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Credit: UBC A single bout of sleep apnea impacts the human body's ability to regulate blood pressure. In a recent...

Study to examine use, understanding of advance care preferences in nursing homes

INDIANAPOLIS -- Do nursing homes routinely record the treatment preferences of long-term residents when it comes to questions such as...

National study led by NYU Langone seeks innovative treatment for shingles of the eye

NYU Langone Medical Center will lead a five-year, 60-center clinical trial to evaluate new treatment protocols for herpes zoster ophthalmicus...

Disentangling the myth of the singing bushmaster viper with the help of tree frogs

Credit: Pablo Venegas Reaching over 3.5 m in length, the bushmaster (belonging in the Lachesis genus) is the largest viper...

Scientists explore how nutrition may feed mental health

Good nutrition has long been viewed as a cornerstone of physical health, but research is increasingly showing diet's effect on...

Out in the rural: A Mississippi health center and its war on poverty

New York - The remarkable individuals who founded the first rural community health center in Bolivar County, Mississippi more than...

Getting stroke treatments to people earlier to prevent debilitating outcomes

Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR and FLINT, Mich. -- Following the onset of a stroke, restoring blood flow to...

JNeurosci: Highlights from the Nov. 16 issue

Amount of Specific Neurotransmitter in Brain May Predict Working Memory Ability When you recite a phone number over and over...

eDNA in seawater samples could reveal status of deepwater fish populations

Credit: Peter Rask Møller Environmental DNA in seawater samples may provide accurate information about deepwater fish populations, according to a...

GW researcher publishes review of new payment reforms in JAMA Cardiology

WASHINGTON (Nov. 16, 2016) -- As conventional fee-for-service models become less viable, cardiologists will need to participate in emerging payment...

IU led $1M NSF-funded smart-home effort to advance health and independence in older adults

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- As part of a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Indiana University...

First-ever study shows e-cigarettes cause damage to gum tissue

A University of Rochester Medical Center study suggests that electronic cigarettes are as equally damaging to gums and teeth as...

It’s how you splice it: Scientists discover possible origin of muscle, heart defects

Credit: Giudice Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - Muscular dystrophies, congenital heart muscle defects, and other muscle...

Next-generation biomaterial being developed to treat bleeding

PHOENIX -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a biomaterial that...

Chemical compound holds promise as cancer treatment with fewer side effects

Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA A synthetic version of a rare toxin produced by a sea creature appears to hold promise for...

New software continuously scrambles code to foil cyber attacks

As long as humans are writing software, there will be coding mistakes for malicious hackers to exploit. A single bug...

Controlling bleeding disorders with fitted hydrogel casts

(Boston) -- Small blood clots called emboli are mostly known for traveling through the vasculature before they lodge and obstruct...

UTSW reports highest-resolution model to date of brain receptor behind marijuana’s high

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS, Nov. 16, 2016 - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report the most detailed...

Scripps Florida scientists pinpoint regulator of amphetamine induced motor activity

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by James McEntee.) JUPITER, FL - November 15, 2016 - In new findings that...

Astronomers unveil ‘heart’ of Eta Carinae