Health
Brain changes found in self-injuring teen girls
Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The brains of teenage girls who engage in serious forms of self-harm,...
Arts research transforms Finnish society
Could we improve children's learning and wellbeing at school by increasing access to arts activities? Do elderly people living in...
Combination gene therapy more effective in cartilage preservation in osteoarthritis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 13, 2018--A combinatorial gene therapy approach- one designed to inhibit...
Blocking ‘secondary cataracts’
Credit: Photo by Evan Krape Today's cataract surgery is often described as a marvel of modern medicine, a one-hour outpatient...
Infectious diseases experts convene to explore lifesaving antibiotic research methods
BALTIMORE (November 13, 2018) - Healthcare professionals nationwide are gathering this week to discuss how to improve programs to better...
UMass Amherst team works with Alaska native villages for suicide prevention
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - As the nights grow longer and winter settles in across the north, a team...
Weightlifting is good for your heart and it doesn’t take much
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk...
Study examines opioid use among Massachusetts adolescents, trends in opioid prescriptions
Opioid-related overdoses and deaths remain a major public health concern in Massachusetts, yet adolescents who experience opioid-related nonfatal overdose (NFOD)...
Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles
Credit: HZDR/Sahneweiss/istockphoto.com/Thomas-Soellner/Molekuul A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University ..
NIH scientists illuminate causes of hepatitis b virus-associated acute liver failure
Credit: NIAID WHAT: National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators found that hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated acute liver failure...
How can hospitals keep doctors positively engaged with their work?
November 13, 2018 - Individual and work-related factors may be helpful in promoting positive engagement with work among hospital physicians,...
Your heart hates air pollution; portable filters could help
Microscopic particles floating in the air we breathe come from sources such as fossil fuel combustion, fires, cigarettes and vehicles....
Affordable health care means better access to diabetes prevention, management
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million Americans are either living with diabetes or...
When boy fish build castles to impress girls, boy genes get ‘turned on’ and ‘tuned in’
Credit: Stanford University / York, Fernald Call it instinct, but something compels some animals to behave in certain ways, perhaps...
ID specialist input improves outcomes for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
ARLINGTON, Va. - Before patients receive intravenous (IV) antimicrobial infusion therapy outside of the hospital - whether at home, a...
AFAR 2018 Scientific Awards of Distinction
Boston, MA - The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and...
BfR and BVL simulate food crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The workshop is being jointly organised by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the Federal Office of Consumer...
£500,000 grant could lead to new antibiotic to combat superbugs
(University of Lincoln) A new antibiotic hailed as the 'last line of defence' in the battle against drug-resistant superbugs such...
Pain can be a self-fulfilling prophecy
Credit: CU Boulder Expect a shot to hurt and it probably will, even if the needle poke isn't really so...
New methods to identify Alzheimer’s drug candidates with anti-aging properties
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 13, 2018) Old age is the greatest risk factor for many diseases, including Alzheimer's disease...
