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Do violent communities foster violent kids?
Children and adolescents regularly confronted with violence in their community have a greater tendency to show antisocial behavior. This finding...
Testing for Zika virus: There’s an app for that
Credit: Photo by Randy Wong LIVERMORE, Calif. — Add rapid, mobile testing for Zika and other viruses to the list...
Previous oral contraceptive use associated with better outcomes in…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients who develop ovarian cancer appear to have better outcomes if they have a history of oral...
Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in older patients may not…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 15, 2017) – Older people receiving electroconvulsive therapy for their depression likely will need...
Study shows association between gut microbes and brain structure in people with IBS
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS A new study by researchers at UCLA has revealed two key findings for people with irritable...
Drug resistance in an intestinal parasite of piglets confirmed for the…
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna The parasite Cystoisospora suis causes diarrhea in pigs, especially in newborn piglets, and is capable of...
An IRCM team unveils a mechanism that controls neuron production from…
Montréal, January 13, 2016 – A study conducted by a research team led by Michel Cayouette, Full IRCM Research Professor...
Naturally occurring mechanism of cancer drug-resistance may itself be…
Figure on the left: Analyzing the relative sensitivity of hundreds of cancer cell lines to commonly used anti-cancer drugs (each...
Heart attack and stroke patients prescribed statin medication upon…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute. Patients with a prior history of heart attacks or stroke have better outcomes when...
Newly identified rare Alzheimer’s disease gene mutation more common in Icelandic…
Credit: Shinya Yamamoto, Baylor College of Medicine People with Icelandic heritage are more likely to carry a novel rare mutation...
Increased meat consumption, especially when cooked at high…
Diets high in meat may lead to an increased risk of developing renal cell carcinoma (RCC) through intake of carcinogenic...
UTHealth receives $3.3 million grant to reduce re-arrest rates among homeless adults
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2017) – Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)...
U-M becomes training site for NIH career development program in…
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan was recently awarded funding from the...
Harvard’s Christopher Walsh wins Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
IMAGE: This is Christopher Walsh, M.D., Ph.D. Credit: Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital CHAPEL HILL, NC – The...
On Target Laboratories secures $40 million financing led by Johnson…
Credit: On Target Laboratories image On Target Laboratories Inc., a privately held biotechnology company that is developing tumor-targeted fluorescent dyes...
Intimate and social relationships important for older adults in…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Intimate and social relationships remain important for older adults residing in assisted-living facilities, according to a...
Of dogs, foxes, cows, camels, and men — the fight against rabies in Northern China
China has the second highest number of reported rabies cases in the world, but numbers of human deaths have been...
Study expands understanding of how the brain encodes fear memory
Credit: Cho lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Research published by scientists at the University of California, Riverside on "fear...
Elimination of specific neurons outside the brain triggers obesity
Credit: Roksana Pirzgalska, IGC. A research team led by Ana Domingos, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), developed a...
New clues found to how ‘cruise-ship’ virus gets inside…
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but scientists still know little about how it infects people...
