Connecting the dots between dreams and brain disease
Dr. John Peever at the University of Toronto has been working to answer one of humanity's greatest questions: how do...
Some heart attack patients may not benefit from beta blockers
New research challenges established medical practice that all heart attack patients should be on beta blockers. The study -- by...
Stopping drug abuse can reverse related heart damage
Quitting methamphetamine use can reverse the damage the drug causes to the heart and improve heart function in abusers when...
Historical rainfall levels are significant in carbon emissions from soil
Credit: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory AUSTIN, Texas - Scientists have known that microbes living in the ground can...
Biologics before triple therapy not cost effective for rheumatoid arthritis
Stepping up to biologic therapy when methotrexate monotherapy fails offers minimal incremental benefit over using a combination of drugs known...
Cells pumping iron to prevent anemia
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Maintaining a good balance of iron in the body is necessary for health: too...
Too much stress for the mother affects the baby through amniotic fluid
The feeling of constantly being on edge, always having to take care of everything, not being able to find a...
New test method aims to predict allergenic potency of chemicals
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method which determines not only whether a chemical or substance is...
The immune system promotes spontaneous heart regeneration
In adult mammal hearts, cardiomyoctyes do not proliferate following damage, like that caused by myocardial infarction. However, the inability to...
Neurons can learn temporal patterns
Individual neurons can learn not only single responses to a particular signal, but also a series of reactions at precisely...
Wake-promoting compound validated
Credit: University of Tsukuba Narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder in which patients often fall asleep uncontrollably, has been incurable because...
Pediatric IBD patients not meeting recommended calcium and vitamin D intake
Credit: United European Gastroenterology A new study highlights that children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not meeting the...
Climate change can alter the impact of forest pathogens in trees
Credit: Riikka Linnakoski New research on projected climate changes from the University of Helsinki indicates that climate change has an...
Detailed view of a molecular toxin transporter
Credit: ETH Zurich / Scott Jackson, Ioannis Manolaridis, Kaspar Locher Almost all living creatures have evolved mechanisms to remove toxins...
Study finds greater risk of extinction among high diversity amphibian groups
Credit: SFU A new study by Simon Fraser University biologists Dan Greenberg and Arne Mooers offers clues to why more...
Keep your balance — even in old age
Credit: Neurogeriatrics Research Group, Kiel University Balance problems when standing and walking are ubiquitous in the older population, and can...
New discovery: Cormorants can hear under water
Credit: University of Southern Denmark For the first time, researchers have shown that a marine birds can hear under water....
Quest for drought-resistant chickpea could benefit poor farmers
Scientists are seeking to develop chickpeas that can flourish in dry climates, to help some of the world's poorest farmers...
Previously, on Arctic warming
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto & San Diego -- Is a warmer Arctic a canary of global warming? Since the 1970s...
Genomics tracks migration from lost empires to modern cities
Copenhagen, Denmark: New genomic tools are enabling researchers to overturn long-held beliefs about the origins of populations, a researcher will...
