Health
Shorter sleep can lead to dehydration
Adults who sleep just six hours per night -- as opposed to eight -- may have a higher chance of...
Youth TBI laws promote head injury evaluation in emergency department
Millions of children and teens are affected by sports and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI) annually. To help reduce the...
Sitting is NOT the new smoking, contrary to popular myth
Credit: Creative Commons No, sitting is not the new smoking, despite what countless newspaper articles have peddled in recent years....
Mount Sinai is first to use FDA-approved drug-eluting stent that treats PAD
Credit: Boston Scientific Vascular specialists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are the first in the United...
William Muñoz receives Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience
(Society for Neuroscience) The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience to William...
Drinking coffee may reduce your chances of developing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
TORONTO - Approximately 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide each year. A new study out of the Krembil...
College education aids in proper use of dietary supplements among young adults
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Young adults who are educated about dietary supplements in...
Phobic anxiety is linked to sexuality issues in women who are breast cancer survivors
A study carried out by a research team made up of researchers from the University of Cordoba, the Maimonides Institute...
Can brain injuries result in epilepsy development, a new study
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech is launching a $2.6 million study to determine if traumatic brain injuries can cause changes...
Society for Neuroscience awards Lindsley Prize to Marley Kass
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience to Marley...
Researchers identify promising proteins for diagnostic, prognostic use in ALS
Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified proteins that may be useful in both earlier diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral...
Researchers use genetics to predict response to antipsychotic medications
MANHASSET, NY -- Genetics can be used to predict a patient's response to antipsychotic drug treatment for schizophrenia, according to...
Standing in for a kidney, MXene materials could give dialysis patients the freedom to move
Credit: Drexel University For more than 3 million people around the world, kidney failure is a life-altering diagnosis, if not...
PharmSci 360: Monday’s program highlights
Highlights from Monday, Nov. 5 program include: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. A New Immunoaffinity Extraction Method for Rapid Diagnosis...
Tethered antibodies present a potential new approach to prevent influenza virus infections
LA JOLLA, CA - Nov. 5, 2018 - As co-leaders of an international collaboration, scientists at Scripps Research have discovered...
Timely care key to improving survival rates and racial disparities
Credit: Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina Delayed care is a crtically important factor in the survival of patients...
WSU researchers see cognitive changes in offspring of heavy cannabis-using rats
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have seen cognitive changes in the offspring of rats exposed to heavy amounts...
Patients with low risk thyroid cancer can receive lower doses of radiation treatment
Glasgow, UK: Thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of returning can be treated safely with a smaller...
Men with prostate cancer willing to accept lower survival odds to avoid side effects
Glasgow, UK: Men who have been newly diagnosed with prostate cancer say they would trade some improvement in their odds...
Disarm Therapeutics presents new data validating role of SARM1 in axonal degeneration
Data presented at Neuroscience 2018 demonstrates genetic deletion of SARM1 protects axons in the central and peripheral nervous systems with...
