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Credit: Jonathan Wilker/Purdue It seems like the cakes designed on competitive cooking shows get larger and more intricate every year. From re-creating full play stages...

Exercise may fight depression in older adults, study suggests

Physical activity promotes increased expression of 'feel-good' chemicals through muscle changes Rockville, Md. (January 31, 2019)--New research suggests that exercise-induced muscle changes could help boost...

Solving the mystery of Serengeti's vanishing wild dogs

Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is rich enough in wildlife to support large carnivores; so why did wild dogs disappear?Credit: Per Harald Olsen, Norwegian University of...

Cancer causes premature ageing

Credit: University of East Anglia Leukaemia promotes premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cells - according to new research from the University of East Anglia....

Expert-based clinical guidelines focus on behavioral symptoms in Huntington's disease

Clinicians treating patients with HD are often not trained to recognize or treat neuropsychiatric symptoms of the disease, according to new guidelines published in the...

Athletes can rest easy: Extreme exercise does not raise heart disease risk or mortality

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Jan. 30, 2019 - Exercise is often cited as the best preventive medicine, but how much is too much for...

Researchers identify high-risk areas for infant deaths in Harris County

Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth To help Harris County target its preventive strategies for sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), researchers at The University of Texas...

Vaccination with Streptococcus mitis could protect against virulent sibling, Streptococcus pneumonia

Vaccinating laboratory mice with Streptococcus mitis bacteria prevents their virulent sibling, Streptococcus pneumoniae from infecting the mice. The research suggests that vaccination of humans with...

Females find social interactions to be more rewarding than males, study reveals

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA-Females find same-sex social interactions to be more rewarding than males, and females are more sensitive to the rewarding actions of...

Good results with autologous breast reconstruction after failed implant reconstruction

January 30, 2019 - Implants are usually the first choice for breast reconstruction after mastectomy. But when implant-based reconstruction fails, autologous reconstruction - using the...

A new kind of thinking cap: Using brain imaging to improve personalized learning

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute computer science professor has received $1 million from the National Science Foundation to use computer science and neuroscience tools to study...

Obesity prevention interventions needed beyond preschool

Rutgers research also found more studies needed on cost-effectiveness of intervention outcomes A Rutgers study has found a need for early childhood obesity prevention interventions...

UCLA-led team uncovers critical new clues about what goes awry in autistic brains

Changes in RNA editing play an important role in the disorder, scientists findCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA A team of UCLA-led scientists has discovered important clues to...

Researchers link overexpression of MDMX protein to metastasis of 3X negative breast cancer

New finding could potentially guide development of therapies that prevent this aggressive form of cancer from spreading beyond the breastsCredit: Jill Bargonetti NEW YORK, January...

BU program successful in preparing minority students for dental school