Major research initiative explores how our bones and muscles age, new ways to block their…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2017) – With age, the form and function of our bones and muscles drop off, putting us as...
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Gene that enables memories, sense of direction produces schizophrenia-like symptoms when mutated
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 18, 2017) – Mutations in a gene that should enable memories and a sense of direction instead can result...
Spinal cord injury research: Bonus benefit to activity-based training
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Activity-based training has resulted in unexpected benefits for individuals with severe spinal cord injury (SCI). Researchers in the...
Skin testing, computerized support tool can improve antibiotic use in hospital inpatients
Credit: Brett Macaulay, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) investigators have developed t..
Newly discovered multicomponent virus is the first of its kind to infect animals
For the first time, a multicomponent virus–which contains different segments of genetic material in separate particles, rather than a single strand of genetic material–has been...
Brain’s insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance responses to others in distress
Credit: John P. Christianson, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. (01/31/2018) – The brain's insular cortex, which processes senses and emotions, controls reactions like approach to...
Nutritional properties of mushrooms are better when grilled or…
Credit: SINC Culinary treatments (boiling, microwaving, grilling, and deep frying) influence on proximate composition and antioxidant capacity of most cultivated mushrooms worldwide. A study by...
Increasing hydroxyurea dose helps to keep young sickle cell patients…
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have shown that using the drug hydroxyurea to boost average...
Preterm infants have narrowed upper airways, which may explain higher obstructive sleep…
Credit: Credit: A. Smitthimedhin, et al, Clinical Imaging. Infants born preterm have significantly lower nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal volumes, compared with newborn peers carried to full...
Landmark DAWN study presented at SVIN meeting with New England Journal of Medicine release
Credit: SVIN Boston, MA November 11, 2017 is a day to remember for the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN). Simultaneous with the online...
UBC researcher prescribes specific exercise dosage for those with…
Credit: UBC Okanagan For decades, the main message to keep the general population healthy was for everyone to get active. In fact, the World Health...
Robert Witzburg, MD, honored for physician excellence with Jerome Klein Award
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON–Robert Witzburg, MD, a general internal medicine physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named the 2017 recipient of the...
Twin study finds genetics affects where children look, shaping mental…
Credit: N/A BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A new study co-led by Indiana University that tracked the eye movement of twins finds that genetics plays a strong...
In some genetic cases of microcephaly, stem cells fail to launch
In a very severe, genetic form of microcephaly, stem cells in the brain fail to divide, according to a new Columbia University Medical Center study...
New drug shows potential as a different kind of antidepressant in mouse trials
Credit: University of Bath A potential new antidepressant and antianxiety treatment with a unique mechanism of action has been developed by scientists at the University...
