Colored filter improves dyslexic children’s reading speed
Credit: Milena Razuk Reading, one of the most difficult activities for children with dyslexia, can be improved by the use of green filters. A study...
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Kids health outcomes have more to do with parents level of education than income
Parents educated beyond high school invest more in family health care, reducing the likelihood of adverse medical conditions despite differences in family income and health...
Medicating distress: Risky sedative prescriptions for older adults vary widely
Credit: University of Michigan Despite years of warnings that older adults shouldn't take sedative drugs that put them at risk of injury and death, a...
Pathogens may evade immune response with metal-free enzyme required for DNA replication
Credit: Gavin Palowitch, Penn State Some bacterial pathogens, including those that cause strep throat and pneumonia, are able to create the components necessary to replicate...
Increased mortality in children with inflammatory bowel disease
Children who develop inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease) have an increased risk of death, both in childhood and later in life, a...
Dr. Erkut Kucukboyaci of Kessler Foundation named Switzer Research Fellow
Credit: Kessler Foundation Erkut Kucukboyaci, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, has been awarded a 2018 Switzer Research Fellowship by...
New finding could unmask blood doping in athletes
Credit: Bruce Blausen via Wikimedia Commons DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University research team has found a way to help sporting officials detect whether an...
Johns Hopkins researchers detail how middlemen suppliers can increase hospital bills and drug prices
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Hospitals should be cautious of group purchasing organizations, or entities that act as middlemen between health care providers and manufacturers, says...
UToledo research finds link between refined dietary fiber, gut bacteria and liver cancer
Credit: Dan Miller, University of Toledo Many of the processed foods we find on grocery store shelves have been loaded up with highly refined soluble...
LU and Kessler Foundation focus on research and Capacity Building for Minority Entities
Credit: Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation scientists Denise Fyffe, PhD, Anthony Lequerica, PhD, and John O'Neill, PhD, have won a $75,000 sub-award from Langston University (LU),...
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $3M NIH grant for health disparities research
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a three-year, $3,194,947 grant from the National Cancer Institute to...
National Academy of Medicine announces inaugural International Health Policy Fellow
Oct. 18, 2018 WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) at its annual meeting announced its inaugural International Health Policy Fellow, Roger Chung, Ph.D.,...
Aerobic exercise has antidepressant treatment effects
An analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials indicates that supervised aerobic exercise has large antidepressant treatment effects for patients with major depression. The systematic review...
Early-career scientist wins PETA International Science Consortium Award
Gaithersburg, MD -- The results are in for the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd.'s contest to fund an early-career scientist to attend the four-day in...
Surgery technique reduces strokes in atherosclerosis patients
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Embargoed Until Oct. 18, 2018 @ 10:05AM ET) -- A surgical technique called EDAS (encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis) significantly decreases the rate of stroke...
