£1.8m bid to beat heart disease targets unseen risks
(University of Edinburgh) Imaging tools to identify abnormalities that cause heart attacks are to be developed in a £1.8m research...
Artificial intelligence predicts patient lifespans
A computer's ability to predict a patient's lifespan simply by looking at images of their organs is a step closer...
Asthma intervention study points to care and cost benefits
A new study showing how interventions by community pharmacists can help asthma patients achieve better asthma control could have major...
How to attack Africa’s neonatal mortality problem
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Giving birth at home is the most significant risk factor for neonatal...
Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide
Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those...
Radar reveals steep declines in Kauai’s seabird populations
Credit: A. Raine The island of Kauai is home to two endangered seabirds, the Hawaiian Petrel and the Newell's Shearwater....
How do signs of problem gambling differ in men and women?
Men and women experiencing problems with gaming machines (slot machines) display the same signs that their habit is out of...
Largest study to date finds autism alone does not increase risk of violent offending
Washington, DC, June 1, 2017 - A diagnosis of autism alone does not increase the risk of violent offending, suggests...
A mother’s age doesn’t matter
A number of previous scientific studies have found that among mothers 35 or older, there is an elevated risk that...
Tobacco the ‘silent killer’ of HIV patients, say researchers
Researchers at the University of York have shown that tobacco use is more common among HIV positive individuals than HIV...
Cholesterol — a key player at the lung surface
Cholesterol, a naturally occurring compound at the lung surface, has been shown to have a clear effect on the properties...
Immunology: How ancestry shapes our immune cells
Virtually the entire population of sub-Saharan Africa, and some 70% of African Americans, carry a gene variant (allele) which results...
Phagocytes in the brain: Good or bad?
The precise impact of the microglia in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's remains unclear. In the brain, microglial...
Why pot-smoking declines — but doesn’t end — with parenthood
Adults who smoke marijuana often cut back after becoming parents -- but they don't necessarily quit. The influence of a...
Payments linked to higher odds of doctors prescribing certain cancer drugs
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Physicians paid by pharmaceutical companies for meals, talks and travel had higher odds of prescribing those...
How to block type 1 diabetes
Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory, Cyteir Therapeutics and collaborating institutions have found a way to protect beta cells from destruction...
Deployment stress impacts well-being through different mental health issues for female and male vets
(Boston)-- Experiencing stress-related mental health issues following deployment exposures increases risk of reduced well-being in other life domains in the...
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition to publish with Wiley
Hoboken, NJ--June 1, 2017--John Wiley and Sons Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) announced today that it has been selected by the American...
New report calls on federal and state collaboration to address brucellosis transmission
WASHINGTON - Efforts to control brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) should focus on reducing the risk of transmission...
ESMO 2017 Congress: Integrating science into oncology for a better patient outcome
Don't miss ESMO 2017: the place to be for the latest news in oncology! The count of submitted abstracts this...
