Grocery store program improves farmers’ adoption of…
Credit: Image credit: Tannis Thorlakson When grocery stores tout sustainable products, consumers may take their claims at face value. Yet...
Global maternal mortality fell 44 percent since 1990: UN group, UMass statistician
AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of maternal mortality worldwide conducted by the United Nations inter-agency group on maternal mortality...
Drug curbs marijuana use, but with tough side effects
IMAGE: In a small clinical trial, the drug topiramate reduced the amount marijuana users smoked (solid line) compared to placebo...
What the ability to ‘get the gist’ says about your brain
Credit: Courtesy of Center for BrainHealth Many who have a chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) report struggling to solve problems,...
Pulmonary fibrosis caused by single transcription factor
Credit: MPI f. Heart and Lung Research To date, the molecular basis of pulmonary fibrosis has been poorly understood. Scientists...
Gelatin accelerates healing of the blood brain barrier in acute brain…
Lucas S Kumosa and Jens Schouenborg Credits: Tove Smeds Researchers already know that gelatin-covered electrode implants cause less damage to...
Gene therapy with BMP4 protects against weight gain and insulin…
Credit: Photo: Michael Frietsch "By increasing BMP4, we can increase the metabolic rate, but we only see this in initially...
NEJM Group launches NEJM Resident 360 to best serve the needs of medical residents
BOSTON — NEJM Group announces the launch of NEJM Resident 360, a website and discussion platform that supports medical residents...
Medical gamma-ray camera is now palm-sized
Credit: Waseda University As represented by conventional radiograph, radiological images provide only black and white figures in 2D space. The...
Scientists come up with light-driven motors to power nanorobots of the…
Credit: Image courtesy of the MIPT press office. Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Semenov Institute...
Staying socially active can slow decline in older adults’ ability to function
Credit: (C) 2016, The Health in Aging Foundation The ability to perform the simple activities of daily living–dressing, bathing, toileting,...
Genes that increase children’s risk of blood infection identified
A team led by Oxford University has identified genes that make certain children more susceptible to invasive bacterial infections by...
BMC addiction expert receives award from American Association of Nurse…
Credit: Boston Medical Center Colleen T. Labelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN, director of Boston Medical Center's Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) program,...
WSU researchers see gene influencing performance of sleep-deprived…
Credit: WSU Washington State University researchers have discovered a genetic variation that predicts how well people perform certain mental tasks...
Rival sperm and choosy eggs
Credit: Keeha Levitan The delicately mannered dance between discerning eggs and vying sperm is more complicated than scientists once believed,...
Stopping children getting unnecessary antibiotics for colds and sore throats
Credit: University of Leeds A collaboration between UK, Canadian and Chinese scientists has helped to reduce the over-prescription of unneeded...
Birds to help unravel the inner working of nature’s most complex…
Credit: Alex Thornton It is one of the most spectacular sights in nature – the magnificent aerial ballet of 'murmurations'...
Experts cite multiple contacts for hepatitis C virus exposure in Ghana
IMAGE: Jennifer Layden, M.D, Ph.D., from the Loyola University Health System conducts ongoing hepatitis C virus research in Ghana. Credit:...
Mature heart muscle cells created in the laboratory from stem cells
Credit: Kwon lab Generating mature and viable heart muscle cells from human or other animal stem cells has proven difficult...
IU awarded $7.6 million to establish study of early-onset…
Credit: Indiana University Indiana University School of Medicine has been awarded a one-year, $7.6 million grant from the National Institute...