New boarding procedures, smaller cabin size may limit infection on…
Credit: n/a TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — During major epidemics, cramped airplane cabins are fertile ground for the spread of infection, but new research suggests changing routine...
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Study: Symptoms of ‘chronic multisymptom illness’ may be common in Iraq,…
Credit: Department of Defense In a Veterans Affairs study of more than 300 enlisted Army National Guard and Army Reserve members who had deployed to...
Researchers map brain tumor cells’ adaptation to oxygen deprivation
Credit: Louise Cornmark The most aggressive variant of brain tumour – glioblastoma – has an average survival rate of 15 months. There is therefore an...
‘Triggers’: A new tool to assess cancer patients’ palliative needs
Dr Jayne Wood from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 – A new tool to identify patients who would benefit from...
The shrinking moose of Isle Royale
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Researchers from Michigan Technological University know the smartest way to know a moose is by its brain. Specifically, skull measurements reveal...
Detecting Alzheimer’s disease earlier using … Greebles?
Credit: Greeble images courtesy of Michael J. Tarr, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, http://www.tarrlab.org/ LOUISVILLE, Ky....
Sitting not linked to incident diabetes: New research
Credit: Pexels Sitting may not be as deadly as previously thought, with new research led by the University of Sydney ruling out sitting as a...
Model shows female beauty isn’t just sex appeal
Credit: Photo courtesy of Stacey Weiss, University of Puget Sound DURHAM, N.C. — Female beauty may have less to do with attracting the opposite sex...
How berberine works to slow diabetes-related cognitive decline in…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 31, 2017–Researchers studying the mechanism of action of the natural, plant-derived compound berberine have linked...
Canadian cardiologist publishes world first mitral regurgitation…
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 19, 2017– A Canadian cardiologist has published a report in the journal Eurointervention describing how he used...
Study: Most pediatric ICU physicians don’t use current…
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – A study by University at Buffalo researchers has shown that physicians in pediatric intensive care units are not...
Broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies engineered to be better vaccine…
One approach to HIV vaccine development relies on broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) that protect against different circulating HIV strains. bnAbs have been isolated from HIV-infected...
Chasing fire: Fever and human mobility in an epidemic
Credit: NASA image Disease ecologists working in the Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru, have quantified for the first time how a fever affects human mobility...
Genes that increase children’s risk of blood infection…
A team led by Oxford University has identified genes that make certain children more susceptible to invasive bacterial infections by performing a large genome-wide association...
Schizophrenia’s strongest known genetic risk deconstructed
IMAGE: The site in Chromosome 6 harboring the gene C4 towers far above other risk-associated areas on schizophrenia's genomic "skyline, " marking its strongest known...
