This curious animal grew larger over time — but its brain didn’t quite keep up
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new U of T Scarborough study has found that the ancestor of the modern day mountain beaver had a...
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UCalgary researchers discover antidepressant could be a promising treatment for PBC
Gail Wright considered herself healthy. She had no idea she had a chronic liver disease. "I was at a routine check-up and my doctor said...
Lipid species offer insights into metabolic health
Credit: Courtesy of the Morgridge Institute for Research Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, and high triglyceride levels in the...
Scientist awarded $2 million grant from the NIH to study the body’s immune memory response
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a...
Boston College team reports technology to enable precision antibiotics
Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Chestnut Hill, Mass. (6/27/2018) - Scientists are searching for ways to develop antibiotics that can accurately target infectious...
Why bacteria survive in space — UH biologists discover clues
Credit: University of Houston In professor George Fox's lab at the University of Houston, scientists are studying Earth germs that could be contaminating other planets....
LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center approved for $4.5M childhood obesity treatment study
A research team at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been approved for a five-year, $4.5 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute,...
Teens with concussion may benefit from earlier physical therapy
June 27, 2018 - For adolescents with symptoms following a concussion, starting physical therapy (PT) earlier - within less than three weeks after the injury...
Salk Institute’s Janelle Ayres wins Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 27, 2018) Salk Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been named one of three winners of the Blavatnik National Awards for...
Feds back study of congenital heart disease
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Scientists at Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine have won a prestigious National Institutes of Health grant...
What does fitness in midlife mean for depression, cardiovascular disease later in life?
Bottom Line: A high level of fitness in midlife was associated with a lower risk of depression after age 65 and a lower risk of...
Don’t let depression keep you from exercising
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 27, 2018 - Exercise may be just as crucial to a depression patient's good health as finding an effective...
Your brain with a migraine
Credit: Steven Schiff, Penn State When migraine sufferers see the tell-tale squiggly lines, light flashes and blind spots of a migraine aura, they prepare for...
Breastfeeding mothers stop nursing sooner when living with smokers
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 27, 2018 -- Nursing mothers who live with two or more smokers are more likely...
Appealing finding suggests why refrigeration dampens banana aromasĀ
(American Chemical Society) Bananas are one of the world's most popular fruits. But how they're stored prior to reaching grocery shelves can adversely affect their...
