Health
40th W. Alden Spencer Award goes to Silvia Arber and Botond Roska
Credit: IOB Silvia Arber and Botond Roska have been selected as co-recipients of the 2018 W. Alden Spencer Award in...
McMullen to receive GSA’s 2018 Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Research study sheds new light on relationship between genes and bone fracture risk
Boston (August 29, 2018)--A paper titled "Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and...
Best of ESC Congress 2018
Credit: ESC Congress 2018 Munich, Germany - 29 Aug 2018. Bringing to life the Messe München congress centre from August...
Lamming to receive GSA’s 2018 Nathan Shock New Investigator Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Genomic study of 412 anthrax strains provides new virulence clues
By analyzing genomic sequences from more than 400 strains of the bacterium that causes anthrax, researchers have provided the first...
China is hot spot of ground-level ozone pollution
Credit: Owen R. Cooper/CIRES and NOAA In China, people breathe air thick with the lung-damaging pollutant ozone two to six...
Ferraro, Infurna to receive GSA’s 2018 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Mongrel Mob open up to Otago researchers for the good of their health
Studying the liver health of a high-risk, hard-to-reach gang population certainly came with challenges and a few surprises, a University...
HKBU scholars in world-first breakthrough for difficult-to-treat breast cancer
Credit: HKBU Chemists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have discovered the use of a metal compound that inhibits the...
Gatz to receive GSA’s 2018 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award
This distinguished honor is given annually to an individual whose theoretical contributions have helped bring about a new synthesis and...
Funding to create unique drug and alcohol treatment for young people with mental illness
Research into clinical treatments to reduce drug and alcohol use in young people with mental illness has received a significant...
Gum disease treatment may improve symptoms in cirrhosis patients
Rockville, Md. (August 29, 2018)--Routine oral care to treat gum disease (periodontitis) may play a role in reducing inflammation and...
Dectin-1-mediated pain is critical for the resolution of fungal inflammation
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Candida albicans infection (candidiasis) can cause skin, genital, or oral pain. Many studies have...
Diehl to receive GSA’s 2018 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Single-step nasal spray naloxone easiest to deliver according to new research
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Single-step nasal spray naloxone is the easiest to deliver, according to new research led by faculty at...
New strategic funding to metabolic research at the University of Copenhagen
Metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, are a huge societal challenge and represent a global health problem....
Jefferson and Monell Center sign agreement of cooperation
PHILADELPHIA (August 29, 2018) -- The Monell Center and Jefferson (Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University) announced today the signing...
Chemotherapy may lead to early menopause in young women with lung cancer
CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 29, 2018)--A new study suggests chemotherapy may cause acute amenorrhea leading to early menopause in women with...
$3.8 million NIMH grant to diagnose suicidal thinking using brain imaging
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University To build on a groundbreaking study that used brain imaging to identify individuals with suicidal thoughts,...
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