Captured on film for the first time: Microglia nibbling on brain synapses
Credit: L. Weinhard, EMBL Rome For the first time, EMBL* researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses. Their findings ...
Let them eat xylose: Yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients
Credit: Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy (CC BY-SA 3.0) MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 26, 2018) -- Researchers at Tufts University ...
Treatment rates for dangerously high cholesterol remains low
DALLAS, March 26, 2018 -- Less than 40 percent of people with severe elevations in cholesterol are being prescribed appropriate ...
Important development could reduce numbers of fish required in toxicology research
Credit: University of Plymouth Scientists have developed a new technique to examine the effects of chemicals on digestive systems of ...
Smoking in patients with heart attack reduced with varenicline
In patients who have had a heart attack, the drug varenicline significantly reduced smoking during the following year, found a ...
Drug-related mortality rates are not randomly distributed across the US
Credit: Shannon M. Monnat Ann Arbor, March 26, 2018 - Drug-related deaths have grown to be a major US public ...
Oxycodone use shifts in Australia after tamper-resistant versions introduced
After the introduction of tamper-resistant oxycodone in Australia, dispensing rates for higher-strength formulations decreased for people younger than 65 years, ...
Machine learning model provides rapid prediction of C. difficile infection risk
Every year nearly 30,000 Americans die from an aggressive, gut-infecting bacteria called Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), which is resistant to ...
Study: More people rely on government catastrophic drug plans
TORONTO, March 26, 2018-- Government spending for the catastrophic drug program in Ontario rose 700 per cent between 2000 and ...
Cancer patients’ pain eased by simple bedside chart, study shows
Cancer patients' pain eased by simple bedside chart, study shows Patients with cancer could benefit from a simple bedside system ...
Top sports leagues heavily promote unhealthy food and beverages, new study finds
Credit: NYU Langone Health The majority of food and beverages marketed through multi-million-dollar television and online sports sponsorships are unhealthy ...
Breakthrough in battle against rice blast
Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of ...
Two immunotherapies used together for the first time to tackle tumors
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 26, 2018) - Two immunotherapies - one that enables the ...
New research shows fertilization drives global lake emissions of greenhouse gases
Credit: Credit: Christian Dinkel DULUTH, Minnesota--A paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first ...
KAUST-Bruker CoE in magnetic resonance inaugurated
Credit: KAUST 2018 March 15, 2018 - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, (KAUST) and the ...
Dissecting artificial intelligence to better understand the human brain
March 25, 2018 - Boston - In the natural world, intelligence takes many forms. It could be a bat using ...
Singapore-led team of Asian cancer researchers wins AACR Team Science Award
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, March 24, 2018 - For the first time, an Asian team of cancer researchers has ...
Additional therapy after surgical removal of rare tumors may not increase survival
CINCINNATI -- Results of an analysis from the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine show that additional therapy, or ...
Associations between longitudinal beverage intakes and adolescent caries
Alexandria, VA, USA - At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction ...
Mayors’ political leanings strongly influence thoughts on city health policy effectiveness
A new Drexel University study found that 30 percent of mayors don't believe civic policies can reduce health disparities in ...
