Health
THC amounts identical in most cannabis strains, UBC study finds
Credit: UBC Okanagan A rose by any other name is still a rose. The same, it turns out, can be...
UCI researchers discover molecular mechanisms of ancient herbal remedies
Credit: Geoff Abbott, PhD, UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - October 10, 2018 - Researchers in the Department of...
Team gets a closer look at how proteins meet on the cell membrane
Credit: Izard laboratory, Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Oct. 10, 2018 - Scripps Research scientists have uncovered the workings of...
Sleep and cardiovascular health in women
Jason Carter, associate vice president for research development and professor of kinesiology and integrative physiology, is speaking at the 2018...
Antiepileptic drugs linked to higher risk of stroke in persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Antiepileptic drug use is associated with an increased risk of stroke among persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new...
Mount Sinai builds modeling systems identifying gene-drug and environment interaction
A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Washington has designed...
NIH awards Steve Farber $3.3-million to identify medicines for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Image courtesy of Jay Thierer Baltimore, MD--Carnegie's Department of Embryology scientist Steven Farber and team have been awarded a...
Affable apes live longer, study shows
Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests. A study of...
SIR 2019 serves up scientific breakthroughs in minimally invasive medicine to improve patient care
FAIRFAX, VA (Oct. 9, 2018)--Online registration is open for the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting. The...
GlycoNet awards grants worth $90,000 to three Alberta startup companies
EDMONTON (October 9, 2018) - The Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) awarded $90,000 in grants to three Alberta-based startup companies: 48Hour...
Becoming promiscuous to ensure reproduction
Credit: Photo taken by Daisuke Nomi. Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more...
World’s largest sleep study shows too much shut-eye can be bad for your brain
Preliminary results from the world's largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8...
Trust in non-conventional therapies by cancer patients not matching awareness about risks
Credit: @European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano-Munich, 10 October 2018 - Sarcoma patients show great openness to the use of...
UTSA acquires microscope to write code into the brain
(San Antonio, October 9, 2018) - It's about the size of a dinner table; yet, one day may influence conversations...
Mouse study shows how binge drinking and stress affect males, females differently
Credit: Michael Moody Researchers with the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health & Sciences University found that...
Chewing gum may be effective for delivering vitamins
Nearly 15 percent of all chewing gum varieties sold promise to provide health-enhancing supplements to users, so Penn State researchers...
Trapping toxic compounds with ‘molecular baskets’
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have developed designer molecules that may one day be able to seek out and trap deadly...
BU graduate student receives health policy research scholarship
(Boston)--Michael Rosario, a second-year PhD student in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has...
Timing of third-trimester maternal Tdap immunization associated with levels of whooping cough antibodies in newborns
Bottom Line: Risk of whooping cough (pertussis) is highest in infants too young to have completed their primary immunization series...
Cleveland Clinic researcher receives $6 millino NIH grant for ACL surgery research
Credit: Cleveland Clinic Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, CLEVELAND: The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of...
