May smartphones help to maintain memory in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease?
Credit: Mohamad El Haj The patient is a retired teacher who had reported memory difficulties 12 months prior to the study. These difficulties referred to...
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Goodbye, login. Hello, heart scan
Credit: Bob Wilder/University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forget fingerprint computer identification or retinal scanning. A University at Buffalo-led team has developed a computer security...
People far from urban lights, bright screens still skimp on sleep
Credit: Photo by David Samson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Screen time before bed can mess with your sleep. But people without TV and laptops...
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria
Credit: Elena Hartley Enterococci are hardy microbes that thrive in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly all land animals, including our own, and generally cause no...
Study: Site of 1st chlamydia exposure makes big difference
Credit: UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, Texas, USA – Exposing the gut to chlamydia protects against subsequent infection in the genital tract and other...
Study sheds light on rarity of disease-causing IGF mutations
Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Peter Rotwein, M.D., was recently spotlighted by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)...
Reports reveal racial and ethnic disparities in lupus rates
University of California, San Francisco’s Maria Dall’Era, MD Two new papers reveal striking racial and ethnic disparities in the incidence and prevalence of lupus, a...
UH Case Medical Center researchers publish new results from SPRINT trial
CLEVELAND – Jackson T. Wright Jr., MD, PhD, and researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center presented new results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention...
UCLA researchers discover a new cause of high plasma triglycerides
Credit: Photo courtesy of Dr. Stephen Young People with hypertriglyceridemia often are told to change their diet and lose weight. But a high-fat diet isn't...
Blanket approach to asthma treatment not ideal, researchers find
University of Queensland research into the effects of dust mite and cockroach allergens has found that different types of asthma respond differently to a new...
Getting closer to treatment for Parkinson’s
Credit: University of Bergen A new Norwegian study shows new mechanisms behind Parkinson's disease, which can be key mechanisms for future treatment. More than 10...
‘Human chronobiome’ study informs timing of drug delivery,…
Credit: Scientific Reports; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Symptoms and efficacy of medications – and indeed, many aspects of the human body itself...
New Tulane University drug effective against malaria
Credit: Tulane University/Paula Burch-Celentano Tulane University researchers have developed a new drug that is effective against non-severe cases of malaria, according to results from an...
NYU Langone Medical Center Awarded Grant for New Nationwide Initiative…
$4 Million Grant from the American Heart Association to Support Research & Training at the Newly Created Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular Research...
How geospatial characteristics affect those most affected by HIV
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (February 6, 2017) – Young men who have sex with men (YMSM), particularly racial/ethnic minorities and youth living in socioeconomically disadvantaged...
