Health
An infallible hand-held probe to aid cancer surgery
Credit: Frédéric Leblond, Kevin Petrecca Montreal, June 28, 2017 - Patients with common widespread forms of cancer will enjoy longer...
Engineers examine chemo-mechanics of heart defect
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Elastin and collagen serve as the body's building blocks. They provide tensile strength and...
Adolescent obesity linked to early mortality from cardiovascular diseases
WASHINGTON-- While there is solid evidence that adolescent overweight and obesity are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke,...
The dust storm microbiome
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several directions: northeast from the Sahara,...
Transcranial stimulation and/or physical therapy improves walking speed in Parkinson’s disease
June 27, 2017 - Noninvasive brain stimulation and physical therapy--alone or in combination--improve some measures of walking ability in patients...
Giving birth multiple times has impact on stroke recovery, study shows
Stroke is an age-related disease that disproportionately affects women. Although experimental studies have identified several hormonal and genetic factors underlying...
Pre-synaptic cadherin/catenin complexes stablize post-synaptic spines in vivo
Credit: Image by Dr. LI Yefei Synapses are fundamental building blocks of neural circuits. Synapse formation requires complex regulation involving...
More than half of all opioid prescriptions go to people with mental illness
ANN ARBOR--Fifty-one percent of all opioid medications distributed in the U.S. each year are prescribed to adults with mood disorders...
Brain signals deliver first targeted treatment for world’s most common movement disorder
Credit: University of Washington Essential tremor is the world's most common movement disorder, affecting an estimated 7 million people in...
What makes stem cells into perfect allrounders
Stem cells are considered biological allrounders because they have the potential to develop into the various body cell types. For...
Morgridge scientists illuminate structures vital to virus replication
Credit: Ahlquist lab, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- In the fight against the viruses that invade everyday life, seeing...
Brain’s connectivity network may provide key insights into neurological disorders
A deeper understanding of the brain's connectivity network of neurons and its relationship to the organ's deep tissue could allow...
Obesity risk factors dropped in preschoolers in prevention program
New York, NY (June 27, 2017)--Preschoolers from low-income families living in cities that took part in a two-year community-wide intervention...
Dartmouth study finds legal cannabis laws impact teen use
HANOVER, NH -- A new study by researchers at Dartmouth has found that adolescents living in medical marijuana states with...
What we can learn about global flu evolution from one person’s infection
A new study has found that flu evolution within some individuals can hint at the virus's eventual evolutionary course worldwide....
Ancient retrovirus embedded in the human genome helps fight HIV-1 infection
Credit: Dr. Kazuaki Monde Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses...
Woodrats can’t stomach favorite foods at high temps
Credit: Kevin Kohl You'd think desert woodrats already had a lot of adversity. Besides the constant threat of coyotes and...
Shi-Jiang Li, PhD, receives 2017 Alzheimer Award
Credit: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Amsterdam, NL, June 27, 2017 - The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) is pleased to...
Population health resource to give US cities access to key data
Credit: L+L Hundreds of United States cities will be able to identify their most pressing health needs more accurately--thanks to...
Acupuncture may not be effective in treating infertility
Acupuncture, alone or with the medication clomiphene, does not appear to be effective in treating infertility in women with polycystic...
