Money or altruism: What motivates people to donate their poop to medicine?
Credit: Digestive Disease Week Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2018) -- Appealing to a concern for others is the best way to recruit most people to...
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Listening to gut noises could improve diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome
Credit: Digestive Disease Week(R) Washington, DC (June 5, 2018) -- Utilizing newly adapted artificial intelligence, researchers have developed an acoustic belt that offers a new...
Putting lungs under less stress
The numbers are grim: Of the 200,000 Americans diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) each year, 30 to 50 percent will die. But, clinical...
World Association of Eye Hospitals explores innovations in eye care
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The World Association of Eye Hospitals will host its first meeting in the United States June 6-9 at the University of...
Older adults with asthma are happier when they have more say in their care
Credit: iStock ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (JUNE 5, 2018) - It's clear an increasing number of people want a say in their medical care. A...
Psychedelic drug use associated with reduced partner violence in men
Credit: UBC Okanagan In a new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers from UBC's Okanagan campus have discovered that men who have used...
Rules about technology use can undermine academic achievement
Parents who restrict their children's use of new media technologies may be acting counterproductively in the long run, particularly if they invoke afterschool homework time...
Zebrafish expose tumor pathway in childhood muscle cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 5, 2018 -A popular aquarium fish may hold answers to how tumors form in a childhood cancer. Muscle precursor...
Sleep health and yoga intervention delivered in low-income communities improves sleep
Pilot study results indicate that a sleep and yoga intervention has promising effects on improving sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, and sleep health behaviors. Sleep problems...
Lighting intervention improves sleep and mood for Alzheimer’s patients
A tailored lighting intervention in nursing homes can positively impact sleep, mood and behavior for patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to preliminary findings from a...
Maternal depressive emotion associated with children’s sleep problems
Maternal depressive mood during the prenatal and postnatal periods is related to child sleep disturbances, according to recent pilot data from a longitudinal cohort study...
Blood formation: Researchers engineer human bone marrow tissue
Credit: University of Basel Researchers have developed an artificial tissue in which human blood stem cells remain functional for a prolonged period of time. Scientists...
Personalized cancer vaccine may increase long-term survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
An international Phase III study led by researchers at UCLA and at Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. has found that a personalized glioblastoma vaccine may increase long-term...
New NSF special report released ahead of World Oceans Day: Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer
Credit: NSF Catch a Wave! Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a look at the science behind the "sweet spot" we call summer. There's...
Inflammatory signals in heart muscle cells linked to atrial fibrillation
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies for atrial fibrillation, according to...
