Health
What predicts teen partner rape?
Michigan State University social scientists find risk factors leading to sexual violence in first relationships If teen partner rape could...
Archeological discovery yields clues to how our ancestors may have adapted to their environment
(Boston)--During the Stone Age ancestral humans lived with a variety of animal species along what was an area of wetlands...
The opioid crisis: What we should learn from the AIDS epidemic
NEW YORK (January 3, 2019)--There are important lessons to be learned from the successes and failures of the AIDS response...
'Bionic face' experiments could lead to new treatment approach for facial paralysis
January 3, 2019 - An implantable neuroprosthetic device may one day provide a new approach to restoring more natural facial...
Disrupted networks link overlapping cognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders
A meta-analysis in Biological Psychiatry identifies dysfunction of neurocognitive networks across multiple psychiatric disorders Philadelphia, January 3, 2019- Psychiatric disorders...
New insight into the process of generation of new neurons in the adult brain
Credit: Milos Pekny and Marcela Pekna, Physiological Reviews, 2014. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in...
Research reveals overweight dogs may live shorter lives
Credit: Mars Petcare's WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition New research from the University of Liverpool and Mars Petcare's WALTHAM Centre...
Can a video game-based 'digital medicine' help children with autism and co-occurring ADHD?
CHOP researchers evaluate feasibility, safety and benefit potential of project: EVO Platform Philadelphia, January 3, 2019--Researchers at Children's Hospital of...
Ground breaking new saliva diagnostic test to help eliminate malaria
02 January 2019: ERADA Technology Alliance Ltd (ERADA), pioneers of innovative, rapid diagnostic solutions for early detection of infectious diseases,...
Metabolic syndrome patients need more vitamin C to break cycle of antioxidant depletion
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A higher intake of vitamin C is crucial for metabolic syndrome patients trying to halt a potentially...
Study sheds light on the function of a long-mysterious PCSK9 mutation
Results build on developing model of new druggable PCSK9 interactor High levels of low-density lipoproteins, parcels of lipids and protein...
Study details poverty, lack of health insurance among female health care workers
Mass. General/Penn Medicine study suggests that 1.7 million female health care workers and their children live in poverty A study...
Court decision protects patient care 340B hospitals
The Dec. 27 federal court injunction stopping further cuts in 340B reimbursements for Medicare Part B drugs to some participating...
Controlling neurons with light — but without wires or batteries
University of Arizona research reveals a more sophisticated method for delivering light to control neurons in the brain -- which...
Meta-analysis highlights important challenges in cognitive processing for adults with ASD
The first comprehensive, systematic review and meta-analysis of adults with autism shows that despite having an intact IQ, these adults...
Scavenging molecule provides long-term protection against nerve agents in rodents
For the first time, scientists have created a scavenging molecule that provides long-lasting preventative protection against toxic nerve agents in...
Life Biosciences LLC leads strategic investment in Prana
Life Biosciences LLC leads strategic investment of up to A$44.5 million (US$31.4 million) in Prana MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AND SAN FRANCISCO,...
To head off late-life depression, check your hearing
The greater the hearing loss, the greater the risk of having symptoms of depression, finds study of elderly Hispanics New...
For first time, researchers can measure insecticide on surface of mosquito nets
Insecticide-infused mosquito netting is in widespread use around the world to limit the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria....
Mystery of Yemen cholera epidemic solved
The most likely source of the cholera epidemic in Yemen has been discovered by scientists The most likely source of...
