MPFI scientist receives more than $2 million in funding
Credit: Courtesy of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces that ...
Aging may be as old as life itself
A new USC Dornsife study indicates that aging may have originated at the very beginning of the evolution of life, ...
Sleep apnea could favour tumor growth at young ages
Credit: UB-CIBERES A scientific study, conducted with animal models, states that sleep apnea can favour lung cancer growth in young ...
Experts reveal ‘football vision’ as important as ball skills
Credit: University of Chichester Study shows young footballers would benefit from more time learning to read the field - and ...
Serotonin-Noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors may cause dependence and withdrawal when stopped
The Authors conducted a systematic review examining electronic databases including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and MEDLINE from ...
Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
An international research team from the University of Leicester, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), and the Moscow Institute of Physics ...
New study questions effectiveness of invasive procedures for chronic pain
Alexandria, VA (September 12, 2018¬) -- An extensive review of 25 randomized clinical trials found "little evidence" that invasive surgery ...
Heart attack: Substitute muscle thanks to stem cells
Myocardial infarction - commonly known as a heart attack - is still one of the main causes of death. According ...
Cocaine addiction traced to increase in number of orexin neurons
Philadelphia, September 12, 2018 A study in cocaine-addicted rats reports long-lasting increases in the number of neurons that produce orexin--a ...
New Yorkers who use drugs report changing behaviors to avoid overdose
People who use drugs in New York City have adjusted their behaviors to avoid overdose, finds a study by the ...
New technology transforming vaccine development through faster viral detection
Credit: LumaCyte Could we finally have a faster, more objective analytical tool to rapidly measure viral infectivity for vaccine development ...
New tool developed at UBC screens online health ads for deception
Credit: University of British Columbia The internet is rife with ads for health products, from weight-loss systems to arthritis cures--but ...
Healthcare cuts ‘strongly linked’ to the resurgence of measles
Credit: European Journal of Public Health Recent trends show that primary reason for the measles outbreak, affecting several European countries, ...
ADHD may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders
Credit: University of Utah Health While about 11 percent of children (4-17 years old) nationwide have been diagnosed with attention-deficit ...
To flee or not to flee: how the brain decides what to do in the face of danger
Credit: Gil Costa, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Though it has been many millennia since human lives were regularly threatened ...
Discovery of new neurons in the inner ear can lead to new therapies for hearing disorders
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified four types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system, three of which ...
New sensors track dopamine in the brain for more than year
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Dopamine, a signaling molecule used throughout the brain, plays a major role in regulating our mood, as ...
Researchers explain how viral protein promotes deadly infection by Nipah and Hendra viruses
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Researchers have identified how a viral protein, which plays a major role in causing deadly Nipah ...
Caffeine consumption may extend life expectancy for people with kidney disease
A new study in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation indicates that consuming more caffeine may help reduce the risk of death for ...
AACR releases annual Cancer Progress Report
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its annual Cancer Progress Report highlighting how federally funded ...
