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New study finds more than 2 billion people overweight or obese
STOCKHOLM - Globally, more than 2 billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese,...
Artificial intelligence to assist in the treatment of heart patients
The University of Tampere and TAYS (Tampere University Hospital) Heart Hospital use artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies developed by VTT Technical...
Insomnia genes found
An international team of researchers has found, for the first time, seven risk genes for insomnia. With this finding the...
Genetic differences across species guide vocal learning in juvenile songbirds
Credit: David Wheatcroft Juvenile birds discriminate and selectively learn their own species' songs even when primarily exposed to the songs...
At annual meeting, SNMMI recognizes new fellows for distinguished service
DENVER, Colo. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) recognized seven new SNMMI Fellows during a Special...
Study: Floodplain farm fields benefit juvenile salmon
Credit: Carson Jeffres/UC Davis A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State's persistent...
Oral communication provides better outcomes for children with cochlear implants
Credit: UT Dallas In a new, multisite study of deaf children with cochlear implants, UT Dallas researchers have found that...
The One Health Company teams with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
PHILADELPHIA, June 12, 2017 -- The One Health Company is pleased to announce a new relationship with the Johns Hopkins...
Study sheds new light on inherited testicular cancer risk
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - An analysis of data from five major studies of testicular cancer has identified new genetic...
A single molecule is missing and the cell world is empty
Credit: © Beata Edyta Mierzwa, BeataScienceArt.com Cells multiply by duplicating themselves: they grow, replicate their components, and finally split into...
Researchers find glass eels use internal compass to find their way home
Credit: Institute of Marine Research MIAMI--Scientists are closer to unraveling the long-standing mystery of how tiny glass eel larvae, which...
PET imaging of atherosclerosis reveals risk of plaque rupture
Credit: Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering DENVER, Colo. - A new study shows...
Short duration of breastfeeding and maternal obesity linked to fatty liver in adolescents
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 12, 2017 - Infants who were breastfed for less than six months...
Short regulatory gene spotted
An epigenetic mechanism regulating gene activity has been revealed by a KAUST-led international team of researchers investigating interactions between the...
Fasting plasma glucose and insulin are determinants of dietary weight loss success
San Diego, CA and Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11, 2017 - Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, together with colleagues from...
Targeted photodynamic therapy shown highly effective against prostate cancer
Credit: Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and the Clinic for...
Investigators examine the relationship between pain and opioid abuse
The drug overdose epidemic is largely driven by opioids, which continue to be prescribed for chronic pain despite recommendations to...
Neuro-receptor PET could provide an early warning for alcoholic relapse
Credit: UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium DENVER, Colo. - Alcohol abuse disorder is a devastating and complicated disease affecting millions of people...
Lianas stifle tree fruit and seed production in tropical forests
Credit: STRI archives Woody vines, known as lianas, compete intensely with trees and their numbers are on the rise in...
A changing climate affects plankton populations
Credit: © 2016 J.M. Gasol Bacterial and archaeal plankton, as the most abundant form of life in the oceans, profoundly...
