Controlling memory by triggering specific brain waves during sleep
Credit: (background image modified from freepik.com) Have you ever tried to recall something just before going to sleep and then...
Changes in conservation planning can benefit vulnerable mammals
Credit: Ana Davidson Right now, a prairie dog in Colorado is busy increasing soil carbon retention, increasing water infiltration, and...
How plants grow like human brains
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (July 6, 2017) Plants and brains are more alike than you might think: Salk...
ASHG honors Edward McCabe with 2017 Advocacy Award
Credit: courtesy March of Dimes BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Edward R.B. McCabe,...
Kinky biology
Credit: Christopher G. Myers, B. Montgomery Pettitt, University of Texas Medical Branch A biological mystery lies at the center of...
Narcotics diversion results in outbreak of serratia marcescens bacteria
NEW YORK (July 6, 2017) - An illegal diversion of opioids by a hospital nurse tampering with syringes was responsible...
Terminal cancer patients can be unwilling to face prognosis
In a recent study, published in The Oncologist, just under 10% of patients diagnosed with terminal cancer did not know...
Conversation cards© a useful tool in pediatric weight management
(Elsevier) Conversation Cards© were developed to help families think about and prioritize key challenges regarding pediatric weight management. They also...
Vitamin D may improve sunburn, according to new clinical trial
High doses of vitamin D taken one hour after sunburn significantly reduce skin redness, swelling, and inflammation, according to double-blinded,...
UK’s Farman is co-author of important wheat disease study
Credit: Paul Bachi LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 7, 2017) - A University of Kentucky plant pathologist is part of an international...
Keeping the beat
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (July 6, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed funding for...
Data journalist, statistics and neuroscience professor, historical icon to speak at JSM 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 6, 2017) - Only weeks away, the world's largest annual gathering of statisticians and data scientists -...
Novel PET tracer detects small blood clots
Credit: Piramal Imaging GmbH, Berlin Germany RESTON, Va. ?- Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack,...
A biophysical smoking gun
While much about Alzheimer's disease remains a mystery, scientists do know that part of the disease's progression involves a normal...
Antioxidants against sepsis
During sepsis, cells are swamped with reactive oxygen species generated in an aberrant response of the immune system to a...
New NAM publication examines improving outcomes, reducing costs for ‘high-needs patients’
WASHINGTON - Nearly half of the nation's spending on health care is driven by 5 percent of patients, and improving...
Mothers often distracted during breast and bottle feeding
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 6, 2017 - As innovation expands the accessibility of technology,...
Falls lead to declines in seniors
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON -- More than half of elderly patients (age 65 and older) who visited...
Kent State researchers study link between Pokémon GO and a healthier lifestyle
(Kent State University) Kent State University researchers found that playing a popular physically-interactive, smartphone based game, like Pokémon GO, may...
A steady pulse
For perhaps the first time ever, the world's oceans have a health record -- and it's revealing clues about what...
