High-fat diets appear bad for blood pressure in younger males and females
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 8, 2019) - There's more evidence that a high-fat diet is bad for both younger...
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Environmental sustainability should be inherent to dietary guidance
Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior issues position paper on the importance of including environmental sustainability in dietary guidance, published in the Journal of Nutrition...
Screening donated blood for Zika not cost-effective
1. Screening all donated blood for Zika virus is not cost-effective in the United States Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-2238 Editorial: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-3527 URLs go live when the embargo...
Salk team reveals clues into early development of autism spectrum disorder
Neurons from people with autism exhibit different patterns of growth and develop at a faster rateCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(January 7, 2019) Autism spectrum disorder...
Socio-economic study looks at boosting Panama Canal reliability
Credit: Emily Purvis A recently completed research project led by University of Wyoming researchers allowed novel socio-economic analysis aimed at finding out if ecological infrastructure...
Older people who use hearing aids still report hearing challenges
Study also finds that americans over 65 with hearing aids have difficulty accessing hearing care services especially when they have lower incomes A high proportion...
Ohio research institution storms tech convention
Case Western Reserve University to have a strong university presence at CES Las Vegas, North America's largest innovation and breakthrough technology exhibition CLEVELAND--They're creating more...
A little squid sheds light on evolution with bacteria
Bacteria, which are vital for the health of all animals, also played a major role in the evolution of animals and their tissues. In an...
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Nanobiotix announce a large-scale, comprehensive clinical collaboration on NBTXR3
Collaboration will initially support nine new phase I/II clinical trials with Nanobiotix's first-in-class agent NBTXR3 for use in treating six cancer types The University of...
Exposure to sugary breakfast cereal advertising directly influences children's diets
New Dartmouth-led research finds that child-directed high-sugar breakfast cereal TV advertising is closely associated with brand-specific intake of those cereals among preschoolers. LEBANON, NH -...
BU finds high-risk drinking common in South Africa
Findings come as country considers Liquor Products Amendment bill Adults in South Africa consume more alcohol than adults in most other countries; previous research has...
'DeepSqueak' helps researchers decode rodent chatter
Software program published in NeuropsychopharmacologyCredit: Alice Gray Many researchers realize that mice and rats are social and chatty. They spend all day talking to each...
New key mechanism of epileptic seizures revealed
Russian scientists investigated the changes in the temporal lobe cortex of a rat brain during prolonged epileptic seizures. Despite the complex interaction of neural signals,...
PAC1R mutation may be linked to severity of social deficits in autism
Credit: Children's National Health System A mutation of the gene PAC1R may be linked to the severity of social deficits experienced by kids with autism...
Long-term breastfeeding sheds light on whether an infant becomes right- or left-handed
Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study from the University of Washington. The study found that the prevalence of left-handedness...
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