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Urban Inuit communities suffer from poor health and limited access to healthcare
Cases of cancer and hypertension are much higher among Inuit living in and around Ottawa than for the general population...
Asthma may contribute to childhood obesity epidemic
Toddlers with asthma are more likely to become obese children, according to an international study led by USC scientists. The...
In childbirth, when to begin pushing does not affect C-section rates
Credit: Matt Miller/Washington University More than 3 million women in the United States give birth each year. But obstetricians have...
Scientists mimic the earliest stages of human development
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--October 9, 2018--Human embryos start as a tiny mass of cells that are all the same. The first...
Scoliosis linked to essential mineral
Credit: Gabriel Haller Nobody knows why some children's backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty....
‘Man’, ‘woman’ and ‘other’: QUT research explores gender diversity
A growing number of people in Australia no longer see themselves as fitting into the traditional boxes of 'man' or...
Finding therapeutic targets to prevent atherosclerosis
Credit: University of Houston University of Houston biologist Michihisa Umetani, having discovered that a certain protein partnership acts to rapidly...
Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure
DALLAS, Oct. 9, 2018 - A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle lowered systolic blood pressure more than an...
Seed oils are best for LDL cholesterol
Credit: Lukas Schwingshackl et al. Journal of Lipid Research 2018 If you want to lower your low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, called...
Unseen infections harming world’s children, research reveals
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications Children around the world are suffering from unnoticed infections that are stunting...
Targeting abnormal signals suggests novel method to treat a rare childhood blood disease
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric researchers studying the life-threatening blood disorder Fanconi anemia (FA) have devised a method to...
Crosstalk between fallopian tube, ovary may drive the spread of ovarian cancer
Credit: UIC/Sanchez, et. al. New research from the University of Illinois at Chicago shows that cancer cells in the fallopian...
Louisiana amphibian shows unique resistance to global disease
Amphibian populations around the world are declining due to a skin disease caused by fungus. However, an amphibian commonly found...
Future breast imaging and biopsy are not eliminated after mastectomy
The proportion of breast cancer patients who are eligible for breast conservation therapy, yet opt for mastectomy, is increasing, for...
Micropeptide restores heart function in mice
Researchers have discovered a micropeptide molecule that can restore normal heart function in mice, according to a study in eLife....
Indiana University researcher-entrepreneur receives $245,000 STTR grant for startup
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A high-tech startup founded by an Indiana University researcher-entrepreneur has been awarded a federal...
TRIUMF launches new Five-Year Plan 2020-2025
Credit: TRIUMF October 9, 2018 - Vancouver, B.C. - As we approach 2020, TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, is pleased...
‘Smart’ robotic system could offer home-based rehabilitation
Credit: University of Houston Researchers in Houston and elsewhere have shown that robotic systems controlled by the user's own brain...
Gene mutation points to new way to fight diabetes, obesity, heart disease
Researchers say they have discovered a gene mutation that slows the metabolism of sugar in the gut, giving people who...
Study uncovers ‘sextortion’ prevalence in teens
Credit: Florida Atlantic University According to the United States Department of Justice, "sextortion" is labeled as the most important and...
