Nutrition has benefits for brain network organization, new research…
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon Nutrition has been linked to cognitive performance, but researchers have not pinpointed what underlies the ...
Low-salt & heart-healthy dash diet as effective as drugs for some…
A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt ...
New estimates of modern contraceptive use in the world’s poorest countries
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Statisticians Leontine Alkema, Niamh Cahill and Chuchu Wei at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, ...
Secondhand smoke ups heart disease in unique group of female…
Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Md. – May 5, 2017. New research at the University of Maryland ...
Progress toward HIV cure highlighted in issue of AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Feb. 9, 2017 — A comprehensive collection of articles describing the ...
Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in older patients may not relieve their insomnia
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 15, 2017) – Older people receiving electroconvulsive therapy for their depression likely will need ...
Lehigh’s Srinivas Rangarajan awarded ACS investigator grant
Credit: Courtesy of Lehigh University Srinivas Rangarajan, assistant professor in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Lehigh University, ...
A new glimpse into working memory
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Review: Insomnia medication may wake up some patients from vegetative…
Credit: Michigan Medicine In a new systematic review in JAMA Neurology, Michigan Medicine researchers found reason to further explore the ...
Regional ‘hot spot’ of Borna disease discovered in upper Austria
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date ...
Zika virus may be linked to more eye problems in Brazilian babies with…
SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2016 – Researchers studying babies with a Zika virus-related birth defect say they have found ...
Could nicotine reduction help curb addiction?
Credit: UVM Larner College of Medicine The FDA is right – when it comes to disease culprits, cigarette smoking tops ...
Yerba mate’s beneficial effects on cellular energy and lipid metabolism linked to weight
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2017–Researchers have shown that use of the dietary supplement ...
Children dying preventable deaths from congenital heart disease
Credit: Children's HeartLink Minneapolis, MN, USA – Over one million children are born with congenital heart disease (CHD) each year. ...
Malaria parasite packs genetic material for trip from mosquitoes to…
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The parasite that causes malaria has not one, but two, specialized proteins that ...
Aedes japonicus mosquitoes found in western Canada
Canadian entomologists have reported the first appearance of Aedes japonicus — an invasive, disease-carrying mosquito — in western Canada. Members ...
The world’s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating…
Credit: University of Bristol Acoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike magnetic ...
Study: Medicare prescription drug benefit reduced elderly mortality by…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois expert in ...
Lithium in water associated with slower rate of Alzheimer’s disease deaths
Credit: Brock University Rates of diabetes and obesity, which are important risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, also decrease if there ...
Compound eyes a continuous feature of evolution
Credit: G. Baranov Dr Brigitte Schoenemann (University of Cologne) and her colleagues Helje Pärnaste (Tallinn, Estonia), and Euan Clarkson (Edinburgh, ...
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