How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of giving social support
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental...
Guidance for preventing C. difficile in neonatal intensive care
NEW YORK (August 30, 2018) -- Newborns require special diagnosis and treatment considerations for an infectious diarrhea known as Clostridioides...
New survey reveals 57 percent of americans have been surprised by a medical bill
Fifty-seven percent of American adults have been surprised by a medical bill that they thought would have been covered by...
UA Cancer Biology graduate student travels ROCKy road toward a cure
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) The Limesand Lab at the University of Arizona is devoted to improving quality of life...
Missing men, missing infertility: New research flags up problem
Men are missing from fertility debates and crucial support services because they are often not included in studies and, when...
Biomechanics of chewing depend more on animal size, not diet
Credit: M. Wysocki BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chewing: We don't think about it, we just do it. But biologists don't know...
Pushing big data to rapidly advance patient care
The breakneck pace of biomedical discovery is outstripping clinicians' ability to incorporate this new knowledge into practice. Charles Friedman, Ph.D....
Researchers receive $18 million to study connections between heart health and cognition
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Aug. 30, 2018 - The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
National Cancer Institute funds research on computer-generated patient care summaries
Credit: UIC/Roberta Dupuis Devlin The University of Illinois at Chicago has received nearly $1.5 million in funding from the National...
Inhibiting NF-κB improves heart function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Denis Guttridge of the Medical University of South Carolina. Modified from a supplemental figure in...
Model can more naturally detect depression in conversations
To diagnose depression, clinicians interview patients, asking specific questions -- about, say, past mental illnesses, lifestyle, and mood -- and...
How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of providing support to others
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental...
Presence of new or worsened bedsores tied to poorer outcomes in inpatient rehab facilities
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study from the University at Buffalo has shown that the presence...
A master switch controls aggressive breast cancer
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 30, 2018) A team at the Salk Institute has identified a master switch that appears...
African armed conflict kills more children indirectly than in actual fighting, study finds
More children die from the indirect impact of armed conflicts in Africa than by weapons used in those conflicts, according...
HPTN 074 demonstrates significant benefits among people living with HIV who inject drugs
DURHAM, NC - Investigators from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) today announced The Lancet has published key results from...
Access to 3D printing is changing the work in research labs
Credit: McMaster University A small, black box developed in a McMaster University lab could change the way scientists search for...
A climate ‘wake-up call’
If we proactively implement effective fisheries management and limit global temperature rise, the world's oceans still have the potential to...
DOE study targets safer storage of nuclear waste
Credit: University of Houston About 20 percent of the electricity produced in the United States is generated at nuclear power...
UMass Amherst microbiologist will lead new soil warming studies
Credit: UMass Amherst/DeAngelis lab AMHERST, Mass. - Microbial ecologist Kristen DeAngelis at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been recognized...
