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Credit: Luke MacQueen/Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard SEAS Harvard University researchers have bioengineered a three-dimensional model of a human left heart ventricle...

Enzyme lays the foundations for allergic immune response

Credit: RUB, Marquard While in search of the causes of allergies and asthma, a chance discovery has yielded new clues:...

Novel intervention for anxiety symptoms among people with Bipolar Disorder

Credit: Lancaster University Psychologists at Lancaster University have devised a novel psychological intervention to address Anxiety in Bipolar Disorder (AIBD)....

New research in patient care, transformative imaging technology highlight SNIS 15th Annual Meeting

San Francisco--The most innovative studies in neurointerventional care, cutting-edge sessions on artificial intelligence, and content-rich discussions on best practices and...

Virtual reality may help students experience life with dementia first hand

Chicago, July 23, 2018 - Virtual reality technology gives high school students greater insight into what it's like to be...

Pregnancy and reproductive history may impact dementia risk

Chicago, July 23, 2018 - Research reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago highlighted sex differences...

The great NFL practice conundrum: How much should you train to avoid injury?

It seems like the most banal advice you could give an athlete: don't overtrain. And yet, when the National Football...

First dementia prevalence data in lesbian, gay and bisexual older adults

Chicago, July 22, 2018 - The first dementia prevalence data from a large population of lesbian, gay and bisexual older...

The short, tumultuous working life of a major league baseball pitcher

There are pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) who have had 30-year careers, but as UC Riverside demographer David Swanson...

Women under-treated for heart attacks die at twice the rate of men

Published in today's Medical Journal of Australia, the study of 2898 patients (2183 men, 715 women) reveals that six months...

Saliva test could improve diabetes control and treatment

Diabetes assessment currently relies on measurement of blood sugar levels -- but a simple saliva sample could replace this, says...

First practice guidelines for clinical evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease

CHICAGO, July 22, 2018 - Despite more than two decades of advances in diagnostic criteria and technology, symptoms of Alzheimer's...

Exercise cuts risk of chronic disease in older adults

New research has shown that older adults who exercise above current recommended levels have a reduced risk of developing chronic...

SF State study compares athlete and truck driver, identical twins

When it comes to being fit, are genes or lifestyle -- nature or nurture -- more important? Researchers at San...

Wearable device from Stanford measures cortisol in sweat

The hormone cortisol rises and falls naturally throughout the day and can spike in response to stress, but current methods...

Mother-child communication in plants

Credit: Source: Thomas Laux An international team led by the Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux has shown that...

The need for speed: Why malaria parasites are faster than human immune cells