Health
Doctors divided about tutoring future colleagues
Credit: Portrait photo: Eva Almqvist Professionally active doctors increasingly hesitate to take on the task of tutoring students from undergraduate...
Miniature technology, big hope for disease detection
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) The field of medicine is always on the lookout for...
Altering gut bacteria pathways may stimulate fat tissue to prevent obesity
Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered a biological link between gut bacteria metabolism and obesity. The team showed that blocking a...
Exposure to cardiovascular risk factors linked with arterial distensibility in adolescence
The longitudinal study on children and adolescents conducted by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the...
Older Americans don’t get — or seek — enough help from doctors & pharmacists on drug costs
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - The majority of Americans over age 50 take two or more prescription...
New clues found to common respiratory virus
Credit: Daisy Leung By age 2, most children have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which usually causes only...
Popular class of drugs reverse potentially harmful genetic changes from heart disease
TORONTO, Friday, June 30, 2017 - Beta blockers are commonly used world-wide to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions, such...
Inhibition of tau protein aggregation by rhodanine-based compounds
The design of tailored peptide-polymer conjugates as drug-specific formulation additives offers access to next generation precision additives that can render...
Genes may cause tumor aggressiveness and drug resistance in African-American prostate cancer
WASHINGTON (June 30, 2017) -- A form of genetic variation, called differential RNA splicing, may have a role in tumor...
Grapes linked to better health
NEW YORK, NY - A newly released book titled Grapes and Health: A Monograph offers a thorough review of the...
No pain, no gain?
Credit: Foto: Peter van der Sluijs "Sport is too much like hard work." For many, that is reason enough to...
To buzz or to scrabble? To foraging bees, that’s the question
Credit: Keith Brust/UA Imagine going to the supermarket to stock up on groceries but coming home empty-handed because you just...
Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: System to help patients communicate
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University/CITEC Neuropsychologist Professor Dr. Johanna Kissler, of Bielefeld University's Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC), is...
Wayne State receives NIH award to study genetic factors that impact benefit of exercise
DETROIT - A team of researchers led by Robert Wessells, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology in the School of Medicine...
Pipetting in space
Credit: University of Konstanz The mere fact that Dr Maria Moreno-Villanueva's spontaneous application to NASA worked out should be regarded...
Alzheimer’s disease patients with psychosis more likely to be misdiagnosed, study suggests
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 30, 2017--People with Alzheimer's disease who experience psychosis--including delusions and hallucinations--are five...
Scientists move closer to defeating ‘superbugs’ with simplified forms of teixobactin
Scientists have produced new, effective and simplified forms of teixobactin - a new generation antibiotic which defeats multi-drug resistant infections...
Even perfectly clean hands can lead to MRSA transmission in NICU babies
Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new...
New opioid use in older adults with COPD associated with increased risk of cardiac death
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 29, 2017--Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder who recently started using...
Does carrying extra weight offer better survival following a stroke?
(Boston)--Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a new study has found that people...
