Health
Do lovers always tease each other? Study shows how couples handle laughter and banter
Laughter plays an important role in romantic relationships - whether or not it's shared together or directed at the significant...
What makes a good life in late life? Citizenship and justice in aging societies
The United States is an aging society, where one in five people will be 65 or older by 2035. While...
No sweat required: UToledo finds hypertension treatment that mimics effect of exercise
Credit: Dan Miller, University of Toledo Couch potatoes rejoice -- there might be a way to get the blood pressure...
Why heart contractions are weaker in those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
When a young athlete suddenly dies of a heart attack, chances are high that they suffer from familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...
Simple stickers may save lives of patients, athletes and lower medical costs
Credit: Ramses Martinez/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Heart surgery can be traumatic for patients. Having to continuously monitor your...
UTA awarded US/international patents on material that attacks multiple cancers
Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded U.S. and international patents on a nanoparticle material that...
Environmental factors may trigger onset of multiple sclerosis
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that certain environmental conditions may precipitate structural changes that take place in myelin...
A human brain model in a petri dish?
Research scientists around the world are now able to investigate the structural, cellular, and developmental intricacies of the human brain...
What’s in the man box? Increased violence & suicidal thoughts
Credit: QUT An Australian first study involving 1000 men aged 18 to 30 has found those who conform to traditional...
Religious leaders’ support may be key to modern contraception
Women in Nigeria whose clerics extol the benefits of family planning were significantly more likely to adopt modern contraceptive methods,...
Study finds healthy elders consuming walnuts daily show no negative effects on body weight
Researchers at Loma Linda University Health found that walnuts can be incorporated into the daily diet of healthy elders without...
Number of veterans affairs facilities offering acupuncture growing rapidly
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2018--Acupuncture is an increasingly important and effective component of...
The role of PRMT1-mediated alternative splicing in dilated cardiomyopathy
Credit: University of Tsukuba In a study published in iScience, Professor Akiyoshi Fukamizu of the Life Science Center for Survival...
Amount of weight regain after bariatric surgery helps predict health risks
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2018 - Measuring the percentage of weight regained following the maximum amount of weight lost after bariatric...
Long-running study identifies modifiable dementia risk factor in older adults
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2018 - For older adults, it may seem as though the die is already cast regarding their...
Automated system identifies dense tissue, a risk factor for breast cancer, in mammograms
Researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an automated model that assesses dense breast tissue in mammograms --...
Experts recommend new way to describe cognitive changes after anesthesia, surgery in elderly patient
CHICAGO - A multidisciplinary, international group of experts has recommended changing the way clinicians and patients describe cognitive changes experienced...
Perinatal women in RI to have increased access to behavioral health screenings
The number one medical complication of pregnancy and childbirth for mothers is depression and/or anxiety, with one in seven women...
Hippocampus yields clues to treatment strategies for cognitive deficits in MS
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. October 16, 2018. A recent article by a team of international experts on multiple...
Heroin vaccine technology advances as researchers are awarded grant for further testing
Researchers at the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and SUNY...
