UTSW identifies weight-gain receptor linked to antipsychotic drugs
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Aug. 14, 2017 – Many schizophrenic and depressed patients experience weight gain and type 2 diabetes in their quests for...
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Large-scale modeling shows confinement effects on cell macromolecules
Using large-scale computer modeling, researchers have shown the effects of confinement on macromolecules inside cells — and taken the first steps toward simulating a living...
Home-based educational intervention improves asthma among Hispanic…
New Rochelle, NY, November 10, 2015–Significant improvements in frequency of asthma attacks and symptoms, hospitalization rates and acute care visits, quality of life, and asthma...
Study: Serving water with school lunches could prevent child, adult…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Encouraging children to drink plain water with their school lunches could prevent more than half a...
Rapid, low cost laser-based technique for biomass analysis described in Industrial Biotechnology
IMAGE: Industrial Biotechnology, led by Co-Editors-in-Chief Larry Walker, PhD, and Glenn Nedwin, PhD, MoT, CEO and President, TripleDNA Consulting, LLC, Davis, CA, is an authoritative...
Functional brain training alleviates chemotherapy-induced peripheral…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A type of functional brain training known as neurofeedback shows promise in reducing symptoms of chemotherapy-induced nerve damage, or neuropathy,...
Dietary sugar linked to increasing bacterial epidemics
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The increasing frequency and severity of healthcare-associated outbreaks caused by bacterium Clostridium difficile have been linked to the widely used...
Keychain detector could catch food allergens before it’s too…
Credit: The American Chemical Society For kids and adults with food allergies, a restaurant outing can be a fraught experience. Even when care is taken,...
Excess fat disrupts heart cell’s energy system
Credit: E. Dale Abel Lab, University of Iowa A University of Iowa study has identified how excess fat in the heart, a common feature in...
Premature births cost health plans $6 billion annually
Credit: University of Utah A new study estimates employer-sponsored health plans spent at least $6 billion extra on infants born prematurely in 2013 and a...
Watching movies can replace general anesthesia for kids with cancer…
Credit: VLADI project Vienna, Austria: Children with cancer could be spared dozens of doses of general anaesthesia by projecting a video directly on to the...
UTA researchers show that sexual harassment on the job still carries large impact
Credit: UT Arlington Two University of Texas at Arlington researchers have revisited workplace sexual harassment issues after the initial study was done nearly 20 years...
Dr. Electra Paskett honored with AACR lecture on the science of cancer health disparities
ATLANTA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) congratulates Electra D. Paskett, PhD, MPH, on receiving the 2015 AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science...
Cellular barcoding helps scientists understand the behavior of stem…
Credit: Courtesy of the Stem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital. By tagging bone marrow cells of mice with a genetic label, or barcode, researchers were...
Study shows therapy improves quality of life in people who have sleep apnea
Credit: American Academy of Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL – Nov. 16, 2017 – A new study shows that positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy improves quality...
