Health
Standard Bariatrics receives FDA indication for #1 bariatric surgical procedure
Credit: Standard Bariatrics Cincinnati, Ohio - October 22, 2018 - Standard Bariatrics, an innovator of surgical devices, has received a...
Kidneys aren’t harmed when significantly lowering blood pressure
Credit: UC San Diego Health Using a novel biomarker panel to track and measure kidney function, researchers at University of...
‘Mushrooms’ and ‘brushes’ help cancer-fighting nanoparticles survive in the body
Credit: Drexel University For a number of innovative and life-saving medical treatments, from organ replacements and skin grafts to cancer...
What are the determinants associated with fasting hyperglucagonemia in type 2 diabetes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 23, 2018--A new study examined the relationship between fasting hyperglucagonemia...
Bonobo: great ape with a tiny voice
Credit: Cédric Girard-Buttoz, LuiKotale, D.R. Kongo We can easily see whether someone is large or small, but we can also...
Study sheds light on differences between male and female fat tissue, and health
Credit: York University News TORONTO, October 23, 2018 - New research from York University on fat tissue is providing an...
Kessler Foundation fellow wins grant to study behavioral motivations in children with ADHD
Credit: Kessler Foundation Joman Y. Natsheh, MD, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in Pediatric Neuroscience and Neuropsychology Research at Kessler Foundation, has...
Study confirms association between breastfeeding and lower risk of maternal hypertension
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 23, 2018-- A new systematic review of the literature not...
PureCircle to present latest updates on stevia in India at IUFoST 2018
October 23, 2018 Mumbai, India - PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and innovator of great tasting sweeteners for...
EuroCMR 2019
EuroCMR is the annual CMR congress of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the ESC. We are delighted...
Philosophy of mind: In touch with reality?
Every year, museums bear the cost of repairing the damage caused to their artworks by visitors touching them. Why would...
Scientists capture images of antibodies working together against malaria
Credit: Wilson/Ward labs, Scripps Research Scientists investigating how the human immune system defends against malaria have uncovered a rare phenomenon:...
Earlier puberty linked to mother’s smoking during pregnancy
If the mother smokes during pregnancy, there is a risk of her children going into puberty earlier. This is shown...
Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies
Credit: Judy Gallagher CC BY 2.0 A new study, based on 27 years of data from Mana Pools National Park...
Houston Methodist scientists create device to deliver immunotherapy without side effects
Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(Oct. 23, 2018) - Houston Methodist scientists have developed a nanodevice to deliver immunotherapy without side effects...
ERC Synergy grant with HZB participation
Credit: FAU The number of elderly and very old people is increasing world-wide, and therefore also the number of patients...
Honey, I shrunk the cell culture
Credit: Jason Shear/University of Texas at Austin. From "Fantastic Voyage" to "Despicable Me," shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple...
Football players’ concussions linked to dyslexia gene
Gene predicts concussion history in a collegiate national champion football team Gene has been linked to dyslexia in other studies...
EuroPrevent 2019
EuroPrevent is the annual congress of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), where leading experts get together in an...
Avoiding the hippocampus during whole-brain radiotherapy prevents cognitive side effects
Whole-brain radiotherapy can be delivered more safely to patients with brain metastases by avoiding the hippocampus according to a randomized...
