Cardiorespiratory fitness is essential to reduce risk of coronary…
Credit: The Cooper Institute Rochester, MN, November 17, 2017 – Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death...
Unveiling nasty act of trans-fatty acids in blood
Credit: Creative Commons Zero () license Tohoku University researchers have found that trans-fatty acids promote cell death in a more...
Blood pressure medication paves the way for approaches to managing…
Credit: Svein Olav Bratlie/University of Gothenburg New ways of using mechanisms behind certain blood pressure medications may in the future...
Want to save tigers? Better have your numbers straight
Credit: Ullas Karanth/WCS A new book co-edited by tiger biologist Dr. Ullas Karanth of (WCS) Wildlife Conservation Society and Dr....
Drunken noodles or Pad Kee Mao? Language matters on ethnic menus
Credit: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ethnic restaurants like to brag about how "authentic" they are. But when it...
Women show cognitive advantage in gender-equal countries
Women's cognitive functioning past middle age may be affected by the degree of gender equality in the country they live...
Implantable wireless devices trigger — and may block — pain signals
Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can...
Autism Speaks releases new strategic plan for science
Credit: Autism Speaks Autism Speaks today released its Strategic Plan for Science 2018-2020, with emphasis on the organization's mission to...
Canadian children’s nutrition suffers during school hours
Credit: UBC Public Affairs / Claire Tugault-Lafleur Canadian children don't eat enough vegetables, fruit and dairy products during school hours,...
NIH to expand critical catalog for genomics research
Credit: Ernesto Del Aguila, NHGRI The National Institutes of Health plans to expand its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project,...
St. Michael’s Hospital leading study in Canada to identify…
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2017–For many people living with HIV, the stigma associated with their...
Gut microbiota of larvae has an impact on mosquito’s ability to transmit human…
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Mosquitoes are holometabolous insects (i.e. organisms that go through a complete metamorphosis). As such, they occupy...
Van Andel Research Institute’s Hui Shen receives ovarian cancer research award
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 18, 2015)–The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) yesterday announced that Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) Assistant...
Drugs with multiple targets show promise against myotonic dystrophy type 1
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Efforts to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1, the most common form of muscular dystrophy, are in their...
Mixed organization of gut bacteria is revealed by microbiome imaging…
Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Yuko Hasegawa, MBL WOODS HOLE, Mass.– Disruptions in the microbiome of the human gut are...
Trials show inactivated Zika virus vaccine is safe and immunogenic
Credit: NIAID The investigational Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine was well-tolerated and induced an immune response in participants, according...
Study: Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans
Credit: iStock photo WASHINGTON (April 28, 2017)–A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the...
Cervical lesions change fastest in Hispanics, slowest in…
Credit: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association CHICAGO–January 11, 2018–Physicians determining treatment options following abnormal Pap smears now have another...
Study: Yoga helps back pain among veterans
Credit: Kevin Walsh In a study including 150 military veterans with chronic low back pain, researcher Dr. Erik J. Groessl...
Elizabeth Blackburn, Salk Institute’s first female president, honored by TIME
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–Salk Institute President Elizabeth Blackburn–the Institute's first female president and one of only 12 women to...
