Case study: Child’s lobectomy reveals brain’s ability to reorganize its visual system
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A new study led by Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists provides the first evidence of how the...
Long-term study of a boy’s lobectomy offers rare glimpse of plasticity in action
The boy suffered his first epileptic seizure at age four. Doctors tried medication and other treatments to control the seizures--the...
Microbes in the Hong Kong subway system mix together by evening rush hour
Credit: Gianni Panagiotou Every day, the hundred-mile-long Hong Kong subway system serves nearly five million people commuting from as far...
Predicting heart attack, stroke risk just got easier
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 30, 2018 - A team of researchers led by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical...
Mapping of magnetic particles in the human brain
Many living organisms, such as migratory birds, are thought to possess a magnetotactic sense, which enables them to respond to...
Wolters Kluwer and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care announce publishing partnership
July 31, 2018 - Wolters Kluwer Health announced today it will begin publishing The Journal of the Association of Nurses...
The tipping point: Service sector employees are more susceptible to mental health issues
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Approximately 102 million Americans work in the service industry, according to the Pew Research Center, filling critical...
CHOP nurse-researcher presents the Spatz 10-Step System as national model for breastfeeding
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Mothers of critically ill infants may not receive necessary breastfeeding support, because their babies may...
Scientists uncover new facts concerning working memory in children
Researchers from the Higher School of Economics conducted a meta-analysis by compiling data across 17 neuroimaging studies on working memory...
Blood samples used to investigate adaptive repair mechanisms of transplanted kidneys
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 31, 2018 - Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have shown that gene expression analysis...
Patients opt for 3D simulation for breast augmentation — but it doesn’t improve outcomes
July 31, 2018 - Three-dimensional image simulation is popular among women planning breast augmentation surgery. But while this evolving technology...
How chronic infections can outsmart the immune system
(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) Second leading cause of death by parasitic infection, visceral leishmaniasis takes advantage...
Artificial intelligence system created at UNC-Chapel Hill designs drugs from scratch
An artificial-intelligence approach created at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy can teach itself...
845-Page analytical report on the longevity industry in the UK released
Credit: Biogerontology Research Foundation Tuesday, July 31, 2018, London, UK: The Biogerontology Research Foundation announces the publication of a new...
Implants made by computer-aided design provide good results in patients with rare chest muscle deformity
July 31, 2018 - For patients with Poland syndrome - a rare congenital condition affecting the chest muscle - computer-aided...
NJ researchers investigate effects of dietary nitrate on cognitive function in veterans
Credit: Kessler Foundation Glenn Wylie, DPhil, and Jorge Serrador, PhD, have won an award from the Rutgers Brain Health Institute...
Diabetes risk higher among LGBQ teens than heterosexual teens, study finds
Credit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning youth are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, be...
Women and lupus — Tackling the debilitating connection
Credit: University of Houston The chronic inflammatory disease systemic lupus erythematosus (known as SLE or lupus), is about nine times...
Red-blood-cell ‘hitchhikers’ offer new way to transport drugs to specific targets
Credit: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - A new drug-delivery technology which uses red blood cells (RBCs)...
Researchers predict distribution of rat lungworm, now and into future
Credit: R. Rollins A recent study by University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers revealed that Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm,...
