Exposure to sugary breakfast cereal advertising directly influences children's diets
New Dartmouth-led research finds that child-directed high-sugar breakfast cereal TV advertising is closely associated with brand-specific intake of those cereals...
BU finds high-risk drinking common in South Africa
Findings come as country considers Liquor Products Amendment bill Adults in South Africa consume more alcohol than adults in most...
'DeepSqueak' helps researchers decode rodent chatter
Software program published in NeuropsychopharmacologyCredit: Alice Gray Many researchers realize that mice and rats are social and chatty. They spend...
New key mechanism of epileptic seizures revealed
Russian scientists investigated the changes in the temporal lobe cortex of a rat brain during prolonged epileptic seizures. Despite the...
PAC1R mutation may be linked to severity of social deficits in autism
Credit: Children's National Health System A mutation of the gene PAC1R may be linked to the severity of social deficits...
Long-term breastfeeding sheds light on whether an infant becomes right- or left-handed
Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study from the University of Washington. The study found...
Anxiety-depressive disorder changes brain genes activity
Russian neuroscientists discovered that anxiety-depressive disorder in mice is associated with impaired energy metabolism in the brain. The obtained data...
University of Cincinnati awarded $3.2 million to study stroke recurrence risk
Neuroimaging researchers will look for signs of small vessel disease in the brain to help identify patients at higher risk...
Senescent cell research moves into human trials
Rochester, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers, along with collaborators from Wake Forest School of Medicine and the The University of...
Can artificial intelligence tell a polar bear from a can opener?
UCLA psychologists' experiments demonstrate severe limitations of 'deep learning' machinesCredit: PLOS Computational Biology/Rubylane.com How smart is the form of artificial...
Introducing gun safety into health care providers' checklists to prevent teen suicide
There is some support for promoting firearm safety in pediatric primary care to prevent teen suicideCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass....
Female penguins are getting stranded along the South American coast
Credit: Takashi Yamamoto Every year, thousands of Magellanic penguins are stranded along the South American coast--from northern Argentina to southern...
Climate model uncertainties ripe to be squeezed
The latest climate models and observations offer unprecedented opportunities to reduce the remaining uncertainties in future climate change, according to...
First-in-human trial of senolytic drugs encouraging
Small pilot study points to feasibility of larger trials in age-related diseases SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA -- UT Health San...
Scientists developed new mouse model of Hirschsprung's disease
About one in every 5,000 babies is born without enteric neurons in distal colon resulting in Hirschsprung's disease. Because of...
Increased risk of comorbid neck injury in females with a concussion-related ED visit
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2019--In a study of neck injury comorbidity in concussion-related...
Henry Ford Cancer Institute enrolls first patient in pancreatic cancer research study
Study to evaluate impact of using precise, higher dose MRI-guided radiation therapyCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - The Henry...
Opioids fueled a doubling of suicides and overdoses in the US
Turning the tide demands improvements to pain care, mental health care and medication-assisted opioid addiction care, researchers say Suicides and...
New bat-borne virus related to Ebola discovered by Singapore team
New genus of filovirus found in fruit bats may be capable of infecting other speciesCredit: Rajesh Puttaswamaiah, Bat Conservation India...
Researchers make important discovery for 'smart' films and encapsulation
Credit: Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame A study from the University of Notre Dame has found that the...
