African armed conflict kills more children indirectly than in actual fighting, study finds
More children die from the indirect impact of armed conflicts in Africa than by weapons used in those conflicts, according ...
A master switch controls aggressive breast cancer
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 30, 2018) A team at the Salk Institute has identified a master switch that appears ...
Presence of new or worsened bedsores tied to poorer outcomes in inpatient rehab facilities
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study from the University at Buffalo has shown that the presence ...
How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of providing support to others
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental ...
Model can more naturally detect depression in conversations
To diagnose depression, clinicians interview patients, asking specific questions -- about, say, past mental illnesses, lifestyle, and mood -- and ...
Inhibiting NF-κB improves heart function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Denis Guttridge of the Medical University of South Carolina. Modified from a supplemental figure in ...
National Cancer Institute funds research on computer-generated patient care summaries
Credit: UIC/Roberta Dupuis Devlin The University of Illinois at Chicago has received nearly $1.5 million in funding from the National ...
Researchers receive $18 million to study connections between heart health and cognition
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Aug. 30, 2018 - The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ...
Pushing big data to rapidly advance patient care
The breakneck pace of biomedical discovery is outstripping clinicians' ability to incorporate this new knowledge into practice. Charles Friedman, Ph.D. ...
Biomechanics of chewing depend more on animal size, not diet
Credit: M. Wysocki BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chewing: We don't think about it, we just do it. But biologists don't know ...
Missing men, missing infertility: New research flags up problem
Men are missing from fertility debates and crucial support services because they are often not included in studies and, when ...
UA Cancer Biology graduate student travels ROCKy™ road toward a cure
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) The Limesand Lab at the University of Arizona is devoted to improving quality of life ...
New survey reveals 57 percent of americans have been surprised by a medical bill
Fifty-seven percent of American adults have been surprised by a medical bill that they thought would have been covered by ...
Guidance for preventing C. difficile in neonatal intensive care
NEW YORK (August 30, 2018) -- Newborns require special diagnosis and treatment considerations for an infectious diarrhea known as Clostridioides ...
How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of giving social support
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental ...
Lipsitz earns GSA’s 2018 Donald P. Kent Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has ...
Whitfield earns GSA’s 2018 Robert W. Kleemeier Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has ...
Infurna earns GSA’s 2018 Baltes Foundation Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has ...
Whitlatch earns GSA’s 2018 M. Powell Lawton Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has ...
Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
Credit: Dickinson laboratory What do ancient seafaring explorers and fruit flies have in common? Caltech researchers have discovered that, similar ...
