Health
Portland State virus study receives major NASA grant
Credit: Portland State University (Portland, Ore.) — Portland State biologist Ken Stedman has received a $540,000 grant from NASA to...
Football is medicine for women with high blood pressure
Credit: Mia Kjaergaard, DBU The Danish concept Football Fitness has proved to be just as effective as tablets for countering...
Phase 2 CAR-T study reports significant remission rates at 15-month…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study involving the recently approved CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy shows...
Researchers find shifting relationship between flexibility, modularity…
Credit: Rice University A new study by Rice University researchers takes a step toward what they see as key to...
Study suggests more effective speech therapy approach for children with Down syndrome
IMAGE: Shelley Velleman, chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, lectures to students in her anatomy and physiology...
Enhanced evolution: Scientists find genetic swap changes physical…
Credit: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may...
nTIDE November 2017 Jobs Report: Ongoing job gains bode well for Americans with…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – December 8, 2017. The job outlook remained positive for Americans with disabilities, with...
These maps reveal where rats, monkeys, and other mammals may pass diseases on to humans
Credit: Drew Kramer The majority of infectious diseases currently emerging as human epidemics originated in mammals. Yet we still know...
Toxic ‘marine snow’ can sink quickly, persist at ocean…
Credit: Astrid Schnetzer In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a specific neurotoxin can persist...
New tool from IU and Regenstrief measures communication experiences of…
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — More than 13 million older adults are admitted to hospitals annually...
Study: Process used to select lung transplant patients may need to be changed
Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Md., Nov. 14, 2017 – With a limited number of lungs available,...
Scientists build a better cancer drug to pass through blood-brain barrier
Credit: N/A In efforts to develop new treatments for brain cancer, scientists from Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery and the Kimmel...
The consumption of legumes is associated with a lower risk of diabetes
Credit: CSIRO Legumes are a food group rich in B vitamins, contain different beneficial minerals (calcium, potassium and magnesium) and...
Global maternal mortality fell 44 percent since 1990: UN group, UMass…
AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of maternal mortality worldwide conducted by the United Nations inter-agency group on maternal mortality...
Got hives? Hold the steroids
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — Despite standard use for the itching associated with urticaria (commonly known as...
Genetic instructions from mom set the pattern for embryonic development
Credit: Pelliccia et al., 2017. A new study indicates an essential role for a maternally inherited gene in embryonic development....
Penn researchers find heart attack patients not always receiving lowest-risk care
PHILADELPHIA – More than 375,000 American each year experience a heart attack, during which blood flow to a part of...
Poison-ivy an unlikely hero in warding off exotic invaders?
Credit: Chris Martine Dozens of studies have looked at the effects of Japanese knotweed on natural communities in Europe and...
Exercise DVDs could be psychologically harmful for users, new OSU…
IMAGE: Brad Cardinal is a professor of kinesiology at Oregon State University. Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Using...
Smoking cessation drug may increase risk of adverse cardiovascular event
Credit: ATS Varenicline, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for helping people quit smoking, may put them at higher...
