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April 1, 2026

A promising approach to translational research on stem cells for Parkinson’s disease

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 23, 2018--A major factor underlying Parkinson's Disease (PD) pathology is...

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)....

Emergency departments can be an effective venue for Hepatitis C virus testing

Boston Medical Center has shown that testing for the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) outside the typical high-risk population can be...

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...

The shape in water: First nanoscale measurements of biomolecule folding in liquid

Credit: NIST Tinkering with a method they helped develop over the last few years, scientists have for the first time...

Researchers find connection between viruses and inflammatory bowel disease

AURORA, Colo. (July 23, 2018) - A study led by a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus...

Study finds flushing water lines protects inconsistently and may increase lead exposure

New Orleans, LA - Research conducted by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health finds that the current recommendations...

New scholarly focus needed to help solve global food crisis, U-M experts say

ANN ARBOR--The global food system is unsustainable and urgently needs an overhaul. Yet current approaches to finding solutions through applied...

How experience changes basics of memory formation

Credit: Brian Wiltgen/UC Davis We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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