Health
Rutgers student on front lines of orangutan conservation, research
Credit: Cecilia Mayer Deep in a tropical forest in Borneo 15 years ago, Rutgers student Didik Prasetyo first encountered a...
Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death
DALLAS, March 15, 2018 - Blacks often have higher exposure to air pollution than whites, which may partially explain their...
SOMMa Spanish research institutions to safeguard scientific competitiveness
Credit: SOMMa The Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria de Maeztu Units Alliance (SOMMa) gathers research centres and units that received...
Cell therapy could improve brain function for Alzheimer’s disease
San Francisco, CA -- March 15, 2018 -- Like a great orchestra, your brain relies on the perfect coordination of...
Ludwig study extends potential for personalized immunotherapy to large variety of cancers
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research A Ludwig Cancer Research study shows that ovarian cancer, which has proved resistant to currently available...
Study suggests that cancer survivors are more easily fatigued
Adults who have undergone successful cancer treatment years or decades previously become fatigued more quickly than their peers who don't...
Core elements identified for successful transitions in care for older adults with dementia
Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (March 15, 2018) - For older adults with multiple chronic conditions and complex care requirements, transitioning...
New survey finds huge and unnecessary variation of salt levels in bread
Canadian bread product saltiest in survey of global bread products Some breads surveyed had as much sodium (salt) as seawater...
Well-child visits are effective time to help moms, study shows
PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2018 - In an effort to improve birth outcomes, well-child visits provide an opportune time to deliver...
UNC researcher awarded $2.5 million to study stress of poverty on children
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Cathi Propper, Ph.D., an associate research professor, has been awarded a $2.5 million...
Viral hideout
Once herpes simplex infects a person, the virus goes into hiding inside nerve cells, hibernating there for life, periodically waking...
‘Frequency combs’ ID chemicals within the mid-infrared spectral region
Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Applied Physics Division, Quantum Nanophotonics group WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 -- Chemical...
H7N9 influenza vaccine clinical trials begin
Two new clinical trials testing an experimental vaccine to prevent influenza caused by an H7N9 influenza virus are now enrolling...
Cells stressed out? Make mitochondria longer
LA JOLLA, CA - March 14, 2018 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new pathway...
Research team develops clinically-validated 3-D printed stethoscope
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed...
Equitable access to high-cost pharmaceuticals
Credit: University of Huddersfield ACCESS to the best medicine has been enshrined as a human right. But many healthcare systems...
CHOP researchers highlight advances in pediatric heart disease at ACC Scientific Session 2018
Physician-researchers from the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) presented new findings on pediatric cardiovascular disease at the...
Scientists work to protect obese, younger women from cardiovascular work
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 14, 2018) - Obese, premenopausal women can lose the innate...
Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education integrates with GSA
Members of the newly renamed Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) -- formerly the Association for Gerontology in Higher...
A study suggests structural difference in the brain of transgender people
Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to complete the...
