Health
Study by UTA professor shows many parents in the dark about concussions
Despite the large volume of information about sports related concussions on the Internet, many parents and guardians of young athletes...
Singapore scientists pave way for better juvenile arthritis diagnosis & treatment outcome prediction
Singapore, 14 July 2017 - A team of scientists and doctors from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) has...
Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health to general population
Chicago, IL, July 13, 2017 - Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health and well-being to the general population,...
Babies with hearing loss form better vocabulary with early intervention
Credit: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano Children with hearing loss who are diagnosed by 3 months of age and receive interventions by 6...
Internists reaffirm ‘strongest opposition possible’ to revised BRCA
Washington (July 13, 2017)--On behalf of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today ACP wrote Senate leaders to reaffirm our...
Nagoya medical researchers propose new disease category of skin disorders
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Dry scaly skin, blistering, rashes. Many people will experience some kind of skin problem...
Cancer researchers become first in UK to access latest genome sequencing technology
UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing machine which could revolutionise their research to...
Elderly yoginis have greater cortical thickness
Credit: Afonso RF, Balardin JB, Lazar S, Sato JR, Igarashi N, Santaella DF, Lacerda SS, Amaro E Jr. and Kozasa...
Researchers revolutionize vital conservation tool with use of gold nanotechnology and lasers
Credit: University of Minnesota/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze)...
Cancer may metastasize without lymph node involvement
(Bethesda, MD, July 13, 2017) Research by several leading scientists including Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele...
Newly discovered elovanoids called a ‘transformative new concept of biology’
Credit: Darryl Schmitt for LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas...
BASF unveils new class of insecticide for malaria prevention
Credit: BASF WHO recommendation for game-changing mosquito net First bed net to contain non-pyrethroid chemistry Collaboration with IVCC and London...
IPM’s dapivirine vaginal ring now under review by European Medicines Agency
SILVER SPRING, Md. (July 13, 2017) -- The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is pleased to announce that its...
Experimental Zika virus vaccines restrict in utero virus transmission in mice
Credit: JM Richner et al./Cell WHAT: Two experimental vaccines can restrict Zika virus transmission from pregnant mice to their fetuses...
DFG Senate Commission presents 53rd list of maximum workplace concentrations and biological tolerance values
The Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche...
The BGRF and Diversity.AI announce a new tool to assess organizational diversity
Credit: Diversity.AI The Biogerontology Research Foundation releases the results of their first pilot study, conducted as part of their ongoing...
Behind Green Eyes: New Species of deep-water hermit crab finds itself unusual shelters
Credit: Jannes Landschoff 'Green-eyed hermit crab' is the common name for a new species recently discovered off the West Coast...
Spread of breast cancer reduced by targeting acid metabolite
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 12, 2017) - It's a metabolite found in essentially all our cells that, like...
Cyber attacks can threaten public health
WHAT Commentary :"Threats to Information Security -- Public Health Implications", New England Journal of Medicine WHO William J. Gordon, MD...
Everyday chemicals linked to chronic disease in men
Chemicals found in everyday plastics materials are linked to cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure in men, according...
