Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists
Credit: Imperial College London / Royal College of Music Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists...
Tactile feedback adds ‘muscle sense’ to prosthetic hand
Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University Engineers working to add "muscle sense" to prosthetic limbs found that tactile feedback on the skin...
Low-salt & heart-healthy dash diet as effective as drugs for some adults with high…
A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt...
Tufts microbiologist Cecilia A. Silva-Valenzuela, Ph.D., named Pew Latin American Fellow
BOSTON (June 9, 2016) — Cecilia A. Silva-Valenzuela, Ph.D., has been selected as one of ten Latin American Fellows in...
Good as gold
Few experiences invoke as much anxiety as a call from your doctor saying “you need to come back for more...
UH professor wins bronze for research of rare neurological disorder
HOUSTON, Nov. 10, 2015 – Michihisa Umetani, assistant professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston's Center for...
Gene-regulatory factors shown to improve pancreatic cancer response to chemotherapy
Credit: Department of Molecular Cytogenetics,TMDU Tokyo, Japan – Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease because of the difficulty of...
Treatment of pregnant patients with bone and joint injuries complicated, requires team of physicians
Credit: © American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ROSEMONT, Ill. (May 1, 2017)–Nearly one in 1,000 pregnant women in the United...
For kids prone to wheezing with respiratory infections, early antibiotics help
Respiratory infections are common in preschoolers, but while most children recover fairly easily from the typical coughs and congestion, a...
SLU researcher finds cause and possible relief of cancer bone pain
Credit: Ellen Hutti for Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS — In a paper published in the journal Pain, Saint Louis...
Multiregional brain on a chip
Credit: Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard University Harvard University researchers have developed a multiregional brain-on-a-chip that models the connectivity between three distinct...
Researchers test first drug to prevent the onset of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
Credit: IDIBELL IDIBELL Researchers of the Neuro-Oncology Unit of Bellvitge University Hospital – Catalan Institute of Oncology, led by Dr....
Tracking mosquitoes with your cellphone
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service It’s a sound that can keep even the weariest among us from falling asleep: the...
A ‘strand’ of DNA as never before
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In a carefully designed polymer, researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish...
Research reveals insight into how lung cancer spreads
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A cellular component known as the Golgi apparatus may play a role in how lung...
OPTIMISTIC study: Advance care planning in nursing homes challenging…
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The goal of advance care planning is to ensure that the...
Pediatric physician-scientists struggle for funding
Credit: Matt Miller/Washington University For young physician-scientists, obtaining research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can be a...
Study advances potential test to sort out precancerous pancreatic…
In a "look-back" analysis of data stored on 130 patients with pancreatic cysts, scientists at Johns Hopkins have used gene-based...
Kids’ hands may be a source of significant nicotine exposure
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI – Children may carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands just by coming into contact...
Infant MRIs show autism linked to increased cerebrospinal fluid
Credit: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC – A national research network led by UNC School...
