Health
Brain changes found in self-injuring teen girls
Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The brains of teenage girls who engage in serious forms of self-harm,...
When boy fish build castles to impress girls, boy genes get ‘turned on’ and ‘tuned in’
Credit: Stanford University / York, Fernald Call it instinct, but something compels some animals to behave in certain ways, perhaps...
Arts research transforms Finnish society
Could we improve children's learning and wellbeing at school by increasing access to arts activities? Do elderly people living in...
BfR and BVL simulate food crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The workshop is being jointly organised by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the Federal Office of Consumer...
Combination gene therapy more effective in cartilage preservation in osteoarthritis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 13, 2018--A combinatorial gene therapy approach- one designed to inhibit...
How mitochondria deploy a powerful punch against life-threatening bacteria
The constant battle for dominance between disease-causing bacteria and our immune systems has led to the evolution of some crafty...
Those using psychotropic drugs in suicide attempts more likely to have had prescriptions
AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2018) - As prescriptions for psychotropic drugs increase, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical...
Dynamic audiovisuals increase spectator attention, but inhibits conscious processing
Credit: Neuro-Com (UAB) and Neuroscience Unit (UPO). According to a study conducted by the UAB and the UPO, scene changes...
More than 80 percent of Americans are concerned with antibiotic resistance health threat
ARLINGTON, Va.-November 12, 2018-Nearly two thirds of Americans (65%) say antibiotic resistance is a public health problem and a strong...
New clues to the origin and progression of multiple sclerosis
Mapping of a certain group of cells, known as oligodendrocytes, in the central nervous system of a mouse model of...
Study suggests diabetes medication improves heart structure
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital A study led by St. Michael's Hospital researchers, and presented at a prestigious late-breaker session at...
From beaker to solved 3D structure in minutes
Credit: Caltech In a new study that one scientist called jaw-dropping, a joint UCLA/Caltech team has shown that it is...
Insufficient sleep in children is associated with poor diet, obesity and more screen time
DARIEN, IL - A new study conducted among more than 177,000 students suggests that insufficient sleep duration is associated with...
Breakthrough in understanding how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defenses
Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by...
From beaker to solved 3-D structure in minutes
Credit: Caltech In a new study that one scientist called jaw-dropping, a joint UCLA/Caltech team has shown that it is...
Beneficial gut bacteria metabolize fiber to improve heart health in mice
MADISON - Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy...
Researchers identify risk factors of advanced liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2018) - Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) pediatric gastroenterologist, Michael Narkewicz, MD,...
Key takeaways from three landmark heart studies
NOV. 11, 2018 - Today, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the research group led by Sumeet Chugh, MD,...
Patients with common heart failure more likely to have lethal heart rhythms
NOV. 10, 2018 - Researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai discovered that a non-treatable form of lethal heart...
COPD patients rarely receive pulmonary rehabilitation despite its health benefits
Nov 12, 2018--Only a tiny fraction of patients hospitalized for COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, participate in a pulmonary...
