Birth control pills increase risk of ischemic stroke
MAYWOOD, IL - Oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic stroke, but this risk is very small among women who...
Intermountain Healthcare building new global DNA database for future genetic discoveries
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Intermountain Healthcare is creating a new global DNA registry based on medical histories from...
Number of paid sick days directly impacts how Americans use preventive care like flu shots
Credit: Florida Atlantic University How much is enough? That is what researchers from Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University...
‘Filter’ hones GWAS results to help researchers avoid dead ends
A genetics research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine has solved a dilemma facing researchers who use genomewide association studies (GWAS)...
Plymouth researcher secures funding to further investigate treatment for neuro-tumors
Credit: University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth will be continuing its research into the advancement of neuro-tumour treatments thanks...
Producing handy gels from a protein found in human blood
Credit: Biomaterials Science / Royal Society of Chemistry From blood to the lab: the protein albumin is responsible for many...
Genes for age-linked brain deterioration identified
Credit: Dr. Giuseppe Lupo The brain deteriorates with age because stem cells produce new brain cells more slowly Changes to...
Mammals share mechanisms controlling the heart with a 400 million-year-old fish
Credit: Gustavo M. Oda Primitive air-breathing fish, whose direct ancestors first appeared around 400 million years ago, show mechanisms controlling...
Weightlifting shows benefits for kidney disease patients
Credit: University of Leicester Lifting weights can provide significant health benefits to patients suffering from kidney disease. A new study...
A leopard may not change its spots but venomous creatures change their venom recipe often
Credit: Jason Macrander, UNC Charlotte. Many animals use venom to protect themselves from predators and to catch prey. Some, like...
Arctic Ny Alesund sees rapid warming, but not the warmest
Credit: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The Arctic plays an important role in the global climate system,...
Potential new approach to the treatment of multiple sclerosis
Credit: photo/©: Catherine Larochelle, Timo Uphaus, Frauke Zipp A prospective new method of treating patients with multiple sclerosis has been...
Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time
Credit: Paul Aston Scientists at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University have found that the mineral vaterite, a form (polymorph) of calcium...
Crepidula onyx resilient towards microplastic diet
Credit: Chan Lab, Division of Life Science, HKUST Coastal marine organisms are hit hard by pollution and global climate change...
World’s largest ivory burn delivered a strong message — but who received it?
Credit: David Stiles Media coverage of the torching of huge caches of ivory presented a strong message against elephant poaching...
Method to predict drug stability could lead to more effective medicines
Researchers from the UK and Denmark have developed a new method to predict the physical stability of drug candidates, which...
Lithuanians are developing drinking water treatment technology which keeps it microbe free
Credit: KTU Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU, Lithuania) are developing drinking water disinfection technology, which not only destroys...
Spanish scientists discover the cause of accelerated atherosclerosis and premature death in progeria
Credit: CNIC Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome (HGPS, also known as progeria) is a very rare genetic disease that affects fewer than 400...
How the diagnosing of lung diseases can be improved
Credit: Stepan Likhachev Three-dimensional visualization based on computer tomography imaging provides more thorough preparation for the diagnosis of lung diseases....
Magnetic nanoparticles will help stop internal bleeding 15 times more effectively
Credit: E. M. Shabanova, Andrey S. Drozdov et al. Scientists from ITMO University have found a way to effectively stop...
