Health

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Abundant in human babies and small mammals, brown adipose tissue (BAT), or...

Fish reproduction: Two times a lady

Credit: Photo taken by Takafumi Fujimoto A DNA probing technique clarifies the mechanism behind clonal reproduction of female dojo loach...

Aortic atherosclerotic plaque inflammation may contribute to the progression of fatty liver disease to liver fibrosis

(Boston)--The world's rising obesity epidemic is associated with a broad spectrum of ailments including atherosclerosis and non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL)...

Big-data study pinpoints more than 150 genes associated with atrial fibrillation

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan...

Metabolomics applications for precision nutrition, formula, & neurodegenerative disorders

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 2, 2018--Metabolomics is the latest omics systems science technology with...

Women seeing baby animals have a reduced appetite for meat

Images of baby animals reduces people's appetite for meat say researchers, who found that the effect is much stronger for...

Yeast grow — but can’t always breed — with their sixteen chromosomes fused into two

Credit: NYU School of Medicine Baker's yeast survive and grow after a drastic reorganization, not of their genes, but of...

Rush received six-year, $9 million grant from William G. McGowan Charitable Fund

(CHICAGO)--After a successful, two-year pilot project that helped patients reverse their metabolic syndrome with lifestyle changes, the William G. McGowan...

Intensive outpatient therapy shows rapid reduction of veterans’ PTSD symptoms

Military veterans who participated in a three week, intensive outpatient treatment program for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) saw rapid and...

Scientists identify new mechanisms underlying pediatric kidney cancer

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 1, 2018 - Connecting two previously unrelated insights about the formation of pediatric kidney...

Otago researcher claims new study a step forward in fight to eliminate tuberculosis

Credit: University of Otago The McAuley Professor of International Health at the University of Otago is labelling the findings of...

Measure of belly fat in older adults is linked with cognitive impairment

A new study using data from over 5,000 individuals has found that a measure of belly fat (waist:hip ratio) was...

BIDMC study determines risk factors for opioid misuse

BOSTON - Current research demonstrates that patients' exposure to opioids following medical care has contributed to the nationwide addiction epidemic....

NewcCompetition for MOFs: Scientists make stronger COFs

Credit: Berkeley Lab Hollow molecular structures known as COFs (covalent organic frameworks), which could serve as selective filters or containers...

Distrust of power influences choice of medical procedures

Credit: Roland Imhoff First World countries have well-developed healthcare systems that employ medical regimens that have been empirically demonstrated to...

IADR announces 2018 Unilever Hatton Competition and Award Winners

Alexandria, Va., USA - IADR is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Unilever Hatton Competition and Awards which...

Yeast grow — but can’t always breed — with their 16 chromosomes fused into two

Credit: NYU School of Medicine Baker's yeast survive and grow after a drastic reorganization, not of their genes, but of...

Active substance raises hopes of curing hepatitis E

(Ruhr-University Bochum) An international team of researchers has now found a possible active substance against the virus in the naturally...

Travel times affect neurocritical care unit nurse staffing levels