Health
Zika reached Miami at least four times, Caribbean trravel likely responsible
Credit: Photo by Faith Hark LA JOLLA, CA - May 24, 2017- With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere,...
How snakes lost a blueprint for making limbs
Credit: Kvon et al./Cell 2016 Snakes lost their limbs over 100 million years ago, but scientists have struggled to identify...
Study finds knowingly taking placebo pills eases pain
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON – Conventional medical wisdom has long held that placebo effects depend on patients’ belief they are getting...
New method to detect aging cells developed by researchers
Scientists have discovered a new way to look for ageing cells across a wide range of biological materials; the new...
Heparin derived from cattle is equivalent to heparin from pigs, study finds
MAYWOOD, IL – As demand for the widely used blood thinning drug heparin continues to grow, experts worry of possible...
Clean water-treatment option targets sporadic outbreaks
Credit: David Wendell A University of Cincinnati scientist has engineered an environmentally friendly technology to zap outbreak-causing viruses and bacteria...
Minimalist shoes increase leg and foot muscles
In a recent study conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Harvard Medical School, running in minimalist...
Early development reveals axolotl mysteries
In the amphibian world, the axolotl is the replacement-parts king. This is the axolotl, a remarkable model organism capable of...
Washing clothes releases thousands of microplastic particles into environment
More than 700,000 microscopic fibres could be released into waste water during each use of a domestic washing machine, with...
Fat cells that amplify nerve signals in response to cold also affect blood sugar metabolism
In a UT Southwestern Medical Center study, (l-r) Dr. Philipp Scherer, Dr. Yi Zhu, and Dr. Shangang Zhao found interesting...
Exercise not shown to reduce women’s risk of developing MS
A large, new study shows no evidence that exercise may reduce a woman’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). The...
Details of mysterious Utah Zika-related death: Transmission by tears or sweat
The first Zika virus-related death in the continental U.S. occurred in June of this year, but even now, months later,...
Universal flu vaccine designed by scientists
An international team of scientists have designed a new generation of universal flu vaccines to protect against future global pandemics...
Heavy hitters: Obesity rate soars among professional baseball players
Major League Baseball players have become overwhelmingly overweight and obese during the last quarter century, say health researchers. Credit: WikipediaDavid...
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