Study examines relationship between social disparities and benign prostatic hyperplasia
In an Andrologia study of 100,000 men in Korea, social disparities--such as low education level and low household income, current ...
Pain, insomnia, and depression often drive osteoarthritis patients to seek medical care
Pain was the main driver of seeking medical care in an Arthritis Care & Research study of patients with osteoarthritis. ...
Study results may benefit patients with knee osteoarthritis and meniscal tears
In an Arthritis & Rheumatology study of 221 patients with knee osteoarthritis and meniscal tears, increases in inflammation of the ...
Maternal depression may alter stress and immune markers in children
New research suggests that depression in women may affect their children's stress and physical well-being throughout life. For the Depression ...
Low birth weight linked to obesity, diabetes, and hypertension later in life
The findings, which come from a Journal of Diabetes analysis of 11,515 men and 13,569 women in China, indicate that ...
Can work stress contribute to Parkinson’s disease risk?
Results from a Movement Disorders study suggest that occupational stress is associated with Parkinson's Disease risk, such that having a ...
Sleep disorder linked with abnormal lipid levels
In the Respirology study, investigators identified strong associations between several measures of OSA severity and higher total cholesterol, higher LDL-cholesterol, ...
Medical device managers rely on physicians to screen out defects rather than issue recalls
Credit: Indiana University Kelley School of Business BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Results of a new behavioral study into what influences the ...
Untangling the secret of spider webs’ superpower
LOWELL, Mass. - In the "Spider-Man" movies, the superhero was able to stop a runaway train from crashing by using ...
Sequencing genomes of Nigerian women could help prevent many lethal breast cancers
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine For the first time, DNA contributed by Sub-Saharan African women has been thoroughly evaluated ...
Preparing for chemical attacks with improved computer models
Credit: Suddher BhimiReddy and Kiran Bhaganagar On April 4, 2017, the town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria experienced one ...
A switch to turn fragrances on and off
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 21, 2018) Salk Institute and Purdue University scientists have discovered the switch in plants that ...
Researchers identify structural changes that occur in enveloped viruses before invading host
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--The critical, structural changes that enveloped viruses, such as HIV, Ebola and influenza, undergo before invading ...
Orphaned elephants have a tougher social life
Credit: Jane Wynard/Save The Elephants Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than non-orphans, a new study suggests, ...
Engineers, urban designers boost efforts to protect fragile infrastructure
Researchers at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), as part of a multinational consortium to enhance the sustainability of the ...
First in-depth profile of CAR T-cell signals suggests how to improve immunotherapy
SEATTLE -- Aug. 21, 2018 -- CAR T-cell therapy, which reprograms immune cells to fight cancer, has shown great promise ...
Ecosystems are getting greener in the Arctic
Credit: Trevor Keenan and William Riley/Berkeley Lab In recent decades, scientists have noted a surge in Arctic plant growth as ...
New type 1 diabetes therapy shows promise for long-term reversal in both humans, dogs
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- What if instead of daily insulin injections or wearing pumps, just getting ...
Genetic model offers elegant tool for testing Parkinson’s disease therapies
For the past decade, Parkinson's disease researchers have relied on the experimental equivalent of using a sledgehammer to tune a ...
A new way to target high rates of obesity
A novel drug is being touted as a major step forward in the battle against Australia's escalating rates of obesity ...
