Health
IOF President’s Award honors global osteoporosis experts and advocates
Credit: @IOF Seven leading osteoporosis experts and advocates have received the 2017 International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) President's Award in recognition...
Health care access improves with state-level medicaid expansion
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 26, 2017-A new study has shown that low-income U.S. residents...
Oil-based pesticides most effective at killing contents of brown widow…
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside might have found a breakthrough in the spider-control field. In a paper published...
Liking on Facebook good for teens’ stress, but being liked…not so much
Facebook can have positive and negative effects on teens levels of a stress hormone, say researchers at the University of...
Stroke prevention may also reduce dementia
Credit: Western University May 1, 2017 Stroke prevention among older Ontarians may also reduce risk of some dementias Ontario's stroke...
HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis patients’ daily life…
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a...
Why one eye-targeting virus could make for a useful gene-delivery tool
Credit: Image courtesy Vijay Reddy LA JOLLA, CA – May 11, 2017 – In their quest to replicate themselves, viruses...
‘I feel for you’ — some really do
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware When a student in a University of Delaware study watched a video of someone else's...
UA physician-scientist awarded grant to develop first diagnostic test for schizophrenia
Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of...
Heat shock protein appears to turn on Schistosoma invasion
A protein known for helping cells withstand stress may also act as a switch that triggers free-swimming Schistosoma larvae to...
Forty years after first Ebola outbreak, survivors show signs they can…
Credit: Nicole Hoff Survivors of the first known Ebola outbreak, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for...
Mongoose pups conceal identity to survive
Credit: Feargus Cooney Young mongooses may conceal their identity — even from their own parents — to survive. Killing of...
India-made rotavirus vaccine achieves World Health Organization prequalification
Credit: Photo: PATH/Gabe Bienczycki PATH applauds Indian vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech for receiving prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Mesh-like scaffold is disordered in Alzheimer’s-affected cells
IMAGE: Brain cells from a fruit fly model of Alzheimer's disease were compared to healthy brain cells to show a...
Venom becomes more potent as brown snakes age
Credit: Stewart Macdonald The "blood nuking" capabilities of adult brown snake venom only come about after an amazing transformation. New...
Hazardous contamination found around lead battery recycling plants in…
Credit: Occupational Knowledge International San Francisco, Jan. 18, 2018 – Extensive lead contamination was found in lead battery recycling plants...
Drug discovery: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s spurred by…
Credit: From Zhang et al NSMB (2017). Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are not the same. They affect different regions...
Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel may contain hidden symbols of female anatomy
Credit: Clinical Anatomy Michelangelo often surreptitiously inserted pagan symbols into his works of art, many of them possibly associated with...
Forsyth Institute researcher Floyd Dewhirst named as AAAS Fellow
Credit: The Forsyth Institute. Cambridge, MA – November 20, 2017 – The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)...
