Does open heart surgery affect cognitive abilities?
Most people who need open heart surgery to repair damaged heart valves are aged 65 or older. The American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that nearly...
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Researchers study eastern hellbender salamanders parental habits
Credit: Virginia Tech Although eastern hellbender salamanders are known by many unflattering nicknames -- mud puppy, snot otter, grampus, and Allegheny alligator -- about 70...
Nordic Food Lab to become part of the Future Consumer Lab at the University of Copenhagen
Credit: Thomas Grøndahl For four years, UCPH FOOD and the NFL's Board of Directors have jointly operated the Nordic Food Lab, whose task has been...
Study: No surge in illicit cigarettes after menthol ban
Contrary to the tobacco industry's assertions, there was no surge in illicit cigarettes after a 2015 ban on menthol cigarette sales in the Canadian province...
A new way to create molecules for drug development
Credit: Jeff Grabmeier COLUMBUS, Ohio - Chemists at The Ohio State University have developed a new and improved way to generate molecules that can enable...
Scientists discovered genes that contribute to the ADHD development
Credit: Corominas et al., 2018, supplementary materials A team from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University together with foreign colleagues analyzed the genomes of...
Oscillations provide insights into the brain’s navigation system
The brain creates a map of our environment, which enables reliable spatial navigation. The Nobel Prize was awarded in 2014 for research into how this...
Religious freedom laws linked to poor health in LGBT people
States' religious freedom laws may be linked to poorer self-reported health among people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or are unsure of their sexual...
Study: Ketogenic diet appears to prevent cognitive decline in mice
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 12, 2018) -- We've all experienced a "gut feeling" -- when we know deep down inside that something is true. That phenomenon...
Basophils — Underestimated players in lung development
Credit: MedUni Wien/Anastasiya Hladik (Rehovot/Vienna) Lungs are vital organs required for the uptake of oxygen in exchange for carbon dioxide. However, the enormous complexity of...
Early changes to synapse gene regulation may cause Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Department of Neuropathology, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, involving memory loss and a reduction in...
Widespread errors in ‘proofreading’ cause inherited blindness
Mistakes in "proofreading" the genetic code of retinal cells is the cause of a form of inherited blindness, retinitis pigmentosa (RP) caused by mutations in...
Two seemingly opposing forces in the brain actually cooperate to enhance memory formation
Credit: Anna Hobbiss The brain's crucial function is to allow organisms to learn and adapt to their surroundings. It does this by literally changing the...
‘Vampire burial’ reveals efforts to prevent child’s return from grave
Credit: Photo courtesy of David Pickel/Stanford University The discovery of a 10-year-old's body at an ancient Roman site in Italy suggests measures were taken to...
Fat: A new player expands our definition of diabetes
A new study by Australian researchers, out today, is challenging what we know about the causes of diabetes. The new research points to fat tissue...
