Health
Young binge drinkers may have higher heart risks
DALLAS, June 27, 2018 -- Young adults who frequently binge drink were more likely to have certain risk factors for...
LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center approved for $4.5M childhood obesity treatment study
A research team at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been approved for a five-year, $4.5 million funding award by...
Why bacteria survive in space — UH biologists discover clues
Credit: University of Houston In professor George Fox's lab at the University of Houston, scientists are studying Earth germs that...
Mason philosophy professor explores the ethics of severe brain injury
Credit: Andrew Peterson Family members of patients who have spent years in a vegetative state are often convinced that their...
Boston College team reports technology to enable precision antibiotics
Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Chestnut Hill, Mass. (6/27/2018) - Scientists are searching for ways to develop antibiotics...
‘The eyes have it’ — Photoreceptors in marine plankton form a depth gauge to aid survival
Credit: Jürgen Berger The eyes of some marine-dwell The eyes of some marine-dwelling creatures have evolved to act like a...
Scientist awarded $2 million grant from the NIH to study the body’s immune memory response
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes...
Eight health professionals selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today named the 2018-2019 class of...
Lipid species offer insights into metabolic health
Credit: Courtesy of the Morgridge Institute for Research Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, and...
The key to getting published in biomedicine
Credit: World Scientific Besides good content, what else can professionals in the medical and para-medical professions do to improve their...
Co-op University of Guelph study finds new measure for stress in overtrained athletes
Credit: Julien Heon With many recreational triathletes and runners ramping up their training in hopes of getting a personal best...
UCalgary researchers discover antidepressant could be a promising treatment for PBC
Gail Wright considered herself healthy. She had no idea she had a chronic liver disease. "I was at a routine...
Women’s diseases that doctors must know
Credit: World Scientific Gynecological complaints account for a large burden of day-to-day practice in family medicine, in hospital emergency rooms,...
Reproducibility matters
A plant's health is affected not only by conditions such as water and temperature, but by the microorganisms that live...
This curious animal grew larger over time — but its brain didn’t quite keep up
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new U of T Scarborough study has found that the ancestor of the modern...
How water rules the world
Credit: World Scientific Why should I care about water when I can get as much as I want from my...
CU Anschutz researchers find little association between suicide and hypoxia
AURORA, Colo. (June 27, 2018) - Following an extensive analysis of published studies, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz...
Researchers identify key protein involved in triggering inflammation
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a protein that is crucial for activating inflammation -- both...
To tell the sex of a Galápagos penguin, measure its beak, researchers say
(University of Washington) Scientists at the University of Washington have announced that, for a Galápagos penguin, beak size is nearly...
Appealing finding suggests why refrigeration dampens banana aromas
(American Chemical Society) Bananas are one of the world's most popular fruits. But how they're stored prior to reaching grocery...
