Health
Medicine and flyfishing
Gilbert Thompson's Medicine My Vocation, Fishing My RecreationCredit: World Scientific What do medicine and flyfishing have in common? Gilbert Thompson's...
Cook County’s short-lived ‘soda’ tax worked, says new study
Sweetened beverage sales decreased by 21% during tax implementationCredit: UIC A study of beverage sales in Cook County, Illinois, shows...
Otago researchers shed light on ‘arms race’ between bacteria and viruses
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have contributed to an international study which helps improve the understanding of...
Study investigates moral distress of physicians who care for older adults
Compromising professional integrity is correlated with physician burnout and depressionCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- In a new study, researchers from...
Want to catch a photon? Start by silencing the sun
Quantum breakthrough uses light's quirky properties to boost 3D imaging, paving the way for enhanced performance in self-driving cars, medical...
Temple’s Dr. Silvia Fossati awarded $500,000 grant for Alzheimer’s drug discovery research
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Silvia Fossati, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Director of the...
‘Grand Challenge’ review stresses global impact of microplastics
Credit: Chris Pallister/GoAK.org. Professor Rob Hale of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science is lead author of a...
TMS shows promise in treating stroke, dementia and migraines
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL. - Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has shown significant efficacy in treating major depressive and obsessive...
How cancer cells stiff-arm normal environmental cues to consume energy
Credit: uTSW DALLAS - Feb. 24, 2020 - Using human lung cancer cells, UT Southwestern researchers have uncovered how cells...
PA school nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (February 24, 2020) - As opioid overdoses continue to grab headlines, more states are providing their...
Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history
Analysis of ancient DNA details the population history of Sardinia, providing new insight into its unique history and ancestral connections...
Immunotherapy combo effective for patients with high-grade neuroendocrine cancer
Credit: SWOG Cancer Research Network Many patients with rare, fast-growing neuroendocrine tumors respond well to a common immunotherapy drug combination,...
How the urban environment affects the diet of its citizens
A participatory study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has resulted in proposals for action to improve the urban...
Hospital admission & neurological consultations associated with improved TIA care quality
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Admission to the hospital and being seen by a neurologist are factors associated with better...
Antibodies: the body’s own antidepressants
Antibodies can be a blessing or a curse to the brain -- it all depends on their concentrationCredit: MPG/ Massih...
Research identifies how new cancer treatments can activate tuberculosis infection
Credit: University of Southampton Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified how new checkpoint inhibitor treatments for cancer can...
CRISPR gene cuts may offer new way to chart human genome
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In search of new ways to sequence human genomes and read critical alterations in DNA, researchers...
Why Edgar Allan Poe probably did not kill himself
Credit: Lancaster University A computational analysis of language used by the writer Edgar Allan Poe has revealed that his mysterious...
Researchers analyze influenza epidemiologic supervision and children cases in Catalonia
Credit: UB The viral infections of the upper respiratory tract are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and,...
New method gives glaucoma researchers control over eye pressure
Credit: University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (February 24, 2020)- Neuroscientists at the University of South Florida have become the...
