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MPFI scientist receives more than $2 million in funding
Credit: Courtesy of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces that...
Study first to report sexual behavior norms for US adults with dementia living at home
The majority of partnered, home-dwelling people in the U.S. with dementia are sexually active, according to a University of Chicago...
With STDs at an all-time high, why aren’t more people getting a proven treatment?
ANN ARBOR, MI - Nearly 2.3 million times last year, Americans learned they had a sexually transmitted disease. But despite...
Discovery of new neurons in the inner ear can lead to new therapies for hearing disorders
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified four types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system, three of which...
Experts devise social security innovations to meet more Americans’ needs
Social Security can be enhanced to provide Americans greater protections against financial risk, according to proposals found in a new...
Pilot study identifies strain of bacteria as chief risk factor for stomach cancer
SEATTLE -- September 12, 2018 -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found a specific strain of Helicobacter...
For women with genetic risk, twice-a-year MRI beats mammograms
Credit: Fred Pineda, postdoctoral fellow, the University of Chicago Medicine Getting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans twice a year instead...
To flee or not to flee: how the brain decides what to do in the face of danger
Credit: Gil Costa, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Though it has been many millennia since human lives were regularly threatened...
World’s bone health research experts gather
Announcement of Clinical Recommendations to Prevent Secondary Fractures, Latest Research on Osteoporosis Drug Holidays, Risk of Osteoporatic Fractures in Men,...
Program will educate, empower ER visitors with uncontrolled high blood pressure
A new $3 million, five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will allow researchers to determine whether...
Scientific institutions continue to lag behind the #TimesUp movement
Scientific and medical institutions must fundamentally reconsider how they address sexual harassment in the workplace, three national leaders in gender...
ADHD may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders
Credit: University of Utah Health While about 11 percent of children (4-17 years old) nationwide have been diagnosed with attention-deficit...
World’s bone health research experts gather Sept. 28 — Oct. 1, Montreal
More than 3,000 bone scientists will come together for the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2018 Annual...
Poorest Americans most likely to have used prescription opioids
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Among older Americans, the poorest are the most likely to have used prescription opioids, according to a...
Healthcare cuts ‘strongly linked’ to the resurgence of measles
Credit: European Journal of Public Health Recent trends show that primary reason for the measles outbreak, affecting several European countries,...
Childhood trauma linked to impaired social cognition later in life for patients with major psychiatric disorders
Philadelphia, September 12, 2018 - A new report published in European Psychiatry identified a significant association between childhood adversity and...
Wearable ultrasound patch monitors blood pressure deep inside body
Credit: Chonghe Wang/Nature Biomedical Engineering A new wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the...
New tool developed at UBC screens online health ads for deception
Credit: University of British Columbia The internet is rife with ads for health products, from weight-loss systems to arthritis cures--but...
3D virtual simulation gets to the ‘heart’ of irregular heartbeats
Credit: Johns Hopkins University In a proof of concept study, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have successfully performed 3D...
A mere drop of blood makes skin cells line up
What happens to skin cells when they are confronted with blood? A team of researchers from Oslo University Hospital, led...
