Juice displaces milk and fruit in high school lunches
Hartford, Conn. - High school students participating in school meal programs are less likely to select milk, whole fruit, and ...
Toxins override key immune system check
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria can cause numerous diseases, such as skin infections, pneumonia and blood poisoning (sepsis). The strong immune response ...
Should you eat a low-gluten diet?
Credit: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences An increasing number of people choose a low-gluten diet, even ...
Insomniac prisoners sleeping better after one-hour therapy session
Three-quarters of prisoners struggling to sleep have reported major improvements to their sleep and wellbeing after receiving cognitive behavioural therapy ...
Agile Implementation reduced central line-associated blood stream infections by 30 percent
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - A new study has found that Agile Implementation, an easy to localize and apply change ...
New inflammation inhibitor discovered
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new ...
New guidelines for early detection and treatment of sarcopenia
Newcastle University experts are chairing a national session on new guidelines for the early detection and treatment of sarcopenia - ...
Protein central to immune system function new target for treating pulmonary hypertension
Credit: VCU A protein with a role in sensing cell damage and viral infections is a new target for the ...
Drug candidate may recover vocal abilities lost to ADNP syndrome
Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein syndrome (ADNP syndrome) is a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delays, intellectual disability and autism spectrum ...
Bloomberg American Health Initiative releases special public health reports supplement
With U.S. life expectancy now on the decline for two consecutive years, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative is releasing a ...
Faecal transplant may protect premature babies from fatal bowel disease
Each year 5-10 per cent of all the children born in the world are born prematurely. At this stage, their ...
Making moves and memories, are they connected?
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine It is known that certain areas of the brain are responsible for certain functions of ...
Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutation identified for Leigh Syndrome
Credit: Marsha Barnett Over 30 years ago, Marsha and Allen Barnett lost their sons to a puzzling childhood disease that ...
Researchers to study drivers of asthma in Puerto Rico
Credit: National Jewish Health Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), National Jewish Health and Centro de NeumologÃa ...
New website maps CA power plants, emissions, people
Credit: PSE Healthy Energy OAKLAND, CA - Which power plant in your region is the worst polluter and who lives ...
Kansas State University biologist studies trauma survival differences between men, women
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A person's sex hormones may play a role in trauma survival, according to ...
Can artificial intelligence help victims of abuse to disclose traumatic testimony?
When children are victims of crimes, the legal testimony they provide is known as forensic interviews. However, since victims are ...
Scientists engineer a functional optical lens out of 2D materials
Credit: Liu et al., Nano Letters, 2018 November 13, 2018 In optics, the era of glass lenses may be waning. ...
NUS innovation opens doors to smaller, cheaper and long-lasting IoT sensors
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the Green IC research group at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have ...
Chinese fusion tool pushes past 100 million degrees
Credit: EAST Team The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), nicknamed the "Chinese artificial sun", achieved an electron temperature of over ...
