Health
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...
Can the timing of pushing during delivery affect outcomes?
Bottom Line: The best time to push during the second stage of labor (when the cervix is completely dilated through...
CDC researchers examine HIV-related stigma among US healthcare providers
Credit: (c) 2018 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 5, 2018--A Systemic Review from the U.S. Centers...
Memory ‘brainwaves’ look the same in sleep and wakefulness
Identical brain mechanisms are responsible for triggering memory in both sleep and wakefulness, new research at the University of Birmingham...
Urban Inuit communities suffer from poor health and limited access to healthcare
Cases of cancer and hypertension are much higher among Inuit living in and around Ottawa than for the general population...
Asthma may contribute to childhood obesity epidemic
Toddlers with asthma are more likely to become obese children, according to an international study led by USC scientists. The...
In childbirth, when to begin pushing does not affect C-section rates
Credit: Matt Miller/Washington University More than 3 million women in the United States give birth each year. But obstetricians have...
Scientists mimic the earliest stages of human development
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--October 9, 2018--Human embryos start as a tiny mass of cells that are all the same. The first...
Scoliosis linked to essential mineral
Credit: Gabriel Haller Nobody knows why some children's backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty....
‘Man’, ‘woman’ and ‘other’: QUT research explores gender diversity
A growing number of people in Australia no longer see themselves as fitting into the traditional boxes of 'man' or...
Finding therapeutic targets to prevent atherosclerosis
Credit: University of Houston University of Houston biologist Michihisa Umetani, having discovered that a certain protein partnership acts to rapidly...
Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure
DALLAS, Oct. 9, 2018 - A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle lowered systolic blood pressure more than an...
Seed oils are best for LDL cholesterol
Credit: Lukas Schwingshackl et al. Journal of Lipid Research 2018 If you want to lower your low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, called...
