Study: Indigenous peoples own or manage at least one quarter of world’s land surface
Credit: Joan De La Malla NEW YORK (JULY 16, 2018) - Indigenous Peoples have ownership, use and management rights over...
Overcoming a major barrier to developing liquid biopsies
Credit: Sigrid Knemeyer, SciStories LLC ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The idea of testing blood or urine to find markers that...
Football training may preserve bone health in prostate cancer patients
Credit: Bo Kousgaard Androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer can lead to loss of muscle and bone...
Protecting ribosome genes to prevent aging
Credit: Silvana Paredes Aging is a process of gradual deterioration from exposure to time and the elements; this process begins...
Australia has a new venomous snake — And it may already be threatened
Credit: Bryan Fry The ink has not yet dried on a scientific paper describing a new species of snake, yet...
New tool to calculate ‘nitrogen footprint’ offers guide to pollution reduction
University of Melbourne researchers have helped create the first tool to calculate the 'nitrogen footprint' of an organisation. The tool...
How many people die from tuberculosis every year?
Credit: Garcia-Basteiro et al, 2018 The discrepancies between the estimates for global tuberculosis deaths by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Olfactory receptors have more functions than merely smell perception
Numerous studies to date have shown that olfactory receptors are relevant not only for smell perception, but that they also...
Traumatic brain injury biomarker shows promise to support rapid damage evaluation and predict outcomes
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, July 16, 2018 - A new study in The American Journal of Pathology...
Nursing notes can help indicate whether ICU patients will survive
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that sentiments in the nursing notes of health care providers are good...
A constellation of symptoms presages first definitive signs of multiple sclerosis
During the five years before people develop the first clinically recognized signs of multiple sclerosis (MS), they are up to...
Death rates from heart failure higher for women than men
Death rates from heart failure are higher for women than men, and hospitalization rates have increased in women while declining...
From the lab to the real world: program to improve elderly mobility feasible in community
Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University BOSTON (July 16, 2018)--Immobility in old age can lead to lower independence and quality of life...
Study shows painful eczema symptoms negatively impact quality of life
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (JULY 16, 2018) - If you've never suffered from eczema, also known as Atopic Dermatitis, you...
Samara scientists create a digital dynamic model of cardiovascular system
Credit: SamaraPolytech Dmitry Pashchenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Assistant Professor of the Industrial Heat-and-Power Engineering Department is the head of...
Weight loss surgery may affect the risk of cancer
A new analysis published in the BJS (British Journal of Surgery) indicates that weight loss surgery may affect an individual's...
The BMJ launches special collection on research for health in the Americas
Collection seeks to shape the research agenda and help fulfil the promise of high quality health for all High quality...
Researchers crack the code of the final blood group system
Ever since the blood type was discovered in 1962, no one has been able to explain why some people become...
NeuroTrauma Sciences and Henry Ford Health System to develop exosome technology
Credit: Henry Ford Health System NeuroTrauma Sciences, LLC (NTS), a biopharmaceutical company, and Henry Ford Health System, a non-profit organization,...
Increased communication between hospitals improves patient care and survival rates
MINNEAPOLIS- July 16, 2018 - Well more than a million patients are transferred between hospitals each year in the U.S....
