart cities of the future where networks of sensors ...
Compositional design of multi-component alloys by high-throughput screening
Credit: ©Science China Press Recently, multi-component materials have become one of the most promising materials in the engineering and biomedical ...
IL-1 inhibitors may reduce radiation-induced vascular damage
Radiation therapy against cancer can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease much later in life, as the radiation causes chronic ...
Brain-controlled, non-invasive muscle stimulation allows chronic paraplegics to walk
Brain-controlled, non-invasive muscle stimulation allows chronic paraplegics to walk again and exhibit partial motor recoveryCredit: Walk Again Project - Associação ...
Accelerating quantum technologies with materials processing at the atomic scale
Credit: Oxford University 'Quantum technologies' utilise the unique phenomena of quantum superposition and entanglement to encode and process information, with ...
Brain changes linked with Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear
In a records review of 290 people at risk for Alzheimer's disease, scientists at Johns Hopkins say they have identified ...
Cell membrane as coating materials to better surface engineering of nanocarriers
Credit: ©Science China Press Surface engineering of nanocarriers devotes considerable contribution to the field of biomedicine ranging from drug delivery ...
