High-intensity interval training helps trim belly fat in cardiac rehab
A regimen popular among athletes can also help patients get in shape after a heart attack WASHINGTON (March 6, 2019) -- A popular exercise routine...
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Opioid use associated with dramatic rise in dangerous heart infection
A surge in drug-related infections is transforming treatment of a previously uncommon condition WASHINGTON (March 6, 2019) -- Hospital admissions for a dangerous heart infection...
Remote blood pressure monitoring via smartphone app shows promise
Significant reductions seen at six weeks in pilot study WASHINGTON (March 6, 2019) -- People with both diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure who used...
Want a healthy heart? Turn off the TV and eat a good breakfast
Study underscores heart benefits of lifestyles with balanced eating and less sedentary time WASHINGTON (March 6, 2019) -- The small lifestyle choices we make each...
App uses smartphone camera, flashlight to detect diabetes
Same technology that tracks heart rate on popular wearable devices may soon screen for diabetes, too Type 2 diabetes is among the strongest risk factors...
Healthier dairy products with bacterial films and nanofiber membranes
Bacterial biofilms are typically the target of heavy-duty cleaning regimens, but these films aren't always bad news. In fact, growing them on thin sheets of...
Light from an exotic crystal semiconductor could lead to better solar cells
Rutgers-led team finds a new way to control light emitted by a hybrid crystalCredit: Vitaly Podzorov and Yaroslav Rodionov Scientists have found a new way...
Vast record of past climate fluctuations now available thanks to laser imaging of shells
Refined techniques for laser imaging of shell growth rings are tapping into previously hidden data of marine climate change; by examining human and ecological responses...
MBL scientists identify gene partnerships that promote spinal cord regeneration
Credit: Dee Sullivan WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Researchers are one step closer to solving the mystery of why some vertebrates can regenerate their spinal cords...
Bedtime protein for bigger gains? Here’s the scoop
Downing a casein shake just before sleep increases muscle mass and strength gains from resistance training, without 'making you fat' -- but is the effect...
Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike that wiped them out
Credit: Davide Bonadonna Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike. Scientists largely agree that an asteroid...
More than just memories: a new role for the hippocampus during learning
ASU and Stanford study shows how the hippocampus provides information to other brain areas during learningCredit: Graphic: Ian C. Ballard. Image credit (top) "Poison ivy...
Surprise billing debate continues to transfix state and federal policy makers
FAIR Health experience and data inform new look at prominent healthcare issue NEW YORK, NY--March 6, 2019--FAIR Health today released a brief intended to increase...
NYU Abu Dhabi study finds grasping motions lead by visuo-haptic signals are most effective
The research study has been featured in the journal Scientific Reports NYU Abu Dhabi researchers have found that the availability of both visual and haptic...
Engineers develop inexpensive, smart stop sign to improve driver safety
Credit: Video courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, Mar. 6, 2019) - It's dark on the backroad as a motorist speeds toward the intersection. Up ahead,...
