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May smartphones help to maintain memory in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease?
Credit: Mohamad El Haj The patient is a retired teacher who had reported memory difficulties 12 months prior to the...
Goodbye, login. Hello, heart scan
Credit: Bob Wilder/University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forget fingerprint computer identification or retinal scanning. A University at Buffalo-led team...
People far from urban lights, bright screens still skimp on sleep
Credit: Photo by David Samson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Screen time before bed can mess with your sleep. But...
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria
Credit: Elena Hartley Enterococci are hardy microbes that thrive in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly all land animals, including our...
Study: Site of 1st chlamydia exposure makes big difference
Credit: UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, Texas, USA – Exposing the gut to chlamydia protects against subsequent infection in...
Study sheds light on rarity of disease-causing IGF mutations
Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Peter Rotwein, M.D., was recently spotlighted by the American Society for...
Reports reveal racial and ethnic disparities in lupus rates
University of California, San Francisco’s Maria Dall’Era, MD Two new papers reveal striking racial and ethnic disparities in the incidence...
UH Case Medical Center researchers publish new results from SPRINT trial
CLEVELAND – Jackson T. Wright Jr., MD, PhD, and researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center presented new results from...
UCLA researchers discover a new cause of high plasma triglycerides
Credit: Photo courtesy of Dr. Stephen Young People with hypertriglyceridemia often are told to change their diet and lose weight....
Blanket approach to asthma treatment not ideal, researchers find
University of Queensland research into the effects of dust mite and cockroach allergens has found that different types of asthma...
Getting closer to treatment for Parkinson’s
Credit: University of Bergen A new Norwegian study shows new mechanisms behind Parkinson's disease, which can be key mechanisms for...
‘Human chronobiome’ study informs timing of drug delivery,…
Credit: Scientific Reports; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Symptoms and efficacy of medications – and indeed, many aspects...
New Tulane University drug effective against malaria
Credit: Tulane University/Paula Burch-Celentano Tulane University researchers have developed a new drug that is effective against non-severe cases of malaria,...
NYU Langone Medical Center Awarded Grant for New Nationwide Initiative…
$4 Million Grant from the American Heart Association to Support Research & Training at the Newly Created Sarah Ross Soter...
How geospatial characteristics affect those most affected by HIV
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (February 6, 2017) – Young men who have sex with men (YMSM), particularly racial/ethnic minorities and...
Scientists learn how young brains form lifelong memories by studying…
IMAGE: A segment of a C. elegans worm with a RIM neuron shown in green. The scientists showed that this...
Study finds major health benefits linked to indoor temperature variation
Credit: Taylor & Francis Exposure to environments outside a comfortable temperature could help tackle major metabolic diseases, such as diabetes...
Decreased glucose metabolism in medial prefrontal areas is associated with nutritional status in patients with prodromal and early Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Research Funding of Longevity Sciences Obu, Japan, September 15, 2017 – A new study from the Multimodal Neuroimaging for...
Anemia discovery offers new targets to treat fatigue in millions
Credit: Courtesy Goldfarb lab, University of Virginia School of Medicine A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of...
Caution urged in using PRP or stem cells to treat young athletes’ injuries
Credit: UHealth Sports Medicine Institute Physicians, parents and coaches should be cautious when considering treating injured young athletes with platelet...
