Study: Medicare prescription drug benefit reduced elderly mortality by…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois expert in health care economics provides the...
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Lithium in water associated with slower rate of Alzheimer’s disease deaths
Credit: Brock University Rates of diabetes and obesity, which are important risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, also decrease if there is a particular amount of...
Compound eyes a continuous feature of evolution
Credit: G. Baranov Dr Brigitte Schoenemann (University of Cologne) and her colleagues Helje Pärnaste (Tallinn, Estonia), and Euan Clarkson (Edinburgh, Scotland) have succeeded in unraveling...
New study demonstrates importance of studying sleep and eating in…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – October 13, 2017 – A new study from scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research...
Cellular quality control process could be Huntington’s disease…
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — The loss of motor function and mental acuity associated with Huntington's disease might be treatable by...
Penny-wise, pound-foolish decisions explained by neurons’ firing
The British have a pithy way of describing people who dither over spending 20 cents more for premium ice cream but happily drop an extra...
New mouse model of Zika sexual transmission shows spread to fetal…
The Zika virus, commonly transmitted through a bite from an infected mosquito, is also capable of leaping from person to person through sexual transmission. However,...
Patients in intensive care feel better with light adapted to the time of day
Credit: Björn Engwall New research shows that the light environment in intensive care affects how patients feel – even a year after completed hospitalization. With...
Salk’s Reuben Shaw receives National Cancer Institute…
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Aug. 1, 2017) Salk Professor Reuben Shaw has received the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA), which...
Are millennials gender rebels or returning to tradition?
Credit: Oxford University Press Some research suggests that millennials are pushing boundaries by not only rejecting traditional distinctions between the sexes, both at home and...
Nidoviruses redundantly express genes and encode more proteins than previously believed,…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Arteriviruses, a family of single-stranded RNA viruses that belongs to the order Nidovirales, produce more proteins and messenger RNAs than previously...
VA-Defense study aims to track mild traumatic brain injury over decades
Credit: Department of Defense An ambitious U.S. federally funded study is enrolling at least 1,100 service members and veterans who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan...
Vision symptoms following concussion limit a child’s ability to…
Credit: UAB News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A comprehensive vision assessment should be part of return-to-learn protocols to help determine when children are ready to return...
Dogma overturned: New studies into inflammation in the infarcted heart could lead to changes in therapy
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and the Fundación Jiménez Díaz (FJD) and Salamanca University Hospitals have demonstrated...
Preterm infants have narrowed upper airways, which may explain higher obstructive sleep apnea risk
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...
