Making mice a tiny bit more human to study preterm birth
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Preterm birth remains a global epidemic linked to a lifetime of potential health complications. It also is difficult to study...
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Sleep research uncovers dire consequences to deprivation
Credit: Michigan State University Researchers at Michigan State University conducted the largest experimentally controlled study on sleep deprivation to date, revealing just how detrimental operatin..
Comparing nocturnal and diurnal rodents helps scientists understand a human eye disease
Light-sensitive cells in the retina come in two main types: rods and cones. Rods are used for vision at low light and cones for color...
Youth who use vaping products are more likely to smoke cigarettes, increase use of both
Adolescents who use vaping products are not only more likely to smoke cigarettes but are also likely to increase their use of both products over...
Professor, MSD high school senior collaborate on homicide trends
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The vast majority of homicides in the United States are attributable to firearms. The rate of homicide due to guns is...
Novel mechanism for generating our skeleton
Credit: Kanazawa University There are more than 200 bones in the human body. Bone is formed during embryonic and postnatal skeletogenesis by two distinct, well-organized...
What kind of sex do German men have at 45?
12,354 men at the age of 45 spoke about sex for a study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The study makes some discrepancies...
The immune system of the alpaca reveals a potential treatment for cancer
Credit: Salvador Guardiola and Monica Varese, IRB Barcelona The natural world often provides the answer to unsolved medical problems. On this occasion, the solution to...
Hopkins researchers use endoscope to deliver gene therapy in animal study
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Fixing or replacing faulty genes has emerged as a key to unlocking cures for numerous devastating diseases. But if the new,...
A web-based program is as effective as group counseling for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, October 2, 2018 - Lifestyle changes are the cornerstone of preventing and treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Scientists report...
Canada’s first ‘state of the nation’ report on children’s physical literacy
OTTAWA, October 2, 2018 - The results from a large national research project led by the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO) at...
Study finds albiglutide reduces cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes and existing cardiovascular disease
New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and published in The Lancet shows that...
A web-based program is as effective as group counseling for patients with NAFLD
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, October 2, 2018 - Lifestyle changes are the cornerstone of preventing and treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Scientists report...
Text messages quickly track health care use during Ebola outbreak
Credit: GeoPoll Text messages aren't just a way to chat with family and friends--they are a viable method for rapidly gathering information during a public...
First experiments at new X-ray laser reveal unknown structure of antibiotics killer
Credit: Illustration: DESY/Lucid Berlin An international collaboration led by DESY and consisting of over 120 researchers has announced the results of the first scientific experiments...
