Study: Negative body image, not depression, increases adolescent…
HOUSTON – (Nov. 6, 2015) – Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether youth have ...
Wonder wrap: ONR developing new ways to protect injured limbs
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Battelle) ARLINGTON, Va.–The moments after a traumatic limb injury resulting from an explosive blast are critical. ...
New book, The Postgenomic Condition, assesses progress since 2000
Credit: Melissa De Witte The sequencing of the human genome in 2000 was heralded as a turning point for humanity–a ...
Fatal opioid traffickers targeted by nearly $1 million federal grant
Credit: CWRU Streamlining investigations and prosecutions of opiate dealers is goal of three-year U.S. Department of Justice-funded research Seeking faster ...
TTUHSC researcher receives NIH grant for vaccine
IMAGE: Dr. Afzal A. Siddiqui received $3.82 million NIH grant for vaccine. Credit: TTUHSC Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ...
University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence holds first annual…
Credit: 2017 The University of Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan — Despite centuries of inquiry, we still don't know how our intelligence ...
Study reveals connection between microbiome and autoimmune disorders
Credit: University of Calgary Many people associate the word “bacteria” with something dirty and disgusting. Dr. Pere Santamaria disagrees. Called ...
Bipartisan US report advocates fighting global disease to advance…
A new US bipartisan study (available at http://bit.ly/1NxehhC) advocates promoting global health to both "do the right thing" and advance ...
Stem cell vaccine found to increase immune responses, inhibit tumors in animal models
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI–Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that a cancer stem cell vaccine, engineered ...
A simple test allows to identify children prone to suffer cardiovascular diseases
Credit: UGRdivulga An international study coordinated by the University of Granada (UGR) has shown that the level of aerobic capacity ...
Experts warn of the need to control doping also in amateur athletes
Credit: UGRdivulga A study led by the University of Granada (UGR) has shown that doping is not only a problem ...
Novel tool for vets and farmers to monitor and reduce antibiotics on…
Credit: University of Nottingham Veterinary researchers at the University of Nottingham have produced a new tool to help UK dairy ...
Plain cigarette packaging may reduce incorrect impression of product’s safety
Credit: UC San Diego Health An online survey of 900 consumers of three of the United States' most popular cigarette ...
Study finds romance and affection top most popular sexual behaviors
Credit: Indiana University Researchers at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and the Center for Sexual Health Promotion have ...
First diagnosed case of Alzheimer’s disease in HIV-positive individual presented at…
TORONTO (July 25, 2016) — The first case of Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual will be presented in ...
Social media accounts promote skeletal images of women
Skeletal images of bodies featuring protruding bones and pencil-thin limbs are being shared and promoted on social media, new research ...
Support for Chicago Biomedical Consortium renewed
Credit: Dan Dombeck, Northwestern University The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust has renewed its funding commitment to the ...
Immune defense without collateral damage
Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum) Researchers from the University of Basel in Switzerland have clarified the role of the ...
Smart but shy: What women want in a sperm donor
A QUT study into how women choose sperm donors online has revealed men who are intellectual, shy, calm and methodical ...
Heparin stimulates food intake and body weight gain in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine and South China Agricultural University Heparin is a medication widely used to prevent blood clotting; ...
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