Health
How 'Dry January' is the secret to better sleep, saving money and losing weight
Credit: Alcohol Change UK New research from the University of Sussex shows that taking part in Dry January - abstaining...
NUS study: Older adults care about strangers' welfare in financial decision-making
Older adults make the same financial decisions for themselves and others, while young adults take more risks when making financial...
Cell death mechanisms in stroke and novel molecular and cellular treatment options
This article by Dr. Emine Sekerdag et al. is published in Current Neuropharmacology, Volume 16, Issue 9, 2018Credit: Bentham Science...
Sugar-sweetened beverage pattern linked to higher kidney disease risk
Credit: Rebholz Highlight In a study of African-American men and women with normal kidney function, a pattern of higher collective...
After naloxone, when can opioid overdose patients be safely discharged?
Study confirms one hour ruleCredit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Naloxone has saved thousands of lives. But can...
Breaking down AGEs: Insight into how lifestyle drives ER-positive breast cancer
Medical University of South Carolina researchers tie higher levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) to estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast...
Researchers discover kidney disease gene affects more populations than previously thought
Until now, studies on the APOL1 gene have primarily focused on African and African American populationsCredit: New York, NY (December...
Reducing drinking could help with smoking cessation, research finds
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - If quitting smoking is one of your New Year's resolutions, you might want...
Contact with monkeys and apes puts populations at risk
Credit: S. Rupp, 2018 (CC BY 4.0) Animal diseases that infect humans are a major threat to human health, and...
Historical genomes reveal recent changes in genetic health of eastern gorillas
Credit: Amy Porter, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International The critically endangered Grauer's gorilla has recently lost genetic diversity and has...
How exercise reduces belly fat in humans
Credit: Wedell-Neergaard, Lehrskov, and Christensen, et al. / Cell Metabolism Some of you may have made a New Year's resolution...
Better mouse model built to enable precision-medicine research for Alzheimer's
NIH-funded team shows that introducing genetic diversity improves translatability Incorporating genetic diversity into a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease resulted...
Your brain rewards you twice per meal: When you eat and when food reaches your stomach
We know a good meal can stimulate the release of the feel-good hormone dopamine, and now a study in humans...
New study shows link between secondhand smoke and cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Copyright UC Regents 2018 Continuous indoor exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke triggers changes in the heart's electrical activity, known...
How the brain enables us to rapidly focus attention
Credit: Artwork by Lee Fletcher, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. University of Queensland researchers have discovered a key...
Genetic polymorphisms and zinc status
This article by Dr. Angela Polito et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018 Zinc is one of the...
Long-term memory encoding engram neurons are established by the transcriptional cycling
While long-term memory (LTM) is known to be encoded in specific neural cells, engram neurons, it has been unclear how...
Endothelial regenerative capacity and aging: Influence of diet, exercise and obesity
This article by Dr. Mark D. Ross is published in Current Cardiology Reviews, Volume 14, Issue 4, 2018Credit: Dr. Mark...
Impact of a psycho-educational team in early breast cancer patients' coping strategies
This article by Dr. Fausto Meriggi et al. is published in Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, Volume 13, Issue 4,...
Synodos does it again: Breaking barriers to solve the 'impossible' problems
Children's Tumor Foundation research advances understanding of brain tumorsCredit: CTF Beakers Treatment for low-grade gliomas in patients living with neurofibromatosis...
