Artificial sweeteners linked to risk of weight gain, heart disease and other health issues
Artificial sweeteners may be associated with long-term weight gain and increased risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart ...
A firefly’s flash inspires new nanolaser light
Credit: Reproduced with permission from ref 1. © 2017 Gongora et al. A reinvented, low-cost laser source that stores light ...
9/11 survivors may be at increased risk of heart and lung disease years later
People who were exposed to the dust cloud or sustained physical injuries during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade ...
Concerns over side effects of statins stopping stroke survivors taking medication
Negative media coverage of the side effects associated with taking statins, and patients' own experiences of taking the drugs, are ...
UK not ready for Brexit’s impact on food, report warns
Severe problems with the UK food system are likely unless issues are addressed, according to latest expert report The retail ...
A prescription of activities shown to improve health and well-being
Gyms, walking groups, gardening, cooking clubs and volunteering have all been shown to work in improving the health and well-being ...
Drug combined with care program better at reducing Alzheimer’s symptoms than drug alone
Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center Combining a specific care management program with a commonly-prescribed drug for Alzheimer's disease multiplies the ...
New target could soothe the itch of inflammatory skin conditions
Credit: Holly Anderton/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Existing medicines could offer a new way to treat inflammatory skin conditions, researchers ...
Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic’s low oxygen oceans
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin/Rowan Martindale Using a combination of fossils and chemical markers, scientists have tracked how ...
£8.6 million awarded for global health research
(Queen Mary University of London) Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have secured new awards totaling £8.6m to ...
Dementia prevention hopes raised by £1.9 million boost to scan study
(University of Edinburgh) Dementia researchers are to receive a £1.9 million investment to identify the earliest brain changes associated with ...
Teen girls at higher risk OK with emergency department offering pregnancy prevention info
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Adolescent girls receiving a wide range of medical care in the Emergency Department ...
Advance furthers stem cells for use in drug discovery, cell therapy
Credit: Credit: William Daly, Eric Nguyen and Mike Schwartz, UW-Madison MADISON, Wisconsin - Since highly versatile human stem cells were ...
Females with autism show greater difficulty with day-to-day tasks than male counterparts
WASHINGTON--Women and girls with autism may face greater challenges with real world planning, organization and other daily living skills, according ...
ASU-TGen led study identifies source of cell-specific change in Alzheimer’s disease
PHOENIX and TEMPE, Ariz. -- July 12, 2017 -- Researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics ...
Climate change: Biodiversity rescues biodiversity in a warmer world
Credit: Jacob Miller The last month was recorded as the warmest June ever in many parts of the world. Last ...
Study identifies new target to preserve nerve function
Scientists in the Vollum Institute at OHSU have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of ...
NAS announces awards for Building Capacity for Science Communication Partnerships
WASHINGTON -- In an effort to encourage innovative approaches to building productive public engagement with science, the National Academy of ...
Immunosuppression underlies resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified a novel mechanism behind resistance to angiogenesis inhibitors - drugs that ...
AMP to recognize Andrew P. Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H. with 2017 Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics
BETHESDA, Md. July 14, 2017 The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit organization serving molecular diagnostic professionals, ...
