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...
Russian scientists learned to perform a diagnosis by analyzing saliva
Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Nature endowed the human with an unique protective system, the immunity. It is...
Rochester scientists discover gene controlling genetic recombination rates
Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Genetics is a crapshoot. During sexual reproduction, genes from both the mother...
Fight, flight, or freeze
Credit: Andrew Moberly, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - "Take a deep breath" is the mantra of...
Late, but not too late — screening for olfactory dysfunction
(IOS Press) In a large population-based study of randomly selected participants in Germany, researchers found that participants aged 65-74 years...
$2 million grant to push forward cancer research in West Texas
Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas - A $2 million grant...
Blood biomarkers may allow easier detection, confirmation of concussions
Irvine, Calif., April 20, 2018 -- Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, Georgetown University and the University of Rochester...
Spit and polish: The beauty of saliva for epigenetic studies
Biomarkers in saliva identify changes that impact the body, according to research published in Current Genomics. This important paper details...
Measles serious threat for babies, toddlers, unvaccinated youths, ECDC says
Madrid, Spain: The vast majority of measles cases in Europe were reported in unvaccinated patients, and children younger than two...
E. coli’s internal bomb may provide novel target for treatment strategy
Madrid, Spain: Bacteria's internal bomb, the so-called toxin-antitoxin (TA) system that is part of the normal bacterial makeup, may be...
Low total testosterone in men widespread, linked to chronic disease
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A male's total testosterone level may be linked to more than just sexual health and muscle...
How environmental pollutants and genetics work together in rheumatoid arthritis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - It has been known for more than three decades that individuals with a particular version of...
