Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce brown adipose tissue
A certain proportion of the adult population has not only white adipose (or fatty) tissue, but also the brown kind. This brown adipose tissue helps...
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Millions of Google searches for sexual harassment, assault since #MeToo
Bottom Line: An estimated 40 to 54 million Google searches for sexual harassment and assault were recorded in the United States in the eight months after...
CWRU researcher awarded nearly $1 million from the DOD to study prostate cancer drug resistance
Sanjay Gupta, PhD, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center will receive $962,000 over three years to investigate...
How common is Hepatitis C infection in each US state?
Bottom Line: Hepatitis C virus infection is a major cause of illness and death in the United States and injection drug use is likely fueling...
Antibiotic overuse is high for common urology procedures
Almost 60 percent of patients were prescribed antibiotics in a way that did not follow AUA guidelines A new study suggests that antibiotics are being...
Female penises evolved twice in bark lice
Credit: Yoshizawa et al. Biology Letters, Nov. 21, 2018 In a group of bark lice, a penis has evolved twice - in the females. In...
Study looks at ED visits to examine opioid prescribing in pediatric patients
Bottom Line: Opioids for pain management in pediatric patients are sometimes necessary but their use has raised concerns about the effects of opioids and later abuse....
Heroes and villains influence what you buy
Characters on labels affect desire to buy healthy versus decadent foodsCredit: Brigham Young University Stories about villains and heroes have captured the human imagination for...
Why Hong Kong, Japan and Iceland are the best countries for human development
A paper by Simone Ghislandi and colleagues proposes a simple Human Life Indicator, that overcomes some of the UN's Human Development Index limitations; Norway, Switzerland...
Wildlife struggle to cope with extreme weather
Credit: Creative Commons CC0. The mass death of flying foxes in extreme heat in North Queensland last month underscores the importance of University of Queensland...
Statins are more effective for those who follow the Mediterranean diet
A diet based on Mediterranean principles enhances the effect of these drugs in patients who already had a heart attack or stroke For those who...
Predicting enhancers from multiple cell lines and tissues: Different developmental stages
This article by Dr. Jihong Guan et al. is published in Current Bioinformatics, Volume 13, Issue 6, 2018Credit: Bentham Science Publishers, Jihong Guan In genetics,...
Study: Increased risk of heart attack, stroke in months leading up to a cancer diagnosis
Risk greatest in people with later-stage cancers and lung and colon cancers (WASHINGTON, December 21, 2018) -- Older adults with cancer are more likely to...
Human blood cells can be directly reprogrammed into neural stem cells
An important step for regenerative medicine Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the stem cell institute HI-STEM* in Heidelberg have succeeded for...
Artificial intelligence system learns to diagnose, classify intracranial hemorrhage
Mass.-General-developed system able to 'explain' reasons behind decisions based on CT scan imagesCredit: Hyunkwang Lee, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Sehyo Yune,...
