Health

Credit: (Source: UB's Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center) BUFFALO, N.Y. --New University at Buffalo research is adding important information to the...

Naltrexone helps HIV positive individuals reduce heavy alcohol use

New Haven, Conn. - Extended-release naltrexone -- an injection that decreases heavy drinking in the general population when taken in...

Announcing the TCT 2018 Late-Breaking Trials

NEW YORK - August 7, 2018 - The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the 15 late-breaking trials and 12...

Indian-Americans have fewer sudden infant deaths, Rutgers study finds

Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University Indian-Americans have the highest percentage of sleeping with their babies among ethnic groups in New Jersey...

Right under our noses: A novel lichen-patterned spider found on oaks in central Spain

(Pensoft Publishers) Once again, a new spider species has been found in a strongly humanised area in Europe. Wearing its...

Boston Children’s Hospital accelerates genomic sequencing to expand existing genomic database

BOSTON (August 7, 2018) - Boston Children's Hospital has embarked on a strategic initiative to expand its research genomics gateway,...

A sterile line of Aedes aegypti is developed to fight off arbovirosis

(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) In Brazil, male specimens with defective sperm are created in...

Paper identifies genes associated with risk for aggressive breast cancer

A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified specific genes associated with increased risk...

Got the ‘drunchies’? New study shows how heavy drinking affects diet

Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- They're called the "drunchies," or drunk munchies. It's the desire one has to...

Sensor could help doctors select effective cancer therapy

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells and determine...

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior announces Best Article and GEM 2018 Award recipients

Indianapolis, Aug. 7, 2018 - The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) announces the 2018 Best Article and Best...

How axons change chemical cues to mechanical force

Credit: Naoyuki Inagaki While today's technology is growing increasingly wireless, nature's greatest technology, the human brain, still depends on neurons...

Researchers look to worms for a new model of a peripheral nervous system disease

Credit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Aug. 7, 2018 - Studying transthyretin amyloidoses-a group of progressive nerve and cardiac...

Early trauma may be risk factor for anxiety and depression in adults with head/neck cancer

Among individuals with head and neck cancer (HNC), those who experienced childhood trauma were more likely to have advanced cancer,...

Tobacco ‘power wall’ linked to adolescents’ views about e-cigarettes

Adolescents who view advertising for tobacco products on the tobacco "power wall" in convenience stores report being more willing to...

Gene recombination deactivates retroviruses during invasion of host genomes

Credit: Zoo Vienna, Daniel Zupanc Working with the example of koalas, the researchers have now identified key stages in the...

Mice individuality is influenced by their relations

Credit: Nicolas Torquet/NPS Individuality is not exclusive to humans. Though this idea was previously rebutted by biologists, today it is...

Novel vaccine approach proves powerful against Zika virus