Sex hormone levels may affect heart disease risk in post-menopausal women
In post-menopausal women, having a higher blood level of a male hormone (testosterone) and a higher ratio of the male-type to-female type (estrogen) of hormones...
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Most popular vitamin and mineral supplements provide no health benefit, study finds
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 28, 2018 - The most commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements provide no consistent health benefit or harm, suggests...
The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds
Credit: Kobe University It's commonly assumed that when insects are eaten by birds, they and their unborn young have no chance of survival. However, a...
Virus genes from city pond rescue bacteria
A key question in evolutionary biology is how new functions arise. New research at Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) can...
China floods to hit US economy: Climate effects through trade chains
Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies around the globe -...
Deciphering the language of cells using observation chambers
Credit: EPFL / this illustration will be used as the cover image of the forthcoming edition of Small Like humans, cells of the same species...
Cell chat: Attacking disease by learning the language of cells
Credit: EPFL Breakthrough lab-on-a-chip technology that reveals how human cells communicate could lead to new treatments for cancer and autoimmune disorders. Developed by an Australian-Swiss...
Researchers identify the electrophysiological sign of cerebral infarction
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have analyzed the underlying electrophysiological indicators of subarachnoid hemorrhage, the second most common type of brain hemorrhage that can...
Exposure of European children to electromagnetic fields is well below the maximum levels
Children in Europe are exposed to higher levels of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in cities, but the total average exposure remains well below the limit...
NUST MISIS scientists’ anticancer drug doubles lifetime of sick animals
Credit: © NUST MISIS A research team from NUST MISIS and Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU) has successfully conducted preclinical trials of a...
Building bridges to fight diabetes
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Translational stem cell research for type 1 diabetes therapy is in prime focus with a...
The Mitral Valve Meeting is joining PCR London Valves Course in 2019
PCR London Valves, the Heart Team Course, welcomes the Mitral Valve Meeting (MVM) to reinforce the mitral and tricuspid tracks in the programme. MVM, born...
Scientists discover why heart function is reduced at high altitude
Credit: Dr. Daniela Flueck, University of British Columbia Okanagan For over a century, we have known that high altitude reduces the amount of blood the...
Man against machine: AI is better than dermatologists at diagnosing skin cancer
Researchers have shown for the first time that a form of artificial intelligence or machine learning known as a deep learning convolutional neural network (CNN)...
Is it ethical to use genealogy data to solve crimes?
1. Is it ethical to use genealogy data to solve crimes? Bioethicists suggest ethical considerations for forensic use of genetic data Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-1348 U..
