Low-salt & heart-healthy dash diet as effective as drugs for some…
A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy DASH...
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New estimates of modern contraceptive use in the world’s poorest countries
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Statisticians Leontine Alkema, Niamh Cahill and Chuchu Wei at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others, today released new...
Secondhand smoke ups heart disease in unique group of female…
Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Md. – May 5, 2017. New research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM)...
Progress toward HIV cure highlighted in issue of AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Feb. 9, 2017 — A comprehensive collection of articles describing the broad scope and current status...
Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in older patients may not relieve their insomnia
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 15, 2017) – Older people receiving electroconvulsive therapy for their depression likely will need an additional treatment if insomnia...
Lehigh’s Srinivas Rangarajan awarded ACS investigator grant
Credit: Courtesy of Lehigh University Srinivas Rangarajan, assistant professor in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Lehigh University, received a research grant from...
A new glimpse into working memory
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Review: Insomnia medication may wake up some patients from vegetative…
Credit: Michigan Medicine In a new systematic review in JAMA Neurology, Michigan Medicine researchers found reason to further explore the surprising effects of zolpidem that...
Regional ‘hot spot’ of Borna disease discovered in upper Austria
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date there have been only a...
Zika virus may be linked to more eye problems in Brazilian babies with…
SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2016 – Researchers studying babies with a Zika virus-related birth defect say they have found previously unreported eye problems possibly...
Could nicotine reduction help curb addiction?
Credit: UVM Larner College of Medicine The FDA is right – when it comes to disease culprits, cigarette smoking tops the list. While recognized as...
Yerba mate’s beneficial effects on cellular energy and lipid metabolism linked to weight
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2017–Researchers have shown that use of the dietary supplement yerba mate over an extended...
Children dying preventable deaths from congenital heart disease
Credit: Children's HeartLink Minneapolis, MN, USA – Over one million children are born with congenital heart disease (CHD) each year. When children with CHD receive...
Malaria parasite packs genetic material for trip from mosquitoes to…
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The parasite that causes malaria has not one, but two, specialized proteins that protect its messenger RNAs —...
Aedes japonicus mosquitoes found in western Canada
Canadian entomologists have reported the first appearance of Aedes japonicus — an invasive, disease-carrying mosquito — in western Canada. Members of the species were found...
