Health

Credit: Lena Mustonen Many are trained, few employed, fewer still remain in the medical profession in rural areas. This is...

Reducing mutant Huntington disease protein can restore cognitive function in mice

Credit: UBC New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that reducing mutated Huntington disease protein in the brain...

Cataracts linked to higher risks of osteoporosis and fracture

A new Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study has evaluated the potential impacts of cataracts and cataract surgery on...

Even light drinking increases risk of death

Credit: Washington University School of Medicine Drinking a daily glass of wine for health reasons may not be so healthy...

Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason receives NIH award to target autoimmune disease in dogs

Credit: University of Pennsylvania Nicola J. Mason, BVetMed, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and Pathobiology at the School of Veterinary...

Teen cannabis use is not without risk to cognitive development

Although studies have shown that alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to impaired cognition in youth, previous studies were not...

Glow-in-the-dark paper as a rapid test for infectious diseases

Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Keio University (Japan) present a practicable and...

New nuclear medicine tracer will help study the aging brain

Credit: Coughlin et al. RESTON, VA - A new PET imaging radiotracer could help researchers understand neurodegenerative disease and the...

Common herbicide compound may save millions of lives

October 4, 2018

Credit: The University of Queensland. A chemical compound found in common herbicides could help fight hospital-acquired human fungal pathogenic infections,...

Interferential current offers solution to painful sex

CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 3, 2018)--Insufficient estrogen creates an array of physical changes in women, some of which limit the ability...

MGHfC researchers to investigate autism spectrum disorders treatment, prevention targets

Researchers at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) have been selected to receive a grant of $1.5 million from the European...

Yale approach bases decision-making on older adults’ own health priorities

New Haven, Conn. -- In a pilot project, researchers at Yale, New York University School of Medicine and Baylor College...

A copper bullet for tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a sneaky disease. The bacteria hide from antibiotics inside the very immune cells that are supposed to kill...

A web-based program is as effective as group counseling for patients with NAFLD

Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, October 2, 2018 - Lifestyle changes are the cornerstone of preventing and treating non-alcoholic fatty...

New knowledge on how neurons talk to muscles

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new way in which nerve cells can control movement. In a...

Insomnia therapy may slow or reverse cortical gray matter atrophy in fibromyalgia

Credit: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - Preliminary findings from a pilot study suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy...

Temple Lung Center director reports ongoing positive results for emphysema treatment study

Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Dr. Gerard Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, Chair and Professor of Thoracic Medicine...

Study finds albiglutide reduces cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes and existing cardiovascular disease

New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and published...

Miniature magnetic swimming devices to revolutionise diagnostics and drug delivery