Giving the messages from fat cells a positive spin to prevent diabetes
Credit: Children's National Health System Losing weight appears to reset the chemical messages that fat cells send to other parts of the body that otherwise...
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RUDN scientists synthesized analogues of substances actively used in…
Credit: Tatiana Borisova RUDN University chemists synthesized new isoquinoline derivatives. Due to their biological activity, these compounds may be applicable in new drugs, from antispasmodics...
OPTIMISTIC lowers long-stay nursing home residents’ avoidable hospitalizations by a…
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The initial phase of OPTIMISTIC, an innovative program developed and implemented by clinician-researchers from the Indiana...
NUS researchers pilot ‘Home-but-not Alone’ app to help new parents
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by Assistant Professor Shefaly Shorey from the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the National...
Possible new mechanism for aspirin’s role in cancer prevention
SALT LAKE CITY– Aspirin has been shown to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer and possibly other cancers. However, the risk of side effects, including...
Menopause triggers metabolic changes in brain that may promote…
Credit: WCM Menopause causes metabolic changes in the brain that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a team from Weill Cornell Medicine and the...
Study: Medications alone don’t help smokers quit
Credit: UC San Diego Health Pharmaceutical interventions are routinely prescribed to help people quit smoking. However, a new study by University of California San Diego...
Congenital Zika virus program at Children’s National Health…
Washington, DC – (July 26, 2016) – Federal health officials continue to investigate the first possible cases of domestic Zika virus transmission in Florida. In...
Children’s National urologist receives NIH R01 grant
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Children's National Health System Urologist Michael Hsieh, M.D., was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to...
Study: For older women, every movement matters
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Folding your laundry or doing the dishes might not be the most enjoyable parts of your day. But simple activities like these...
Relationship found between HIV risk and individual and community level educational status
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 18, 2017) – African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) remain at heightened risk for HIV infection and account...
Study may improve strategies for reducing nutrient runoff into Mississippi River
Credit: Janith Chandrasoma URBANA, Ill. – Every summer, the Gulf of Mexico is flooded with excess nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater treatment plants and farm...
High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 2, 2018) – In just four months, high-doses of vitamin D reduce arterial stiffness in...
Vascular bypass grafting: A biomimetic engineering approach
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Jonathan Vande Geest PITTSBURGH (January 23, 2018) … When a patient with heart disease is in need of a vascular graft...
Phase III clinical trials for stem cell-based cartilage regeneration…
Credit: Osaka University A group of researchers at Osaka University developed a synthetic tissue using synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for treating damaged cartilage, which...
