Health
Do the elderly want technology to help them take their medication?
Over 65s say they would find technology to help them take their medications helpful, but need the technology to be...
Boosting the effects of vitamin D to tackle diabetes
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 10, 2018) More than 27 million people in the United States are living with type...
UMass Amherst chemists develop molecular switch for on-demand cargo release
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In an unexpected finding, chemist Sankaran "Thai" Thayumanavan and colleagues at the University of...
A vital pause: Neurons in the brain’s striatum may help regulate response to unexpected stimuli
Credit: OIST Changing our behavior based on unexpected cues from our environment is an essential part of survival. The ability...
Depleted metabolic enzymes promote tumor growth in kidney cancer
Credit: Celeste Simon, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Cell Press PHILADELPHIA - Kidney cancer, one of the ten...
Divide and conquer: Israeli researchers find key to creating better medicines with fewer side effects
Credit: Palitel and Naaman. Today, a new study published in Science by Professors Yossi Paltiel of the Hebrew University of...
Pterocarpanquinones and carbapterocarpans with anti-tumor activity against MDR leukemias
Credit: Dr. Vivian M Rumjanek et al., Bentham Science Publishers Careful thinking must be put since the very first days...
Receptor related to neurotransmitter serotonin to boost memory formation
New York, NY (May 10, 2018)--In a breakthrough that could one day help individuals with cognitive impairment, researchers at Columbia...
Levitation yields better neutron-lifetime measurement
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 10, 2018--Being repulsive can have its advantages. In the case of an experiment at...
Does melatonin do anything? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 10, 2018 -- Melatonin is a widely used supplement. Many people turn to...
Shooting the Achilles heel of drug-resistant cancer
Cancer cells that develop resistance to drugs, pay a price for this, by simultaneously developing a new vulnerability. If this...
PATH statement on White House Summit on AI for American Industry
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers May 10, 2018, Washington, DC - The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in...
Research suggests a 15-minute ‘daily mile’ could enhance health of the world’s children
Credit: Elaine Livingstone Policymakers should consider introducing The Daily Mile to improve the health and fitness of schoolchildren around the...
A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
(Stockholm University) A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal...
Rising religious ‘none’ rates linked to conservative Christian politics
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Religious "nones," people who do not officially associate themselves with a specific religion, are on the rise...
Patients who have had an irregular heart beat can’t ever be considered ‘cured’
Credit: University of Birmingham Patients with an abnormal heart rhythm that can leave them at a higher risk of suffering...
Discovery of how HIV hedges its bets opens the door to new therapies
San Francisco, CA--May 10, 2018--A stem cell is one with infinite possibilities. So, for decades, scientists have puzzled over how...
Most oncologists have discussed medical marijuana with patients
Data from a new survey show that as many as 80% of oncologists have discussed medical marijuana use with their...
Food recognition in hundred-year-olds: this explains how our semantic memory works
Repeated life-long experience models our semantic memory, i.e. our knowledge related to objects and events. This also relates to our...
How do public ‘report cards’ affect physicians’ treatment decisions?
Credit: The Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Public "report cards"...
