In childbirth, when to begin pushing does not affect C-section rates
Credit: Matt Miller/Washington University More than 3 million women in the United States give birth each year. But obstetricians have ...
Memory ‘brainwaves’ look the same in sleep and wakefulness
Identical brain mechanisms are responsible for triggering memory in both sleep and wakefulness, new research at the University of Birmingham ...
Can the timing of pushing during delivery affect outcomes?
Bottom Line: The best time to push during the second stage of labor (when the cervix is completely dilated through ...
Timing of third-trimester maternal Tdap immunization associated with levels of whooping cough antibodies in newborns
Bottom Line: Risk of whooping cough (pertussis) is highest in infants too young to have completed their primary immunization series ...
Trapping toxic compounds with ‘molecular baskets’
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have developed designer molecules that may one day be able to seek out and trap deadly ...
UTSA acquires microscope to write code into the brain
(San Antonio, October 9, 2018) - It's about the size of a dinner table; yet, one day may influence conversations ...
Becoming promiscuous to ensure reproduction
Credit: Photo taken by Daisuke Nomi. Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more ...
Affable apes live longer, study shows
Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests. A study of ...
A pheromone-sensing gene that predates land-dwelling vertebrates
Credit: Molecular Biology and Evolution Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a gene that appears to ...
New biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease found thanks to the CRISPR technique
Credit: UEx The objective of the research, undertaken in the laboratories of the IBPM, is to develop a model for ...
Study uncovers ‘sextortion’ prevalence in teens
Credit: Florida Atlantic University According to the United States Department of Justice, "sextortion" is labeled as the most important and ...
TRIUMF launches new Five-Year Plan 2020-2025
Credit: TRIUMF October 9, 2018 - Vancouver, B.C. - As we approach 2020, TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, is pleased ...
Future breast imaging and biopsy are not eliminated after mastectomy
The proportion of breast cancer patients who are eligible for breast conservation therapy, yet opt for mastectomy, is increasing, for ...
Targeting abnormal signals suggests novel method to treat a rare childhood blood disease
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric researchers studying the life-threatening blood disorder Fanconi anemia (FA) have devised a method to ...
Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure
DALLAS, Oct. 9, 2018 - A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle lowered systolic blood pressure more than an ...
Scoliosis linked to essential mineral
Credit: Gabriel Haller Nobody knows why some children's backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. ...
Asthma may contribute to childhood obesity epidemic
Toddlers with asthma are more likely to become obese children, according to an international study led by USC scientists. The ...
Evidence does not support statin use for conditions other than heart disease
Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next ...
Dryer, less predictable environment may have spurred human evolution
Credit: Robin Renaut A progressively drying climate punctuated by variable wetter episodes may have precipitated the transition from our hominin ...
High-res data offer most detailed look yet at trawl fishing footprint around the world
Credit: University of Washington About a quarter of the world's seafood caught in the ocean comes from bottom trawling, a ...
