Research reveals new insights into why the heart does not repair itself
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Heart muscle is one of the least renewable tissues in the body, which is one of the reasons that heart...
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Maternal-fetal transmission of Zika virus and therapeutic approaches to prevent it
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 5, 2017--The devastating effects of Zika virus on the brain of the developing fetus during...
Forensic technique uses forehead X-rays to assess age of juvenile remains
Credit: Ann Ross Forensic anthropology researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that can provide an approximate age for juveniles and young...
Study addresses misconceptions about electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has long had a stigma of being a painful and barbaric method of treatment, but a new study found that patients undergoing...
Breeding pairs of birds cooperate to resist climate change
Credit: Juan. A. Amat Most bird chicks need parental care to survive. In biparental species the chicks have greater chances of success if both parents...
Pictorial warning labels on tobacco products could help improve communication of risks to smokers
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - In recent years, smoking rates among adults in America have steadily declined; yet tobacco use remains the largest preventable cause...
IU and Regenstrief studying decreasing dementia after delirium for older ICU survivors
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are developing and testing the nation's first...
Brain development and aging
The brain is a complex organ--a network of nerve cells, or neurons, producing thought, memory, action, and feeling. How does this complex system change from...
PET/MR shows arterial CO2 as potent vasodilator for cardiac stress testing
Credit: Rohan Dharmakumar. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center RESTON, Va. -- More than 5 million cardiac stress tests performed annually in the U.S. employ injectable forms of...
What motivates parents to protect children from cell phone addiction?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 5, 2017--A new study examined the role parental mediation can play in protecting children from...
Simple step to protect people with type 1 diabetes against heart disease
One additional injection of insulin three hours after eating has been shown to protect people with type 1 diabetes from cardiovascular disease - the leading...
First ever single guidance published for investigating and managing nut allergy
New comprehensive guidance for the diagnosis and management of peanut and tree nut allergy has been developed, which for the first time brings together the...
BABYLUX: The light that brightens the lives of premature babies
Credit: Fondazione Politecnico di Milano In January 2014 - ICFO and ICFO spin-off Hemophotonics joined together with seven other European partners from Spain, Italy, Germany...
New clinical data demonstrate safety and tolerability of activated B. infantis
Evolve BioSystems, Inc., a microbiome company committed to developing novel solutions to restore and maintain a healthy newborn gut microbiome, today announced Phase I clinical...
Antibiotic overuse in children could be reduced with improved communication
To help reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics for common childhood illnesses, parents would benefit from fuller communication from their health care providers, suggests new research...
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