127-million-year-old baby bird fossil sheds light on avian evolution
Credit: Raúl Martín The tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird is helping scientists understand how early avians came into ...
Dietary sodium’s impact may not be offset by other aspects of a diet
DALLAS, March 5, 2018 - An international study suggests other aspects of the diet may not offset the harmful effect ...
Stem cell ‘twins’ to study disease
Credit: (Kyoto University / Knut Woltjen) Japan -- Researchers led by Dr. Knut Woltjen report a new gene editing method ...
Healthy diet may not offset high salt intake
A healthy diet may not offset the effects of a high salt intake on blood pressure, suggests a new study. ...
Italian law must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest
Milan, Italy - March 5, 2018: An Italian law requiring citizens to hold a certificate to use a defibrillator must ...
New national guideline sets out best practices for treating opioid addiction
A new Canadian guideline for managing opioid use disorders lays out the optimal strategies for the treatment of opioid addiction, ...
Provide stroke patients with palliative care support minus the label
When caring for stroke patients, health care providers should focus on the social and emotional issues facing patients, rather than ...
Comparison shows value of DNA barcoding in selecting nanoparticles
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech The first direct comparison of in vitro and in vivo screening techniques for identifying nanoparticles ...
Changing size of neurons could shed light on new treatments for motor neurone disease
New research published in The Journal of Physiology improves our understanding of how motor nerve cells (neurons) respond to motor ...
Broadly neutralizing antibody treatment may target viral reservoir in monkeys
After receiving a course of antiretroviral therapy for their HIV-like infection, half of a group of monkeys infused with a ...
Weekend heart attacks twice as likely to kill young patients
Milan, Italy - 3 March 2018: Young heart attack patients are twice as likely to die if they are admitted ...
Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have worse one-year survival
Milan, Italy - 3 March 2018: Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower one-year survival rates, according to research presented ...
Kids persistently allergic to cow’s milk are smaller than peers with nut allergies
Credit: Children's National Health System ORLANDO, Fla.-(March 4, 2018)-Children who experience persistent allergies to cow's milk may remain shorter and ...
Two species of ravens nevermore? New research finds evidence of ‘speciation reversal’
Credit: Bjørn Aksel Bjerke/University of Oslo For over a century, speciation -- where one species splits into two -- has ...
New research showed better survival outcomes in one type of heart failure
Singapore - A joint 7-year cohort study of 2039 patients in both Singapore's restructured hospitals and New Zealand's hospitals, revealed ...
Children with marginally low birth weight needs treatment
Credit: Anders Friberg Children with a birth weight under 2.5 kilos stand at risk of becoming underweight and can experience ...
Study in six countries identifies groups that are vulnerable to severe mental illness
Young males, ethnic minorities and people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience first-episode psychosis, defined as ...
Researchers find transferable antibiotic resistance gene in pathogen of developing nations
Washington, DC - March 2, 2018 - A team of investigators has found that the mcr-1 drug resistance gene, which ...
Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber
Credit: University of East Anglia Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber plantations Efforts ...
Previously unknown ‘supercolony’ of Adélie penguins discovered in Antarctica
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) In a paper released on March 2nd in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists announced the ...
