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Prebiotics reduce body fat in overweight children
Bethesda, MD (June 5, 2017) -- There may soon be a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity. Prebiotics...
Don’t rely on smartphone apps to treat back pain
University of Sydney researchers have found that smartphone apps for treating back pain have questionable value as they are generally...
Pregnancy diet high in refined grains could increase kids’ obesity by age 7
WHAT: Children born to women with gestational diabetes whose diet included high proportions of refined grains may have a higher...
AveXis to advance gene therapy program initiated by the Rett Syndrome Research Trust
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) is excited to announce that AveXis, Inc., has committed to advance a gene therapy...
Nanoparticles and magnets offer new, efficient method of removing oil from water
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering When oil mixes with or enters into water, conventional methods of cleaning the water and...
Excessive exercise may damage the gut
A review of published studies has found that people who exercise excessively may be prone to acute or chronic gut...
‘Immunoswitch’ particles may be key to more-effective cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Alyssa Kosmides, Johns Hopkins Medicine Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a nanoparticle that carries two different antibodies capable...
Bread and health: A personal matter
Bread occupies a unique place in our diet: it accounts for about one-tenth of the calories many people in the...
Hospitals that carry out more research are more efficient
Credit: UC3M To assess the cause and effect relationship between clinical and basic research and efficiency in public health centers,...
GW researcher finds centenarians have lower incidence of chronic illness
WASHINGTON (June 7, 2017) -- Centenarians have a lower incidence of chronic illness than those in their 80s and 90s,...
Girls more likely to have sex, take sexual risks, and marry young if they menstruate early
June 7, 2017-- The timing of a girl's first menstruation may affect her first sexual encounter, first pregnancy, and her...
Are wealthier people more likely to receive a diagnosis of cancer?
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Do wealthier people receive too much medical care? In a Perspective article recently published in the...
Study reveals how a hormone increases sucrose accumulation in sugarcane
Credit: Léo Ramos Chaves Chemical ripeners, also known as growth regulators, are widely used in Brazil's sugarcane industry to increase...
Particulate air pollution linked to poor survival in liver cancer patients
In a recent study, exposure to particulate air pollution after being diagnosed with liver cancer was significantly associated with an...
Metabolism: Beta cells under fire
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Type 2 diabetes causes pathological changes in the beta cells....
Scientists aim to stamp out new horticultural pest
Scientists will pursue cutting-edge microbiology and robotics research in a bid to stop a destructive and abundant pest which is...
Researchers shed light on how our eyes process visual cues
The mystery of how human eyes compute the direction of moving light has been made clearer by scientists at The...
Feared by drug users but hard to avoid, fentanyl takes a mounting toll
Credit: Marshall et. al./Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fentanyl, a highly potent prescription opioid, has Rhode Island drug users on...
Sea urchin protein provides insights into self-assembly of skeletal structures
Credit: NYU Dentistry: Evans Calcium carbonate, or CaCO3, comprises more than 4% of the earth's crust. Its most common natural...
Engineering a new cancer detection tool
Studying the food poisoning bacteria E. coli may have led scientists to discover a new and improved tool to detect...
