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Efficient approach for tracking physical activity with wearable health…
Credit: Edgar Lobaton Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient technique for accurately tracking a user's physical...
Music sessions can help millions who struggle to speak to lead a…
Credit: Plymouth Music Zone/University of Plymouth Tailored music sessions could be crucial in transforming the lives of millions of people...
Bioluminescent worm found to have iron superpowers
Credit: David Liittschwager, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University...
Gastric band surgery significantly reduces health risks in overweight…
Credit: Monash University A long-term study by Monash University researchers – the first of its kind – has found that...
Plant and food-based compounds may be key to future cancer prevention
TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 18, 2015) – Advancements in precision medicine have led to many new targeted cancer therapies for cancer...
Researchers find zebrafish want to hang out with moving 3-D robotic…
Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York – Authenticity is an important trait, and zebrafish take it especially seriously. An interdisciplinary...
Combination targeted adjuvant therapy doubles relapse-free survival in…
LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 – Combination targeted adjuvant therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib doubles relapse-free survival in patients with stage...
First-of-its-kind study on injury recovery takes the trauma patient’s point of view
Credit: Penn Nurisng & City, University of London (PHILADELPHIA) Dec. 12, 2016 – In one of the first studies to...
Clock stars: Astrocytes keep time for brain, behavior
Credit: Herzog Lab. Until recently, work on biological clocks that dictate daily fluctuations in most body functions, including core body...
UA College of Medicine — Tucson part of new NIH emergency…
Credit: BioCommunications The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is one of a team of six national institutions...
Blood test that detects changes in tumor DNA predicts survival of women with advanced…
Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Results of a multicenter study of 129 women with advanced breast cancer show that...
UMass Amherst epidemiologist will seek hormone biomarkers of breast cancer risk
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Epidemiologist Susan Hankinson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a five-year, $4.2...
Why does so much of nature rely on sex for reproduction?
Credit: Evolution Letters Why is sex so popular among plants and animals, and why isn't asexual reproduction, or cloning, a...
Neurotrophic factor GDNF is an important regulator of dopamine neurons…
Credit: 123rf New research results are expanding our understanding of the physiological role of the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor...
Studies link nutrient, academic achievement in pre-adolescent children
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers can look into your eyes to determine whether you're getting...
Researchers find testosterone treatment improves sexual activity,…
PHILADELPHIA — As men age, their testosterone levels decrease, but prior studies of the effects of administering testosterone to older...
Clinical trial eligibility criteria a growing obstacle
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Aug. 14, 2017 – Despite a decade-long call for simplification of clinical trials, the number...
Flash glucose monitoring offers accuracy, ease of use, and clinical benefit for type 1…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 30, 2017–Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) sensors are now so accurate...
UMass Amherst environmental scientist Laura Vandenberg honored as Pioneer in Public Health
Credit: Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. – Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE), a San Francisco-based nonprofit...
UMass Amherst researchers find ‘switch’ that turns on…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Molecular biologists led by Leonid Pobezinsky and his wife and research collaborator Elena Pobezinskaya...
