Health
LGBTQ teens experiencing high levels of stress, says national survey
A survey of LGBTQ teenagers across the nation reveals in detail the persistent challenges many of them face going about...
Understanding vitamin D trends in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
New research charts vitamin D levels and variations in genes that determine vitamin D status in UK children diagnosed with...
Study provides further insight into how Ebola affects the eye
A new study, conducted by the researchers from the University of Liverpool, published in JAMA Ophthalmology identifies the specific characteristics...
Researchers find new way to stimulate cellular recycling process
Credit: Lapierre lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University researchers studying the biology of aging have demonstrated a...
Wildfires may cause long-term health problems for endangered orangutans
Credit: Beth Barrow Orangutans, already critically endangered due to habitat loss from logging and large-scale farming, may face another threat...
Prenatal testing of the fetal rhesus factor: Test is reliable, but benefit is unclear
If the blood of a pregnant woman is rhesus-negative (Rh-negative) and the blood of the foetus is rhesus-positive (Rh-positive), the...
National trial: EEG brain tests help patients overcome depression
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 15, 2018 - Imagine millions of depressed Americans getting their brain activity measured and...
Joint resolution: A link between Huntington’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: UC San Diego Health Using new analytic tools, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and...
EPSRC announces £20 million investment in NMR equipment
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) New nuclear magnetic resonance tools to be installed at eight universities thanks to investment...
MDMA opens door for PTSD sufferers
When lasting trauma is caused by callous acts of violence, the key to recovery can be making meaning out of...
In era of #MeToo, majority of employees say their employers fail to take new steps addressing sexual harassment
WASHINGTON -- The spotlight on workplace sexual harassment since fall 2017 has led to high-profile resignations, terminations and lawsuits. And...
Plant medicines, healing and psychedelic science
Credit: Springer This edited volume addresses psychedelic science from three different viewpoints. The first addresses the way social scientists and...
Gonorrhea surveillance study maps antibiotic resistance across Europe
The first European-wide genomic survey of gonorrhoea has mapped antibiotic resistance in this sexually transmitted disease throughout the continent. Researchers...
Six years of exercise — or lack of it — may be enough to change heart failure risk
By analyzing reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conclude that...
Researchers call for transgender-inclusive healthcare providers
More should be done to take care of the mental health of transgender people in the US, a new survey...
Per-capita end-of-life spending is decreasing rapidly, according to new study
Credit: via JAMA IM Health economists have long considered end-of-life spending to be one of the major contributors to the...
Treating muscle wasting improved cancer survival
Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have found that continued treatment of muscle wasting with a soluble growth...
Magnetic stimulation dampens brain response to drug cues in addiction
Philadelphia, May 15, 2018 In a study investigating the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for drug addiction, researchers at...
Enzyme’s movement may be key to new cancer drugs
Credit: Senthil Ganesan, University of Arizona Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Revealing all the steps required to activate an enzyme...
Gun safety programs do not prevent children from handling firearms, Rutgers study finds
Children who participate in gun safety programs often ignore what they learned when encountering a real firearm, according to a...
