Health
Condemned prisoners prefer formalwear at executions, UC study finds
Credit: New York World, 1899 What would you wear to your own execution? It's a moot question in the United...
Highly organized structures discovered in microbial communities with…
IMAGE: A "hedgehog " structure in dental plaque, collected from a healthy volunteer using a toothpick. Corynebacteria, shown in magenta,...
ERs can improve population health in rural areas
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — Emergency physicians in Michigan propose a new health care delivery model for...
New book offers help and hope for people suffering from low vision
Credit: Bernhard Sabel Magdeburg, Germany, December 14, 2016 – Becoming blind changes a person's life on a fundamental level. Because...
Biological consequences of climate change on epidemics may be scale-dependent
Credit: IOZ Conventional thinking holds that current climate warming will increase the prevalence and transmission of disease. However, a recent...
SUTD researchers solve mystery behind red blood cell maturation
Credit: (Photo Courtesy: Singapore University of Technology & Design) Red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow from haematopoietic...
New dental material resists plaque and kills microbes, Penn dental team finds
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Dentists rely on composite materials to perform restorative procedures, such as filling cavities. Yet these materials,...
Studies examine long-term outcomes in childhood, young adult cancer…
JAMA Oncology published two studies and a related editorial focused on long-term outcomes in survivors of childhood or young adult...
Low risk of international Zika virus spread due to 2016 Olympics
1. Low risk of international Zika virus spread due to Brazil Olympics Free content: http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M16-1628 URL goes live when the...
Duration of lactation associated with bone density
Maternal bone density decreases after childbirth, but only among women who lactate for at least four months. The lactation period...
Palliative care may mean fewer difficult transitions for older adults…
Credit: (C) 2016, The Health in Aging Foundation Palliative care is treatment–such as medication, nutritional support, or massage–that helps you...
NIH launches HIV prevention trial of long-acting injectable medication in women
Credit: ViiV Healthcare The first large-scale clinical trial of a long-acting injectable medication for HIV prevention in sexually active women...
Tumor cells get stiff before becoming invasive
Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state...
Virus hijacks cell’s transportation system
Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28,...
Reducing inflammation without lowering cholesterol cuts risk of cardiovascular events
Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital today announced results of a clinical trial culminating from...
Researchers get $1.4 million to study novel therapeutic approaches to…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA — Researchers in Georgia State University's Institute for Biomedical Sciences have received a four-year, $1.4...
Transcranial direct current stimulation reduces fatigue associated…
Credit: NYU Langone Health People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who underwent a non-invasive form of electrical brain stimulation experienced significant...
Families of survivors of ECMO for heart conditions report favorable quality of life
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia One of the few large studies to report long-term outcomes in cardiac patients treated in...
Mounting challenge to brain sex differences
Credit: Rosalind Franklin University How different are men and women's brains? The latest evidence to address this controversy comes from...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from…
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed...
