School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity
New Haven, Conn. -- In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases in body mass index (BMI),...
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'Treasure trove' of dinosaur footprints found in southern England
Credit: Neil Davies More than 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints - made by at least seven different species - have been uncovered in East Sussex, representing...
NJIT researchers shine new light on disease-spreading mosquitoes
Credit: NJIT When the West Nile virus (WNV) was initially isolated in two patients at a Queens, N.Y., hospital in the summer of 1999, it...
Researchers find clue to epidemics in 'bursty' social behavior
NYU Tandon researchers discover that feed back loop in human interactions can play a big role in how diseases spread BROOKLYN, New York, Weekday, December...
Whole-body PET/MRI provides one-stop shop for staging high-risk prostate cancer patients
Credit: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine New research on prostate cancer staging shows that PSMA-targeted PET/MRI performs equally as well as currently used predictive tools...
Janelle Ayres awarded $1.8 million by NOMIS Foundation for research on mechanisms to promote health
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 12, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded $1.8 million over two years by the NOMIS Foundation to study...
Loss of tight junction protein promotes development of precancerous cells
Tight junctions are multi-protein complexes that serve as barriers in epithelial tissues such as the skin or lining of the gut. Loss of a specific...
UMass Amherst biostatistician and national team assist CDC in influenza forecasting
an influenza-tracking model developed by a team led by biostatistician Nicholas Reich at UMass Amherst is the CDC's preferred model this flu seasonCredit: FluSight Network/UMass...
Does work stress increase cancer risk?
In an International Journal of Cancer study of data on more than 280,000 people from North America and Europe, work stress was associated with a...
RUDN medics called the world to action against hepatitis in Somalia
The research demonstrated critical spread rates of 5 types of viral hepatitis; according to the results, immediate action should be taken by the international communityCredit:...
An integrated approach to finding new treatments for breast cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Unraveling the complexity of cancer biology can lead to the identification new molecules involved in breast cancer and prompt new...
Killing the liver-stage malaria parasite with baculovirus: a drug discovery approach
Researchers at Kanazawa University have discovered that an insect virus (a baculovirus) can completely eliminate liver-stage malaria parasites in mice, thus offering hope for safer...
Exercise following weight loss may reduce colorectal cancer risk, study finds
Physical activity + weight reduction could lessen chances of tumor development Rockville, Md. (December 12, 2018)--New research suggests that exercise is a key factor in...
Lung lavage as new test method improves tuberculosis diagnosis in rhinoceros
Credit: Jonathan Crackne Diseases and tuberculosis in particular can pose considerable challenges for wildlife. In order to avoid epidemics within populations or to treat individual...
Study evaluates efficacy and safety of pancreatic cancer treatment
Gemcitabine given in combination with nab-paclitaxel is the standard of care for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. This practice, however, rests on data obtained from...
