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Study finds flushing water lines protects inconsistently and may increase lead exposure
New Orleans, LA - Research conducted by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health finds that the current recommendations...
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...
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...
Imaging in living cells reveals how ‘junk DNA’ switches on a gene
Credit: Hongtao Chen, Princeton University Researchers have captured video showing how pieces of DNA once thought to be useless can...
Abnormal gene copying seen in tauopathy fruit fly models
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- It sounds like science fiction: Nefarious genes clone themselves and settle their rogue copies in distant...
How cannabis and cannabis-based drugs harm your brain
Credit: Lancaster University Long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory say researchers. The study has implications for...
A 3D model of a human heart ventricle
Credit: Luke MacQueen/Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard SEAS Harvard University researchers have bioengineered a three-dimensional model of a human left heart ventricle...
Enzyme lays the foundations for allergic immune response
Credit: RUB, Marquard While in search of the causes of allergies and asthma, a chance discovery has yielded new clues:...
Novel intervention for anxiety symptoms among people with Bipolar Disorder
Credit: Lancaster University Psychologists at Lancaster University have devised a novel psychological intervention to address Anxiety in Bipolar Disorder (AIBD)....
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...
Virtual reality may help students experience life with dementia first hand
Chicago, July 23, 2018 - Virtual reality technology gives high school students greater insight into what it's like to be...
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...
Researchers find connection between viruses and inflammatory bowel disease
AURORA, Colo. (July 23, 2018) - A study led by a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus...
How experience changes basics of memory formation
Credit: Brian Wiltgen/UC Davis We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar...
Turmeric eye drops could treat glaucoma
A derivative of turmeric could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, finds a new...
New scholarly focus needed to help solve global food crisis, U-M experts say
ANN ARBOR--The global food system is unsustainable and urgently needs an overhaul. Yet current approaches to finding solutions through applied...
Depleting microbiome with antibiotics can affect glucose metabolism
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 23, 2018) A new study from the Salk Institute has found that mice that have...
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...
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...
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...
