Health
Deep-sea marine sponges may hold key to antibiotic drug resistance
Credit: FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Drug resistance to antibiotics is on the rise and there is an urgent need...
World’s first intra-operative MRI-guided robot for bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery
Credit: @The University of Hong Kong Stereotactic neurosurgery is one of the treatment to a variety of movement and neuropsychiatric...
Can evolution explain why the young are often more susceptible than adults to infection?
In many species, including humans, the young are often more susceptible to infection than adults, even after accounting for prior...
Heart disease sufferers not exercizing enough
Evidence shows that people with existing heart problems or who are at risk of developing them, are ignoring medical advice...
New study suggests ovarian hormone may make drug withdrawal symptoms worse for women
(Carlisle, Pa.) - New research published in the journal Neuroscience Letters suggests women may have more difficulty than men in...
Often overlooked glial cell is key to learning and memory
(University of California - Riverside) Glial cells surround neurons and provide support -- not unlike hospital staff and nurses supporting...
Virtual reality headsets significantly reduce children’s fear of needles
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The scenario is all too familiar for the majority of parents. The crying, the screaming and...
Chemists achieve major milestone of synthesis: Remote chiral induction
Credit: Jin-Quan Yu/Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - June 18, 2018 - Chemists at Scripps Research have addressed one of...
First delivery episiotomies may require repeat procedures — Ben-Gurion U. researchers
(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) After studying more than 43,000 deliveries at Soroka over 24 years (1991-2015), researchers...
Study finds a pesticide-free way to combat mosquitos and West Nile
Researchers at the University of Waterloo may have discovered a new, pesticide-free way to limit mosquito populations in some area...
How the brain plays a role in rheumatoid arthritis inflammation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - In patients with chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, there has been limited understanding of...
Heart disease sufferers not exercising enough
Evidence shows that people with existing heart problems or who are at risk of developing them, are ignoring medical advice...
BPA can induce multigenerational effects on ability to communicate
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Past studies have shown that biparental care of offspring can be affected negatively when females and males...
Rising sea temperatures threaten survival of juvenile albatross
Ecologists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) studied a...
Cell technology used to treat osteochondral knee defect
As the publication describes, autologous cells of stromal vascular fraction were transplanted to a 36-year-old man with the use of...
Plant-based diets improve cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetes patients
WASHINGTON - Plant-based diets improve glycemic control, lead to weight loss, and improve cholesterol in people with type 2 diabetes,...
QUT project aims to reduce dental anxiety and pain
(Queensland University of Technology) A trip to the dentist is not an experience many people look forward to, especially when...
Diabetes may be an early manifestation of pancreatic cancer
A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that recent-onset type...
Seven million euros for research into chronic inflammatory bowel conditions
A new collaborative research centre/Transregio 241 'Immune-epithelial communication in inflammatory bowel diseases' is due to commence its research at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität...
Risky opioid prescriptions linked to higher chance of death
When patients are prescribed opioids in risky ways, their chance of dying increases and their odds of death go higher...
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