Health
Researchers look to unlock post-traumatic stress disorder puzzle
A team of Penn State and University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine researchers is attempting to answer a question...
Medically unnecessary ambulance rides soar after ACA expansion
By 2016, two years into the expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 17.6 million previously uninsured people around the...
Influence of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine jumps 25%
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM)--the flagship publication of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)--has again been...
Students chowing down tuna in dining halls are unaware of mercury exposure risks
Survey reveals most college students are not aware that eating large amounts of tuna exposes them to neurotoxic mercury, and...
Short sleep duration and sleep variability blunt weight loss
The results are from the Predimed-Plus study, and they have been obtained after monitoring for a year almost 2,000 patients...
Botox cousin can reduce malaria in an environmentally friendly way
Credit: Geoffrey Masuyer/Stockholm University Researchers at the universities in Stockholm and Lund, in collaboration with researchers from the University of...
Tumour treating fields in glioblastoma: Indication of a benefit
Patients with a fatal brain tumour survive longer/New method is burdensome but does not seem to impair quality of life...
Low-income, less educated women least likely to access infertility care
About 1 in 8 women report infertility in the US -- but women with higher incomes and education levels are...
Going the distance: Brain cells for 3D vision discovered
Neurons in insect brains that compute 3D distance and direction foundCredit: Newcastle University, UK In stunning images captured under the...
Gene activity database could spare thousands of mice
Researchers have developed a comprehensive database of gene activity in mice across ten disease models, which could significantly reduce animal...
Pink noise boosts deep sleep in mild cognitive impairment patients
Sound stimulation in deep sleep improved recall for some in small pilot study Mild cognitive impairment is often precursor to...
Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship
Credit: Mohamed Donia, Princeton University Delicate yet voracious, the sea slug Elysia rufescens grazes cow-like on bright green tufts of...
UMN researcher studies hip fracture probability on women in late life
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- June 27, 2019 - New University of Minnesota Medical School research evaluates the impact of multimorbidity on the...
Despite the ACA, millions of Americans with cardiovascular disease still can’t get care
Harvard researchers found that nearly 10 million Americans with cardiovascular conditions gained coverage, but twice as many still lack insurance...
New research raises prospect of better anti-obesity drugs
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at The Rockefeller University Effective weight-loss strategies call for eating less food, burning more calories--or...
Study examines association of naloxone coprescription laws on naloxone rx dispensing
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 28, 2019) - In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, University of Kentucky researchers, in...
Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape
Salk study reveals how the brain processes the external world using overlapping visual circuitsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 27, 2019)...
University of Missouri receives $8.6 million grant for new biomedical research center
The Swine Somatic Cell Genome Editing Center will translate laboratory research into treatments for human diseasesCredit: University of Missouri Today,...
Researchers unlock mysteries of complex microRNA oncogenes
New research led by McGill's Goodman Cancer Research Centre improves our understanding of microRNAsCredit: McGill University MicroRNAs are tiny molecules...
Extreme exercise can strain the heart without causing permanent damage
Experienced runners have elevated cardiac biomarkers after ultramarathons compared to novice runners, however, these biomarkers are below the limits of...
