Health
One in 6 women with learning disabilities has attempted suicide
Toronto, CANADA - A new study by the University of Toronto found that the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts was...
New study examines relationship between emotion regulation and brain connectivity in ASD
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--Emotional control varies among children with autism spectrum disorder...
Study answers why ketamine helps depression, offers target for safer therapy
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 21, 2017 - UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a key protein that...
Temple study: Extra-virgin olive oil preserves memory & protects brain against Alzheimer’s
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is...
Common water treatments could damage DNA
Scientists are warning that a water treatment widely used in developing countries could be damaging the DNA of those drinking...
Device helps ICU patients by filtering out noise from medical alarms
A team of investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center wants to improve patient outcomes in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) settings...
Screen time or story time?
Pediatricians, educators, and parents have always agreed on at least one thing: reading to your toddler - early on in...
Biological fingerprint of tuberculosis meningitis discovered in children
Credit: Ursula Rohlwink Children with tuberculosis meningitis - a brain and spinal cord infection that leads to disability and death...
Single fungus amplifies Crohn’s disease symptoms
Bottom Line: A microscopic fungus called Candida tropicalis triggered gut inflammation and exacerbated symptoms of Crohn's disease, in a recent...
HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus likelier to pass virus that causes AIDS to infant
Credit: UCLA Health HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, in their urine at the time of labor and delivery are...
Regional ‘hot spot’ of Borna disease discovered in upper Austria
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date...
Head impact exposure increases as youth football players get older, bigger
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - June 21, 2017 - Youth football players are exposed to more and more forceful head impacts as...
ACP’s initial review of QPP proposed rule ‘encouraging’
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged that the 2018 proposed rule to implement the Quality Payment Program (QPP),...
Scientists may have cracked rugby league’s code
JCU's Dr Carl Woods and colleagues looked at the performance indicators of winning and losing NRL teams. He says a...
Advances in AI for drug discovery to be presented at the AI Pharma Innovation Summit 2017 in Boston
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, June 21, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based artificial intelligence company focused on drug...
Behavior study shows piglets prefer new toys
Credit: Stephen Fleming URBANA, Ill. - We can't help but be tempted by new things. We see it in a...
Pollinator extinctions alter structure of ecological networks
The absence of a single dominant bumblebee species from an ecosystem disrupts foraging patterns among a broad range of remaining...
A patent study on the great new hope emerging from marine derived anticancer drugs
Anticancer agents targeting microtubule from marine sources hold great potential in the field of cancer therapeutics and are gradually advancing...
New technique makes brain scans better
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA - People who suffer a stroke often undergo a brain scan at the...
New femto-camera with quadrillion fractions of a second resolution
Credit: ITMO University Researchers from ITMO University have built a setup for recording holograms of tiny objects like living cells...
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