Health
Editorial: Use big tobacco’s Nov 26 corrective statements to reduce smoking
Credit: ATS Nov. 15, 2017–The court-ordered publication of "corrective statements" by major U.S. tobacco companies later this month should serve...
Researchers find zebrafish want to hang out with moving 3-D robotic models of themselves
Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York – Authenticity is an important trait, and zebrafish take it especially seriously. An interdisciplinary...
UTSW scientists identify protein central to immune response against tuberculosis bacteria
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS, Jan. 11, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that...
E-cig refills contain irritants, and people who smoke and use e-cigs…
Milan, Italy: Two new studies presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress highlight the risks associated with using e-cigarettes,...
Childhood asthma may increase risks of shingles
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nearly 1 million incidences of herpes zoster, which is also known as shingles, occur every year in...
Scripps Florida scientists find surprising answers to ‘food coma’ conundrum
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – Nov. 22, 2016 – Anyone who has drifted into a fuzzy-headed stupor...
Enhanced evolution: Scientists find genetic swap changes physical expression
Credit: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may...
Monoclonal antibody cures marburg infection in monkeys
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Tom Geisbert, University of Texas Medical Branch WHAT: Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health...
Random process analysis could give a woman more information about which infertility treatment is best
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 6, 2017) – It's been used to study automobile cruise control systems and population...
IU, Regenstrief study: Early home health worker visit lowers risk of…
Credit: Eskenazi Health INDIANAPOLIS – A visit by a home health worker, such as a nurse or physical therapist, within...
nTIDE Dec 2017: Yearend job numbers cap record year for americans with…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 5, 2018. Despite December's lag in U.S. job numbers, Americans with disabilities...
In assessing risk of hormone therapy for menopause, dose — not…
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS When it comes to assessing the risk of estrogen therapy for menopause, how the therapy is...
‘Shapeshifter’ that regulates blood clotting is visually…
A single molecule of von Willebrand factor is visually captured, as it elongates and relaxes in response to blood flow...
Culex mosquitoes do not transmit Zika virus, Kansas State University…
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — A Biosecurity Research Institute study has found important results in the fight against...
Mystery of how sperm swim revealed in mathematical formula
Credit: Kyoto University Researchers have developed a mathematical formula based on the rhythmic movement of a sperm's head and tail,...
Scientists discover bird blood cell which destroys fatal fungal infection
Scientists have discovered that a specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal infection which...
Mixed organization of gut bacteria is revealed by microbiome imaging technology
Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Yuko Hasegawa, MBL WOODS HOLE, Mass.– Disruptions in the microbiome of the human gut are...
Consortium launched to fight Zika virus and build Latin American response capacity
Credit: ZikaPLAN Umeå University is among the 25 leading research and public health organizations from Latin America, North America, Africa,...
New meta-analysis: Recreational football is broad-spectrum medicine
Credit: The Danish FA It is now well-established that physical fitness and resting heart rate are a strong mortality predictors...
Molecule identified that helps give resident T cells in the skin their…
Credit: Photograph courtesy of Medical University of South Carolina immunologist Dr. Chrystal M. Paulos and Dartmouth's Dr. Mary Jo Turk....
