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Exercise promotes healthy living and a healthy liver
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba show that in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, regimented exercise has beneficial effects on the...
Family ties: Early cardiac events pose major and different risks in close relatives
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Family history of early cardiac events in first degree relatives such as a parent...
Ben-Gurion University researchers developing probiotic yogurt-based drugs
Credit: Credit: Dani Machlis BEER-SHEVA, Israel...April 13, 2021 - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have for the...
Dismantling white supremacy in public health
An analysis by Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine, and society at Lehigh University, suggests a new...
New research on good cholesterol possibly finds better marker for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Good cholesterol, which is transported in HDLs (high-density lipoproteins), plays a key part in the prevention of...
Volcanic pollution return linked to jump in respiratory disease cases
Credit: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya Respiratory disease increased markedly following one of Iceland's largest volcanic eruptions, a new study has found....
Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations
Credit: David Aldridge Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can...
CNIO scientists discovers a combination therapy for aggressive brain tumors
Credit: CNIO Glioblastomas are the most common and most aggressive brain tumours. Their survival rate has barely increased over the...
NIH training grant enhances opportunities for biomedical graduate students at AU
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Augusta University has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to...
Twitch partners with University of Chichester to examine esports through scientific study
Steaming service will be embedded into academic modules of University's new BA (Hons) Esports degreeCredit: University of Chichester Twitch-Chichester agreement...
Milken Institute, Baszucki Brain Research Fund launch fund for bipolar disorder research
Multimillion-dollar program dedicates funds to advance understanding of bipolar disorder treatment options. Initial letters of intent due May 14, 2021.Credit:...
Shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age extinction
Credit: Julius Csotonyi April12, 2021 - Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the...
MD Anderson researchers highlight advances in clinical studies at the AACR Annual Meeting 2021
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Early phase clinical trials conducted by researchers from The University of Texas MD...
Level of chromosomal abnormality in lung cancer may predict immunotherapy response
Dana-Farber researchers find patients whose tumors have low aneuploidy levels often have better outcomes following treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitorsCredit:...
Mutant KRAS and p53 cooperate to drive pancreatic cancer metastasis
Preclinical research identifies CREB1 as new therapeutic target downstream of frequently mutated genesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Researchers...
Better metric for thermoelectric materials means better design strategies
New quantity helps experimentally classify dimensionality of thermoelectric materialsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University...
UNT Health Science Center leads health literacy outreach in seven states
The Gibson D. Lewis Health Sciences Library works to improve access to authoritative health information for communities in Arkansas, Kansas,...
Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once...
More nuanced approach to deciding who gets COVID-19 vaccine needed in face of third wave
Job site and neighborhood risks should be taken into account when setting priorities, authors argueCredit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry,...
AGS names Dr. Faith Atai Clinician of the Year
Credit: UTHealth The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today named Faith Atai, MD, a skilled clinician and medical administrator with a...