Taking diabetes medications as prescribed, exercising and managing weight
People with diabetes who took their medications at least 80 percent of the time and people who exercised four or...
Nanoparticles: What is their fate and how do they change?
The purpose of the international research project NANOaers (= Fate of aerosolised nanoparticles: The influence of surface active substances on...
HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis patients’ daily life quality
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a...
Hope for better lung cancer treatment on horizon
Credit: Richard Young and Dr Clare Weeden. A Melbourne study is set to improve treatment options for patients with the...
Understanding multi-decadal global warming rate changes
Credit: Gang Huang A long-standing mystery is that, despite the persistently increased greenhouse gases emissions throughout the twentieth and early...
New ‘WHO collaborating centre for physical activity and health’
A lack of physical activity increases the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases as well as diabetes and cancer. In...
Cleveland Clinic receives NIH grant to establish consortium for dementia with Lewy Bodies
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $6 million grant to Cleveland Clinic to establish a national research consortium...
University of Huddersfield collaborates with Australian firm for scientific research
Credit: University of Huddersfield UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield scientist Dr Jason Camp is investigating the potential of a non-toxic, environmentally sustainable...
The designation as a Biosphere Reserve improves the life quality of the citizens
Credit: Igone Palacios / UPV/EHU Initially, protected areas had a single, major aim which was to protect the biodiversity; today,...
Active implants: How gold binds to silicone rubber
Flexible electronic parts could significantly improve medical implants. However, electroconductive gold atoms usually hardly bind to silicones. Researchers from the...
Opioid epidemic hits nearly all age groups in both rural and urban US areas
Credit: FAIR Health In rural areas around the country, in the period 2007 to 2016, private insurance claim lines with...
A docking site per calcium channel cluster
Credit: (c) by Walter Kaufmann and Ryuichi Shigemoto A study co-led by Ryuichi Shigemoto, Professor at the Institute of Science...
Body contouring is only for the rich and insured
Only a small percentage of obese patients who have undergone bariatric surgery to help them control their weight follow up...
Do anti-wrinkle creams work? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 -- Want a younger, more perfect-looking you? Skin can stay firm...
Why does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
Credit: Stefan_Schranz/ pixabay, CC 0 FRANKFURT. To date, researchers assumed that anesthetics interrupt signal transmission between different areas of the...
Human reproduction likely to be more efficient than previously thought
How difficult is it to conceive? According to a widely-held view, fewer than one in three embryos make it to...
£1.4M EPSRC Fellowship for physicist
(Lancaster University) A Lancaster University physicist has been awarded a £1.4M EPSRC Career Fellowship over five years.Dr Dmitry Zmeev is...
Finland has the world’s most energy-saving supermarket
Savings are also being achieved by levelling out power consumption peaks Under VTT's leadership, Finland has the world's most energy-efficient...
C-Path and CDISC announce public review period for Duchenne Therapeutic Area Standard
TUCSON, Ariz., and AUSTIN, Texas - June 13, 2017 - The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) and Critical Path...
Spying on fish love calls could help protect them from overfishing
Credit: Jenna Luecke/Univ. of Texas at Austin About a third of the world's fish stocks are being overfished, meaning they're...
