Weak grip a strong predictor of metabolic disease and disability in adults
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A simple test to determine a person's grip strength may be a predictor of developing metabolic disorders in...
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FIU scientists discover how arsenic builds up in plant seeds
IMAGE: This image shows an Arabidosis plant ovelaying rice grains that spell out arsenic because this research predicts that this is how arsenic gets into...
Genetic causes of small head size share common mechanism
Credit: John McMahon, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Microcephaly is a rare disorder that stunts brain development in utero, resulting in an abnormally small head....
Morbidity and mortality of leprosy in the Middle Ages
Credit: Saige Kelmelis During the Middle Ages, nearly everyone in Europe was exposed to the disfiguring, painful and ostracizing disease of leprosy. But did contracting...
Magnet study sees potential for MRE in measuring liver fibrosis in children
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators across the nation, have determined that magnetic resonance...
Population of Americans with Alzheimer’s will more than double…
Credit: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health About 15 million Americans will have either Alzheimer's dementia or mild cognitive impairment by 2060, up from approximately...
Flies’ disease-carrying potential may be greater than thought,…
Credit: Ana Junqueira and Stephan Schuster Flies can be more than pesky picnic crashers, they may be potent pathogen carriers, too, according to an international...
Youth violence undermines social and economic development in poorest…
This news release is available in French. Youth violence undermines social and economic development, especially in the poorest corners of the world, according to research...
A flawed measure
IMAGE: This is Jeffrey Hunger. Credit: Sonia Fernandez Fit or fat? How about both? In what could be the death knell for that once-vaunted measure...
New patch aims to turn energy-storing fats into energy-burning fats
Credit: NTU Singapore A new approach to reducing bulging tummy fats has shown promise in laboratory trials It combines a new way to deliver drugs,...
Study details molecular roots of Alzheimer’s
Credit: Daniel L. Kober Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detailed the structure of a molecule that has been implicated...
Newly described cellular defense activity could guide solutions to…
DURHAM, N.C. – The process cells use to secrete chemicals also appears to be the way to clear urinary tract infections, or UTIs, according to...
Signals that make early stem cells identified
IMAGE: The researchers traced the cell divisions that occur as hair follicles form in mice to determine where stem cells first emerge. Above, developing hair...
Health of people with cystic fibrosis shows positive trends in US and Canada
Credit: Dr. Robb Glenny, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UW Medicine New research comparing cystic fibrosis patients in the United States and Canada...
UNC researcher provides recommendations to stop violence against…
Chen Zhongwei, the retired Director of Oral Health at Guangdong General Hospital in China, was attacked this spring and killed by a patient whom he...
