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Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons in mice
Credit: Nedivi Lab/Picower Institute A new study provides fresh evidence that the decline in the capacity of brain cells to...
The 5th Annual Aging and Drug Discovery Forum at the Basel Life Conference 2018
Monday, August 20th, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence for...
Adults play a key role in children’s participation in school recess, researchers suggest
CORVALLIS, Ore. - When adults are participants in school recess - leading games, monitoring play and ensuring conflicts are mediated...
Socioeconomic status may explain racial & ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival
A new study provides insights into the degree to which socioeconomic status explains racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer...
Listeria surveillance: New EU-wide study reveals that most outbreaks remain undetected
Credit: Eurosurveillance More than half of the severe listeriosis cases in the European Union belong to clusters, many of which...
Two molecules offer great potential to combat cancer and chronic infections
SAN FRANCISCO--August 20, 2018--To fight viral infections, your immune system calls on CD8 T cells to kill the infected cells....
Teen tattoos: 1/2 of parents concerned about negative health effects, impact on employment
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan. ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Seventy-eight...
BU researcher receives DoD grant to study TBI, military service in AD
(Boston)--Jesse Mez, MD, MS, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a three-year, $1.2...
Progress toward plugging an antibiotic pump
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Each year in the U.S., at least 23,000 people die from infections caused...
Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, has spread outside of…
DALLAS, Aug. 20, 2018 -- Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic...
Blood management program safely reduces transfusions in orthopedic patients
CHICAGO - A patient blood management program designed to limit the amount of transfused blood orthopedic patients undergoing common surgeries...
New research reveals how the body clock controls inflammation
Credit: Patrick Bolger Researchers at RCSI and Trinity College Dublin have revealed insights into how the body clock controls the...
Young, healthy people still vulnerable to CVD if their LDL cholesterol is high
DALLAS, August 20, 2018 -- Young, healthy people may still face a lifetime risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease...
New study explains why genetic mutations cause disease in some people but not in others
Credit: New York Genome Center NEW YORK, NY (August 20, 2018) - Researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC)...
Healthy diet linked to healthy cellular aging in women
ANN ARBOR--Eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains and low in added sugar, sodium and...
Helping surgical patients taper off opioids safely and successfully
(Monday, August 20, 2018 - Toronto) - A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely...
More than half of stores sampled in Colorado study still selling cigarettes to minors
A study published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics reports that the method federal regulators use to monitor illegal underage...
Temple University Hospital performs nation’s 1st post-FDA approval BLVR using Zephyr Valve
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Temple University Hospital has become the first U.S. center to perform bronchoscopic...
Sex in plants requires thrust
Credit: Anja Geitmann In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, the thrust produced by...
Kids stress over public acts of discrimination, USC study finds
In a sign of the times, new USC research shows that some kids stressed out over recent public acts of...
