Health
Low-income boys' inattention in kindergarten associated with lower earnings 30 years later
Disruptive behaviors in childhood are among the most prevalent and costly mental health problems in industrialized countries and are associated...
Researchers examine postpartum hospital readmissions for women with psychiatric conditions
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gestational diabetes affects an estimated 2 - 10% of pregnancies...
Mosquitoes that carry malaria may have been doing so 100 million years ago
Credit: George Poinar Jr. CORVALLIS, Ore. - The anopheline mosquitoes that carry malaria were present 100 million years ago, new...
Researchers identify brain protein crucial to recovery from stroke
Credit: Steven Graham/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11, 2019 - Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a...
New study shows HPV not likely transmittable through the hand
Researchers seek to answer longstanding debate Commonly known as HPV, Human papillomavirus is a virus that infects the skin and...
Machine learning algorithm helps in the search for new drugs
Researchers have designed a machine learning algorithm for drug discovery which has been shown to be twice as efficient as...
Breaking the vicious cycles of age-related diseases
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Biologist Aleksey Belikov from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has proposed that rapid progression...
Human brain protein associated with autism confers abnormal behavior in fruit flies
The human dopamine transporter protein is missing a single amino acidCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A mutant gene that encodes...
Changes in lung cells seen almost immediately after contact with low-molecular weight PAHs
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It is well known that exposure to high-molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) increases...
Researchers identify early home and family factors that contribute to obesity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 11, 2019--A new 21-year longitudinal study identified multiple risk factors...
Connection between home energy efficiency and respiratory health in low-income homes
New study finds people living in drafty homes in low-income, urban communities are at a higher risk of respiratory health...
UMN researchers 3D bio-print a model that could lead to improved anticancer drugs and treatments
Researchers create the first 3D in vitro model capable of isolating specific metastatic cells MINNEAPOLIS, MN- February 11, 2019 -...
Massachusetts General study identifies brain cells that modulate behavioral response to threats
A team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Regenerative Medicine has identified a population of brain...
Bias may affect providers' knowledge of transgender health
Study suggests that increased hours of education related to caring for transgender patients may not correlate to more competent care...
In time for Valentine's Day: Are we the loneliest generation?
Contrary to common celief, Hebrew U. researcher says declining marriage rates may be the solution for loneliness, not the problemCredit:...
Access to federally qualified health centers does not translate into lower rates of ED use
Credit: LAUREN MALONEY, MD, STONY BROOK MEDICINE DES PLAINES, IL -- There is no association between access to federally qualified...
New model predicts how ground shipping will affect future human health, environment
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The trucks and trains that transport goods across the United States...
Is our personality affected by the way we look? (Or the way we think we look?)
Research team at the University of Göttingen disproves previous assumptionsCredit: AG Nachhaltigkeit To what extent is our personality an adaptation...
Spinal cord is 'smarter' than previously thought
Research shows our spinal cords contribute to sophisticated hand function We often think of our brains as being at the...
RUDN biochemists found a way to stop the immortality of cancer cells with oligonucleotides
RUDN biochemists found a way to reduce the activity of telomerase (the enzyme of cell immortality) 10 timesCredit: Natalia Deryugina...
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