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Obesity risk factors dropped in preschoolers in prevention program
New York, NY (June 27, 2017)--Preschoolers from low-income families living in cities that took part in a two-year community-wide intervention...
Yoga more risky for causing musculoskeletal pain than you might think
Yoga causes musculoskeletal pain in 10 per cent of people and exacerbates 21 per cent of existing injuries, University of...
Acupuncture may not be effective in treating infertility
Acupuncture, alone or with the medication clomiphene, does not appear to be effective in treating infertility in women with polycystic...
What we can learn about global flu evolution from one person’s infection
A new study has found that flu evolution within some individuals can hint at the virus's eventual evolutionary course worldwide....
Ancient retrovirus embedded in the human genome helps fight HIV-1 infection
Credit: Dr. Kazuaki Monde Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses...
Neuroscientist from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown receives scientific award
Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown The Portuguese neuroscientist Rui Costa, principal investigator at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown,...
New book on Synthetic Biology from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR), and John Glass and J. Craig...
Three giants in the field of radiation oncology named 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists
Credit: Soren M. Bentzen, DSc, PhD/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., June 27, 2017 --The American Society for...
Shi-Jiang Li, PhD, receives 2017 Alzheimer Award
Credit: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Amsterdam, NL, June 27, 2017 - The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) is pleased to...
Population health resource to give US cities access to key data
Credit: L+L Hundreds of United States cities will be able to identify their most pressing health needs more accurately--thanks to...
Mice provide insight into genetics of autism spectrum disorders
Credit: Alex Nord/UC Davis While the definitive causes remain unclear, several genetic and environmental factors increase the likelihood of autism...
Lake harvests are likely more fruitful than we knew
Credit: Andrew Deines, Michigan State University Harvests from freshwater fisheries such as the Great Lakes could total more than 12...
Researchers ID network of neurons crucial for vocal learning
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Researchers have identified a network of neurons that plays a vital role in learning vocalizations...
Shock report tells of system that turns people with learning disabilities into commodities
Credit: Lancaster University 'A trade in people' with learning disabilities and/or autism has been uncovered by a partnership of activists,...
Fred Hutch to develop ovarian cancer bioassay for National Cancer Institute initiative
SEATTLE -- June 27, 2017 -- A team of scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will lead an initiative...
BUSM receives grant to create software prototype for sharing medical data
(Boston)--In an effort to securely share medical data between the U.S. and India, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has...
With health care cuts looming, low-cost magnesium a welcome option for treating depression
Depression presents an enormous disease burden, with a reported 350 million people worldwide suffering from the disease, but traditional SSRI...
Physicists make quantum leap in understanding life’s nanoscale machinery
A diagnostic technique that can detect tiny molecules signalling the presence of cancer could be on the horizon. The possibility...
Study identifies key player in heart enlargement
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The heart is a dynamic muscle that grows and shrinks in response...
Proteins linked to HIV transmission could actually be beneficial for reproduction
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--June 27, 2017--Protein fragments found in semen, and previously only known for their ability to enhance HIV infection,...
