In many countries, bone health may be at risk due to low calcium intake
Credit: IOF The new interactive Global Map of Dietary Calcium Intake in Adults, launched today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation...
Russian scientists learned to perform the diagnose by analyzing saliva
Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Nature endowed the human with an unique protective system, the immunity. It is...
Immune diversity among the KhoeSan population
AURORA, Colo. (April 20, 2018) - A new study of the KhoeSan of Southern Africa has improved the understanding of...
New microscope reveals biological life as you’ve never seen it before
Credit: Boston Children's Hospital Astronomers developed a "guide star" adaptive optics technique to obtain the most crystal-clear and precise telescopic...
A new collaboration to maximize the benefits of radiation oncology
Despite being very effective and widely used, radiation oncology treatment still suffers from a lack of collective knowledge on how...
HKU medical chemists discover peptic ulcer treatment metallodrug effective in ‘taming’ superbugs
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Antimicrobial resistance posed by "superbugs" has been a major public health issue of global...
How do people die in Switzerland today?
Today, almost two thirds of deaths in Switzerland are not unexpected. How does the cultural context specific to each linguistic...
A CNIC-coordinated project is set to receive 1 million in funding over the next 3 years
(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares) An international research effort led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III will...
A study links soil metals with cancer mortality
Credit: G. López-Abente et al./Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. Spanish epidemiologists and geologists have found associations between esophageal cancer and...
Treatment of cancer could become possible with adenovirus
Adenovirus is a common virus that causes infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, eyes and gastrointestinal tract in humans and...
Lupus treatment generates positive results in Phase III clinical trial
New research indicates that belimumab, a monoclonal antibody therapy that targets a component of the immune system, provides considerable benefits...
Biomarkers for irritable bowel syndrome
Little is still known about the exact causes of irritable bowel syndrome. An international team with significant involvement from the...
Hans Peter Dimai named winner of 2018 IOF President’s Award
Hans Peter Dimai, Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, has been named the winner...
A fat belly is bad for your heart
Ljubljana, Slovenia - 20 April 2018: Belly fat, even in people who are not otherwise overweight, is bad for the...
Research debunks ‘myth’ that strenuous exercise suppresses the immune system
New research overturns a myth that has persisted for nearly four decades - that competing in endurance sports, like this...
Meditation could help anxiety and cardiovascular health
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech It sounds like a late-night commercial: In just one hour you can reduce your anxiety levels...
Fat cells seem to remember unhealthy diet
Credit: University of Copenhagen 24 hours. This is all it takes for a so-called precursor fat cell to have its...
IOF CNS Medal awarded to professor Bagher Larijani
The CNS Medal honours an individual who has made important and outstanding contributions to the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Committee...
San Diego leaders, researchers announce milestone grant as Alzheimer’s crisis widens
Credit: Alzheimer's San Diego National Institutes of Health grant bolsters SD research to find a treatment or cure County health...
Selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by malaria control activities
Researchers from LSTM, with partners from a number of international institutions, have shown the rapid selection of a novel P450...
