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Cool lizards are better at learning socially
Bearded dragons which are incubated in colder environments are better at solving cognitive tasks as adults than incubated in warmer...
Poll: Nearly two-thirds of mothers ‘shamed’ by others about their parenting…
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health Some mommy-shaming "wars" become national news headlines. Actress Reese Witherspoon...
80-year-olds as street-savvy as 18-year-olds
Our gut instinct about whether a stranger poses a threat is as good when we’re 80 as when we’re 18,...
Expression of certain genes may be key to more youthful looking skin
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Some individuals' skin appears more youthful than their chronologic age. Although many...
Crowding in the skin
Credit: MPI f. Biology of Ageing Human skin is a remarkable organ serving as a barrier protecting us from pathogens,...
Scientists use magnetic fields to remotely stimulate brain — and control body…
Credit: Credit: Munshi et al, eLife BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scientists have used magnetism to activate tiny groups of cells in...
Refuting the idea that mutations cause cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center What causes cancer? Smoking, certainly, and also things like sun and chemical exposure. Cancer...
New study on reasons for low rates of blood glucose monitoring in type…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 21, 2017–Researchers in China who assessed self-monitoring of blood glucose...
Death rate for depressed heart patients double than for non-depressed heart patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center People who are diagnosed with coronary artery disease and then develop depression face a risk of...
From mice, clues to microbiome’s influence on metabolic disease
Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — The community of microorganisms that resides in the gut, known as the microbiome, has...
Method to identify bacteria in blood samples works in hours instead of…
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a desktop diagnosis...
Yin and yang of serotonin neurons in mood regulation
(NEW YORK, NY)–Low levels of serotonin in the brain are known to play a role in depression and anxiety, and...
‘Corrective glass’ for mass spectrometry imaging
Credit: Benjamin Bartels, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology The chemical analysis of biological tissues with three-dimensional shapes has been...
Harvard chemists develop simple new platform for development of macrolide antibiotics
Credit: B. D. Colen/Harvard University Harvard researchers have created a new, greatly simplified, platform for antibiotic discovery that may go...
Half of primary care doctors provide unnecessary specialty referrals…
IMAGE: Lead author Sapna Kaul is shown. Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston A study recently published...
PA researchers and innovators granted $4.34 million dollars by American Heart Association
Nov. 4, 2015 – Philadelphia, PA – Research is the starting point for all medical progress. American Heart Association research...
Preterm babies may suffer setbacks in auditory brain development,…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Preterm babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are...
Study shows diet and exercise improve treatment outcomes for obese pediatric cancer patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Diet and exercise may improve treatment outcomes in pediatric cancer patients, according to a study...
How does brain functional connectivity change from the awake to…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 8, 2017–A new study examined how brain functional connectivity patterns...
1 in 5 surgical weight-loss patients take prescription opioids seven…
Credit: Nicole Santo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 5, 2017 – While the proportion of adults with severe obesity using prescription opioids initially...
