Health
Researchers uncover mechanism blocking retina regeneration
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A discovery opens the possibility of one day restoring loss of vision by activating the...
Arsenic in drinking water may change heart structure raising risk of heart disease
May 7, 2019 -- Drinking water that is contaminated with arsenic may lead to thickening of the heart's main pumping...
Patients insured by marketplace health plan less likely to receive a medical appointment
PHILADELPHIA - Among adults with mental health needs, those covered by Medicare or employer-sponsored health insurance have greater access to...
Electroconvulsive therapy reboots certain brain networks to help depressed individuals
Baycrest researchers found that electroconvulsive therapy corrects brain networks associated with learning and thinking impairments.Credit: Provided by Baycrest Electroconvulsive therapy...
Teen girls more vulnerable to bullying than boys
Rutgers University-Camden nursing research shows notable disparity CAMDEN - Girls are more often bullied than boys and are more likely...
Success tastes so sweet
Neurons that encode sweetness identified in miceCredit: Ken-ichiro Nakajima / National Institute for Physiological Sciences Researchers from the National Institute...
Damaged lungs regenerated in study
Research offers promise for lung transplant patients A new technique to rehabilitate lungs that are too damaged to be considered...
Challenging metabolism may help fight disease
Swansea University academics have shown that harnessing metabolism at a cellular level could alleviate disordersCredit: NIAID Researchers at the University's...
Alternative treatment for epileptic seizures in children identified
A new study published in The Lancet, involving researchers from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust,...
Stem cells make more ‘cargo’ packets to carry cellular aging therapies
Credit: Vasiliki Machairaki, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent...
Health professionals wary of medicinal cannabis misuse and adverse effects
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) analysis of studies gauging attitudes to medicinal cannabis has found that while health professionals...
New podcast explores how dementia patients experience music
Featuring therapist and researcher Dr. Orii McDermottCredit: Taylor & Francis Group Every year nearly 10 million people develop dementia worldwide....
Obesity reprograms immune cells in breasts to promote tumor formation
Macrophages in fatty breast tissue promote triple-negative breast cancersCredit: Becker, et al. Smoking has long been the biggest cause of...
Engineering researchers receive NSF grant to study power generation using human sweat
BINGHAMTON, NY -- The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New...
PolyU develops palm-sized 3D ultrasound imaging system for scoliosis mass screening
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) recently shared that more youngsters can have their scoliosis conditions detected early and monitored...
Tumor mutations may predict response to immunotherapy
Credit: Andrew H. Lee Mismatch repair deficiency refers to a characteristic of some cancer cells that create a large number...
KAIST identifies the cause of sepsis-induced lung injury
Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team succeeded in visualizing pulmonary microcirculation and circulating cells in vivo with a custom-built 3D...
Apalutamide in prostate cancer: indication of considerable added benefit
Study shows significant retardation of symptomatic progression Do adult men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have a high risk...
Maternal nut consumption during pregnancy linked to improvements in neurodevelopment in children
Nuts are known to help reduce the risk of hypertension, oxidative stress and diabetes and they may exercise a protective...
Global health benefits of climate action offset costs
Reducing carbon emissions while improving health is economically attractive, study showsThe price tag for cutting global emissions may seem expensive,...
