Lower risk for malignant melanoma after bariatric surgery
Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg Bariatric surgery is associated with a distinct reduction in skin-cancer risk, a study shows. This finding can be described...
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Harnessing the microbiome to improve stroke recovery
Short chain fatty acid supplementation improves stroke recovery in miceCredit: Sadler et al., JNeurosci 2019 Supplementing the body's short chain fatty acids can improve stroke...
Hearing through lip-reading
How the brain can create sound information via lip-readingCredit: Bourguignon et al., JNeurosci 2019 Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, even without audible sound, through...
FDA approves UVA-developed artificial pancreas
Device automatically regulates blood glucose for type 1 diabetes patientsCredit: Tandem Diabetes Care The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial pancreas system...
UNC expert helps treat astronaut’s blood clot during NASA mission
Blood clot expert Stephan Moll, M.D., professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, consulted NASA on how to treat a US astronaut's deep...
Exclusions in family planning programs and health statistics contravene human rights
Credit: Lancaster University Infertility impinges on the human right to have a child, according to new research published today, which also calls for greater healthcare...
GMRT discovers a gigantic ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy
Credit: O. Bait (NCRA-TIFR/GMRT), Duc (ObAS/CFHT) A team of astronomers at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune, India have discovered a mysterious...
MIPT physicists find ways to overcome signal loss in magnonic circuits
Credit: Image courtesy of Dmitry Kalyabin Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, and N.G. Chernyshevsky...
Closer to identifying leukemic stem cells
Researchers at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute have developed an innovative diagnostic assay to identify cells resistant to leukemia treatmentCredit: Jordi Petriz Acute myeloid...
Some learning is a whole-brain affair, study shows
Credit: Richard Roth and Richard Huganir Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully used a laser-assisted imaging tool to "see" what happens in brain cells...
Health ranks as top concern for veterans immediately after military service
Findings based on survey of nearly 10,000 veteransCredit: USAF Airman 1st Class Ericka Woolever In the months after separating from military service, most veterans are...
New study estimates the global extent of river ice loss as Earth warms
This decline will have economic and environmental consequencesCredit: Courtesy Landsat imagery/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S. Geological Survey More than half of Earth's rivers...
All global sustainability is local
Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Nations across the world are following a United Nations blueprint to build a more sustainable...
Delivering TB vaccine intravenously dramatically improves potency, study shows
Credit: JoAnne Flynn, Ph.D., Alexander White, Pauline Maiello, and Mario Roederer, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1, 2020 - Worldwide, more people die from tuberculosis (TB) than...
Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine
NIAID scientists report results from animal studyCredit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the leading infectious cause of death...
