Eight new mouse models for Alzheimer’s disease available to researchers
Credit: Courtesy of The Jackson Laboratory The MODEL-AD Center, an ambitious project to develop and distribute precise mouse models of ...
Pregnancy and reproductive history may impact dementia risk
Chicago, July 23, 2018 - Research reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago highlighted sex differences ...
New research in patient care, transformative imaging technology highlight SNIS 15th Annual Meeting
San Francisco--The most innovative studies in neurointerventional care, cutting-edge sessions on artificial intelligence, and content-rich discussions on best practices and ...
FIND and DNDi support Malaysian MOH to simplify and decentralize HCV screening & treatment
Initiative in Malaysia to enhance country's public health approach to hepatitis C Decentralized screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) using ...
Exhaled e-vapor particles evaporate in seconds — new study
Credit: Fontem Ventures Amsterdam, July 23rd 2018 - A new peer-reviewed study published in the prestigious journal Nicotine & Tobacco ...
UTSA researcher receives $1.9 million HHS grant to develop anti-fungal vaccine
(SAN ANTONIO, July 23, 2018) -- Chiung-Yu Hung, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio ...
Mandate patient access to primary care medical records
Canada's provincial governments should mandate patient access to their electronic medical records, argue authors of a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian ...
Curing breast cancer but at what cost? Patients report heavy financial toll
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- As treatment for early stage breast cancer becomes less extensive and more ...
Greater efforts are needed to address ‘financial toxicity’ of cancer treatment
In addition to facing new concerns about their health, individuals who are diagnosed with cancer often worry about the financial ...
Exercise cuts risk of chronic disease in older adults
New research has shown that older adults who exercise above current recommended levels have a reduced risk of developing chronic ...
Saliva test could improve diabetes control and treatment
Diabetes assessment currently relies on measurement of blood sugar levels -- but a simple saliva sample could replace this, says ...
The short, tumultuous working life of a major league baseball pitcher
There are pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) who have had 30-year careers, but as UC Riverside demographer David Swanson ...
The great NFL practice conundrum: How much should you train to avoid injury?
It seems like the most banal advice you could give an athlete: don't overtrain. And yet, when the National Football ...
First practice guidelines for clinical evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease
CHICAGO, July 22, 2018 - Despite more than two decades of advances in diagnostic criteria and technology, symptoms of Alzheimer's ...
Women under-treated for heart attacks die at twice the rate of men
Published in today's Medical Journal of Australia, the study of 2898 patients (2183 men, 715 women) reveals that six months ...
First dementia prevalence data in lesbian, gay and bisexual older adults
Chicago, July 22, 2018 - The first dementia prevalence data from a large population of lesbian, gay and bisexual older ...
SF State study compares athlete and truck driver, identical twins
When it comes to being fit, are genes or lifestyle -- nature or nurture -- more important? Researchers at San ...
Wearable device from Stanford measures cortisol in sweat
The hormone cortisol rises and falls naturally throughout the day and can spike in response to stress, but current methods ...
Mother-child communication in plants
Credit: Source: Thomas Laux An international team led by the Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux has shown that ...
The need for speed: Why malaria parasites are faster than human immune cells
Credit: Heidelberg University Hospital/ HITS/ ZMBH Malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium move ten times faster through the skin than ...
