Health
Tailored sexual health messages urgently needed for young female tourists, expert says
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer With both tourism and casual "hookup" sex on the rise among college-age adults, there's...
Following Presidential action, AGS renews call for bipartisan collaboration
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Presidential action to alter current law risks undermining progress made by Congress, the American...
Novel framework powered by 3-D MRI accurately predicts pregnancies…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – During the millions of pregnancies that occur in the United States every year,...
Researchers find link between air pollution and heart disease
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found a link between higher levels of a specific...
In autism, too many brain connections may be at root of condition
A defective gene linked to autism influences how neurons connect and communicate with each other in the brain, according to...
Juvie talk
Credit: Richard Ross With his legs outstretched, T. barely fits the diameter of the small animal pen that surrounds him....
Cancer cells use secret tunnels to communicate and smuggle cancer…
A new discovery published in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that cancer cells use previously unknown...
Evidence suggests migratory birds are not a reservoir for highly pathogenic flu viruses
The H5 avian influenza A virus that devastated North American poultry farms in 2014-15 was initially spread by migratory waterfowl,...
A bioactive molecule may protect against congestive heart failure…
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Heart attacks provoke an acute immune response. Leukocytes rush to the heart muscle to remove...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist receives grant to study aging
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Aric Rogers, Ph.D., has received...
Future of legalized cannabis focus of expert panel discussion in…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2017–In the roundtable entitled "Expert Panel on Understanding Cannabis:...
UTSA researcher receives $670,000 grant to fight malaria
IMAGE: This is an immunofluorescence image of a mature Plasmodium berghei liver stage parasite in murine liver. Credit: Kirsten Hanson...
New boarding procedures, smaller cabin size may limit infection on…
Credit: n/a TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — During major epidemics, cramped airplane cabins are fertile ground for the spread of infection, but...
Study: Symptoms of ‘chronic multisymptom illness’ may be common in Iraq,…
Credit: Department of Defense In a Veterans Affairs study of more than 300 enlisted Army National Guard and Army Reserve...
Researchers map brain tumor cells’ adaptation to oxygen deprivation
Credit: Louise Cornmark The most aggressive variant of brain tumour – glioblastoma – has an average survival rate of 15...
‘Triggers’: A new tool to assess cancer patients’ palliative needs
Dr Jayne Wood from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 – A new tool to identify...
The shrinking moose of Isle Royale
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Researchers from Michigan Technological University know the smartest way to know a moose is by its...
Detecting Alzheimer’s disease earlier using … Greebles?
Credit: Greeble images courtesy of Michael J. Tarr, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and Department of Psychology, Carnegie...
Sitting not linked to incident diabetes: New research
Credit: Pexels Sitting may not be as deadly as previously thought, with new research led by the University of Sydney...
Model shows female beauty isn’t just sex appeal
Credit: Photo courtesy of Stacey Weiss, University of Puget Sound DURHAM, N.C. — Female beauty may have less to do...