Science
Mayo Clinic finds myocarditis caused by infection on rise globally
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Myocarditis, an assortment of heart disorders often caused by infection and inflammation, is known to be difficult...
Inequality and social exclusion drive mental health problems in northern India
Credit: Lena Mustonen/Umeå University A survey of nearly 1000 households in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand showed that six...
Link found between epilepsy drugs and birth defects
A joint study conducted by researchers from the universities of Liverpool and Manchester has found a link between birth defects...
Climate change affects Swedish reindeer herding and increases tularemia
(Umea University) In northern Sweden, data from certain weather stations have shown that the snow season has been shortened by...
A new technique of antibiotic efficiency testing developed
Credit: Ilya Osterman Scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with colleagues have worked out a safe, not...
Bad timing is depressing: Disrupting the brain’s internal clock causes depressive-like behavior in mice
Philadelphia, PA, November 29, 2016 - Disruptions of daily rhythms of the body's master internal clock cause depression- and anxiety-like...
New insight into why leukaemia drug is successful
Researchers at the University of Southampton have shed new light on why and how a new class of drug is...
Platypus venom could hold key to diabetes treatment
Credit: No credit supplied. Australian researchers have discovered remarkable evolutionary changes to insulin regulation in two of the nation's most...
Enzyme research provides a new picture of depression
Despite the fact that more than four percent of the world's population suffer from depression, and even though approximately 1,500...
1 in 7 people living with HIV in the EU/EEA are not aware of their HIV status
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC. With 29 747 newly reported HIV infections in 2015, the EU/EEA...
The good, the bad and the spliceosome!
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The Fas protein can either inhibit or promote the controlled...
Walking faster after stroke, managing chemobrain after cancer
Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute researchers recently presented results from two studies at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. The annual...
Brain pattern flexibility and behavior
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (November 16, 2016)--Your brain is never really at rest. Neither is it in chaos. Even when not...
Daily reminders to increase calcium intake are effective
Credit: UBC UBC researchers have demonstrated that simple, cost-effective email messages can help improve the health habits of Canadians. Mary...
Researchers develop novel wound-healing technology
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash - A WSU research team has successfully used a mild electric current to take...
Oil recycled from discarded tires gives a cleaner diesel blend
QUT's Professor Richard Brown and PhD student Farhad Hossain tested the oil's emissions and output at QUT's Biofuel Engine Research...
New clinical trial reveals specific milk protein may boost bodys defenses against degenerative diseases
(Pollock Communications) Milk containing only the A2 type protein is shown to increase a key health-promoting antioxidant in adult men...
Digital microbes for munching yourself healthy
Hundreds of different bacterial species live in the human gut, helping us to digest our food. The metabolic processes of...
Live cell imaging of asymmetric cell division in fertilized plant cells
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University An international group of plant biologists have succeeded for the first time in visualizing how egg...
Youth fitness program, BORN TO MOVE from Les Mills, increases positive exercise outcomes
Credit: Les Mills CHICAGO - Nov. 29, 2016 - A recent study completed at Edge Hill University has found that...