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Childhood communication enhances brain development, protecting against harmful behaviors
Philadelphia, May 3, 2018 Children with greater parent communication in early adolescence have less harmful alcohol use and emotional eating...
Early HIV treatment key to avoiding brain atrophy
Credit: Ryan Sanford While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has largely dropped from news headlines since the 1990s, at the...
Environmental quality research questions identified for Latin American region
Credit: Baylor University WACO, Texas (May 3, 2018) - Using an innovative initiative, Latin American researchers from academia, government agencies...
Bowel disease study points to new therapies for lifelong conditions
Treatments for incurable bowel conditions may be a step closer following the discovery of a key molecule associated with disease...
Weekday for operation does not affect survival from lung cancer
The day of the week on which a patient has a lung cancer operation has no significance for their survival....
Essential malaria parasite genes revealed
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Researchers have exploited a quirk in the genetic make-up of the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to...
Noise throws the heart out of rhythm
Credit: Photomontage realized by Peter Pulkowski, Mainz University Medical Center With an increasing level of noise, the incidence of atrial...
Students create exoskeleton app for patient with muscular dystrophy
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Zach Smith has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder marked by progressive...
Nation’s first cardiac ablation with mapping system recently cleared by the FDA performed at Penn Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - After eight years of failed treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), Janet Szilagyi, 78 of Clayton, New Jersey,...
Frequent sauna bathing reduces risk of stroke
Credit: UEF Frequent sauna bathing is associated with a reduced risk of stroke, according to a new international study. In...
The brain’s ‘rising stars’: New options against Alzheimer’s?
A study by scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) points to a novel potential approach against Alzheimer's...
Wriggling tadpoles may hold clue to how autism develops
LA JOLLA, CA-- May 3, 2018 --You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better...
Cutting number of cancers diagnosed as emergencies could save 1,400 lives a year
Over 1,400 lives could be saved every year - four more every day - if more cancers were diagnosed through...
PET imaging agent could provide early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Seoul National University and Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea RESTON, VA -- A novel PET tracer developed by...
UIC researchers create heart cells to study AFib
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a way turn pluripotent stem cells into atrial cells,...
Mystery solved: The bacterial protein that kills male fruit flies
In the fifties, geneticists were faced with a mystery: when two strains of the same fruit fly species (Drosophila) crossed,...
Researchers defy biology: Mice remain slim on burger diet
We are our own worst enemy when it comes to developing obesity. The body is naturally geared to assimilate energy...
Moffitt Cancer Center awarded $900,000 to study rare form of melanoma
TAMPA, Fla. - May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 5 million people in the United States are diagnosed...
Sylentis announces the results of tivanisiran for dry eye syndrome
Sylentis, Pharmaceutical Company belonging to the PharmaMar Group, has presented results from the clinical studies carried out with tivanisiran for...
Pediatric Academic Societies 2018 Meeting features cutting-edge research in pediatrics
TORONTO, May 2, 2018 -Pediatricians, research scientists, health care providers and policy makers from around the world will convene in...
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