Sustainable intensification of crops topic of symposium
Sustainable intensification is an approach that aims to increase crop yields on existing agricultural land while minimizing the negative environmental...
Inflammation in the womb may explain why some babies are more prone to sepsis after birth
Credit: American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, October 9, 2018 - Each year 15 million infants are born preterm and...
Too much vitamin A may increase risk of bone fractures
Consuming too much vitamin A may decrease bone thickness, leading to weak and fracture prone bones, according to a study...
Asthma may contribute to childhood obesity epidemic
Toddlers with asthma are more likely to become obese children, according to an international study led by USC scientists. The...
Scoliosis linked to essential mineral
Credit: Gabriel Haller Nobody knows why some children's backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty....
Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure
DALLAS, Oct. 9, 2018 - A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle lowered systolic blood pressure more than an...
Targeting abnormal signals suggests novel method to treat a rare childhood blood disease
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric researchers studying the life-threatening blood disorder Fanconi anemia (FA) have devised a method to...
Future breast imaging and biopsy are not eliminated after mastectomy
The proportion of breast cancer patients who are eligible for breast conservation therapy, yet opt for mastectomy, is increasing, for...
TRIUMF launches new Five-Year Plan 2020-2025
Credit: TRIUMF October 9, 2018 - Vancouver, B.C. - As we approach 2020, TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, is pleased...
Study uncovers ‘sextortion’ prevalence in teens
Credit: Florida Atlantic University According to the United States Department of Justice, "sextortion" is labeled as the most important and...
New biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease found thanks to the CRISPR technique
Credit: UEx The objective of the research, undertaken in the laboratories of the IBPM, is to develop a model for...
A pheromone-sensing gene that predates land-dwelling vertebrates
Credit: Molecular Biology and Evolution Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a gene that appears to...
Affable apes live longer, study shows
Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests. A study of...
Becoming promiscuous to ensure reproduction
Credit: Photo taken by Daisuke Nomi. Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more...
UTSA acquires microscope to write code into the brain
(San Antonio, October 9, 2018) - It's about the size of a dinner table; yet, one day may influence conversations...
Trapping toxic compounds with ‘molecular baskets’
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have developed designer molecules that may one day be able to seek out and trap deadly...
Timing of third-trimester maternal Tdap immunization associated with levels of whooping cough antibodies in newborns
Bottom Line: Risk of whooping cough (pertussis) is highest in infants too young to have completed their primary immunization series...
Can the timing of pushing during delivery affect outcomes?
Bottom Line: The best time to push during the second stage of labor (when the cervix is completely dilated through...
Memory ‘brainwaves’ look the same in sleep and wakefulness
Identical brain mechanisms are responsible for triggering memory in both sleep and wakefulness, new research at the University of Birmingham...
In childbirth, when to begin pushing does not affect C-section rates
Credit: Matt Miller/Washington University More than 3 million women in the United States give birth each year. But obstetricians have...
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