Many US women don’t realize they’re seeking reproductive care at Catholic hospitals
More than one-third of women who go to a Catholic hospital for reproductive care aren't aware they're seeking obstetrical and...
Mayo Clinic researchers take a step closer to developing a DNA test for liver cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of researchers from Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Corporation have completed a phase II study...
Sticky situation: New process turns wood scraps into tape
Credit: University of Delaware/ Illustration by Joy Smoker Whether you're wrapping a gift or bandaging a wound, you rely on...
CWRU School of Medicine researchers create first artificial human prion
Credit: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial...
Research shows dogs prefer to eat fat, and cats surprisingly tend toward carbs
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Dogs gravitate toward high-fat food, but cats pounce on carbohydrates with even greater enthusiasm, according to research...
Cedars-Sinai research identifies gut gas linked to diarrhea
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (June 5, 2018) - Cedars-Sinai investigators have for the first time identified a gas produced in...
Throw like a girl? No, he or she just hasn’t been taught
ANN ARBOR--"You throw like a girl" is a sexist taunt that can instantly sour a kid on athletics and other...
Maternal fatty acid balance affects offspring obesity thorough gut microbial population
The balance between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in the tissues of female mammals, which previous research has suggested can...
Decades of type 1 diabetes linked to mild drop in cognition
BOSTON - (June 5, 2018) - People who live with type 1 diabetes for very long duration show signs of...
Researchers discover how colon cancer mutates to escape the immune system
A UCLA-led study has found how colon cancer alters its genes during development in order to avoid detection by the...
Stunting cell ‘antennae’ could make cancer drugs work again
Scientists have uncovered a completely new way to make cancers sensitive to treatment - by targeting antenna-like structures on cells....
Penn Medicine GI bleeding research points to need for updated Medicare policies
WASHINGTON, DC--Penn Medicine researchers are calling for greater precision in Medicare performance reporting for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding following...
Biomagnetic imaging company Genetesis closes $7.5 milion in Series A financing
Credit: Genetesis (Mason, OH) Genetesis , a medical device company focused on using biomagnetic imaging to enable rapid, noninvasive and...
Computer simulations identify chemical key to diabetes drug alternatives
Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jeremy Smith, Governor's Chair for Molecular Biophysics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and director...
Beyond superstition to general causality: AI nutcracker for real-world problems
Credit: Ms. Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg When something bad happens to a person, it is human to try...
The Human Brain Project has entered its third phase
"This is a major step and the result of a lot of hard and excellent work by our members and...
Sleep disturbances more common for immigrants than non-immigrants
Preliminary data from a recent study show high levels of emotional distress could be causing immigrants to have more sleep...
Common diabetes drug found safe for most diabetics with kidney disease
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Results of a large-scale study suggest that the oral diabetes drug metformin is safe for most...
It’s all in your head: Brain protein targeted for alcoholism cure
Credit: University of Houston A protein in the brain that binds to alcohol could be the key to curing alcoholism,...
New tool enables big-scale analysis of single cells
Credit: CNAG-CRG New research led by Holger Heyn at the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico of the Centre for Genomic...
