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June 26, 2017 - Activity monitors or fitness trackers are fun and informative gadgets to help track daily physical activity....

WASHINGTON--A new Scientific Statement issued by the Endocrine Society calls for more research aimed specifically at understanding the underlying mechanisms...

"Our discovery could be used to design new medicines", says Pål Stenmark, Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and...

Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 - Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income...

Mounting scientific evidence shows that exercise is good not only for our bodies, but for our brains. Yet, exactly why...

A new study in the journal Health Affairs shows that, despite being designed to more effectively manage care and control...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2017--Researchers compared the thickness of brain cortex in patients...

Credit: Michael Paolini & Sarah Ly. Adpated from Colwell (2007) Nature Neuroscience PHILADELPHIA -- Social isolation has been linked to...

Important pieces of the puzzle to understand what drives diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are still missing today. One...

CHICAGO--June 26, 2017-- Off-label use of antipsychotic medications to treat patients with dementia has reduced dramatically in recent years due...

Glycosylated proteins are often overexpressed in tumor cells and thus could serve as tumor markers, especially those with the interesting...

Credit: Pixabay Carbon nanotubes exhibit interesting characteristics rendering them particularly suited to the construction of special hybrid devices - consisting...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2017--A new study has shown that among women who...

Credit: University of Notre Dame Researchers have developed a novel platform to more accurately detect and identify the presence and...

Researchers have found that patients with acute heart failure and diabetes, compared with those without diabetes, have distinct markers related...

Current HIV treatment guidelines now recommend initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART) at the time of diagnosis. However, a new study has...

Credit: BIDMC BOSTON - People experiencing migraines often avoid light and find relief in darkness. A new study led by...

One would think that too much iron is too much iron - whether it is ingested from particular foods or...

Premature infants still have a greater risk compared to full-term babies of dying of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths...

Credit: Bensmaia, et al, UChicago Neuroscientists from the University of Chicago have developed a computer model that can simulate the...