Health
The upside of worrying
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Worry – it does a body good. And, the mind as well. A new...
Tufts researchers uncover possible source of genetic error causing…
Credit: Melody Ko/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 5, 2016)–Tufts University researchers have discovered a possible explanation for the occurrence of...
Menopause triggers metabolic changes in brain that may promote Alzheimer’s
Credit: WCM Menopause causes metabolic changes in the brain that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a team from...
Synaptic disorder
Credit: (Picture: Peter Heimann) Motor neurons are the nerves that send impulses to the muscles to generate movement. Damage of...
Children’s sleep quality is related to mothers’ insomnia…
Children more often sleep poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms. This report researchers from the University of Basel...
Does payer type — commercial insurance or Medicare —…
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute In a first-of-its-kind national study, researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice...
The story of the Elephant Man re-told in an immersive Whitechapel audio tour app
Credit: Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum The story of Joseph Merrick, the so-called 'Elephant Man', takes centre stage in...
Physician fine-tuning mouse model for rare condition in which HPV…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 25, 2016) – Infection with the common human papillomavirus can result in a rare...
University of Louisville lab helps discover new disease that causes…
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville were part of a group that discovered...
Vision symptoms following concussion limit a child’s ability to return to the…
Credit: UAB News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A comprehensive vision assessment should be part of return-to-learn protocols to help determine when...
Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and…
Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test...
Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’…
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their...
WSU portable smartphone laboratory detects cancer
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone...
Pneumonia discovery may offer way to boost body’s defenses
Credit: Alexandra Bettina | UVA School of Medicine A molecule being targeted in cancer is also critical for the immune...
Queen’s University Belfast co-lead one of world’s biggest…
Credit: QUB A new technology — 'dialysis for the lungs' — which could save thousands of lives in Intensive Care...
‘Pop quiz’ could help predict sexually transmitted…
IMAGE: This is a picture of the STI risk quiz. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers at Johns Hopkins say an...
Scientists explore how a pain medicine also protects vision in blinding conditions
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2017) – Scientists have shown that a medicine prescribed...
International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic…
Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a...
Solving the puzzle of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio, University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) Every day tens of thousands of Canadians unwillingly find themselves becoming shadows...
Infant’s prolonged infection reveals mutation that helps bacteria tolerate antibiotics
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peter Barta The quest to understand a prolonged infection in an infant being...
