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We all want ‘healthy aging,’ but what is it, really? New report looks for answers
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society "Healthy aging" sounds like a priority we all can share, but for geriatrics healthcare...
UA professor receives grant for innovative research in preventing heart failure
Credit: Tabbitha Mosier, UA College of Medicine - Phoenix A University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix researcher has...
Quit rates are low and not increasing among cigarette smokers with mental health problems
(NEW YORK) November 1, 2018--Even as more and more American quit smoking cigarettes, individuals with serious psychological distress (SPD) are...
Drug combination for treatment resistant depression no more effective than single
Psychiatrists and GPs increasingly combine mirtazapine with an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) or SNRI (serotonin-noradenaline reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant for...
Drexel researcher to study how California’s changing cannabis laws affect young adults
A Drexel University-led research project aimed at studying the health and behavioral effects of medical marijuana use for young adults...
Study finds tennis elbow treatments provide little to no benefit
BOSTON - The painful condition known as "tennis elbow" results from overuse of the tendons in the forearm, typically in...
Children who experience violence early in life develop faster
Philadelphia, November 1, 2018 - A study in Biological Psychiatry has shown that exposure to violence early in life -...
People with Internet addiction react the worst when WiFi fails
London, November 1, 2018 Do you get frustrated and angry when your WiFi connection stops working? It could be because...
New study finds evidence of brain injuries in football players at surprisingly young age
Credit: Orlando Health There have been more and more cases confirming that repeated hits to the head have lifelong consequences...
2D magnetism: Atom-thick platforms for energy, information and computing research
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (10/31/2018) Two-dimensional magnetism has long intrigued and motivated researchers for its potential to unleash new states of...
Shape-shifting robots perceive surroundings, make decisions for first time
ITHACA, N.Y. - General-purpose robots have plenty of limitations. They can be expensive and cumbersome. They often accomplish only a...
Empathetic machines favored by skeptics but might creep out believers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Most people would appreciate a chatbot that offers sympathetic or empathetic responses, according to a team...
UTA researcher developing chip-scale system for quantum communications
Credit: UT Arlington Distributing information through quantum communication is an extremely secure method because it relies on the quantum nature...
Researchers find the origin of an isolated bird species on South Atlantic island
Credit: Photo by Peter G. Ryan EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 31, 2018 -- By wings or maybe riding on debris,...
Gut bacteria may control movement
Credit: Image courtesy of Dreamstime|©Captainhe. A new study puts a fresh spin on what it means to "go with your...
2-D magnetism: Atom-thick platforms for energy, information and computing research
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (10/31/2018) Two-dimensional magnetism has long intrigued and motivated researchers for its potential to unleash new states of...
University of Arizona researchers make next move in the fight against ovarian cancer
Credit: University of Arizona Ovarian cancer claims the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic cancers, as high as 70 percent...
Mycoplasma pathogens sneaking past our line of defense
(Stockholm University) New research reveals that Mycoplasma pathogens make DNA in a unique way that may protect them from our...
Muscle-building proteins hold clues to ALS, muscle degeneration
Credit: CU Boulder Toxic protein assemblies, or "amyloids," long considered to be key drivers in many neuromuscular diseases, also play...
Too many fishers in the sea: The economic ceiling of artisanal fisheries
Credit: Photo: Octavio Aburto/International League of Conservation Photographers A new study shows that even if fishers used the most efficient...
