Researchers receive $18 million to study connections between heart health and cognition
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Aug. 30, 2018 - The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Wake Forest School...
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Pushing big data to rapidly advance patient care
The breakneck pace of biomedical discovery is outstripping clinicians' ability to incorporate this new knowledge into practice. Charles Friedman, Ph.D. and his colleagues recently wrote...
Biomechanics of chewing depend more on animal size, not diet
Credit: M. Wysocki BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chewing: We don't think about it, we just do it. But biologists don't know a lot about how chewing...
Missing men, missing infertility: New research flags up problem
Men are missing from fertility debates and crucial support services because they are often not included in studies and, when they are, it is usually...
UA Cancer Biology graduate student travels ROCKy™ road toward a cure
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) The Limesand Lab at the University of Arizona is devoted to improving quality of life for head-and-neck cancer survivors, who...
New survey reveals 57 percent of americans have been surprised by a medical bill
Fifty-seven percent of American adults have been surprised by a medical bill that they thought would have been covered by insurance, according to a new...
Guidance for preventing C. difficile in neonatal intensive care
NEW YORK (August 30, 2018) -- Newborns require special diagnosis and treatment considerations for an infectious diarrhea known as Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection, according...
How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of giving social support
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental care- which may help researchers...
Lipsitz earns GSA’s 2018 Donald P. Kent Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Lewis A. Lipsitz, MD,...
Whitfield earns GSA’s 2018 Robert W. Kleemeier Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Keith E. Whitfield, PhD,...
Infurna earns GSA’s 2018 Baltes Foundation Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Frank J. Infurna, PhD,...
Whitlatch earns GSA’s 2018 M. Powell Lawton Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Carol Whitlatch, PhD, FGSA,...
Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
Credit: Dickinson laboratory What do ancient seafaring explorers and fruit flies have in common? Caltech researchers have discovered that, similar to nautical navigators of old,...
Selling access to human specimens: Survey reveals public attitudes
The almost 5 million people who paid to get their DNA analyzed by the company 23andMe recently found out that their genetic data and related...
When neurons turn against themselves
Credit: Doron Merkler / UNIGE Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare autoimmune disease that primarily affects children and can lead to seizures. As the disease is...
