Battling the terrible toll of depression by ‘rewiring’ the brain
Credit: UCLA Health Americans spend billions of dollars each year on antidepressants, but the National Institutes of Health estimates that those medications work for only...
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Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child’s socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2017--A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one U.S. county examined differences in...
Detroit research team to expand imaging technology to guide cancer treatment
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers recently received funding from the National Cancer Institute of the...
Research suggests seal oil could help people with Type 1 diabetes
(TORONTO, Canada - June 13, 2017) - A research team at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre in Toronto has published a paper that suggests seal oil...
Risky bingeing: Women in Appalachian Ohio report higher rates of alcohol misuse
Credit: Michigan Medicine Appalachia -- stretching from the southern tier of New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia -- has long experienced deep...
Fighting fire blight and detecting Salmonella
The plant disease fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is dreaded by fruit growers. It affects apple and pear trees and other plants...
Making art activates brain’s reward pathway — Drexel study
Credit: Courtesy of Drexel University Your brain's reward pathways become active during art-making activities like doodling, according to a new Drexel University study. Girija Kaimal,...
Rare genetic disorders: New approach uses RNA in search for genetic triggers
In about half of all patients with rare hereditary disorders, it is still unclear what exact position of the genome is responsible for their condition....
Is Palmer amaranth developing traits that make it harder to control?
Credit: Photo by Ramon Leon Palmer amaranth is widely considered to be one of the most damaging and difficult to control agricultural weeds in North...
Charred flowers and the fossil record
Credit: Geology, Victoria A. Hudspith and Claire M. Belcher Boulder, Colo., USA: One of the main types of fossil used to understand the first flowering...
Clinical trial shows traditional treatment is better for iron-deficiency anemia
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although current treatments for iron-deficiency anemia can be effective, they commonly fail because pediatric patients do not complete the treatment...
Birds of a feather
Credit: Eddy Perez, LSU Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have attempted to answer a fundamental...
Study sheds light on determining surgical margins for feline tumors
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are paving the way for more precision in determining surgical margins for an aggressive tumor common in...
Researchers show how a cancer gene protects genome organization
Credit: (Illustration by Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga) CHAPEL HILL, NC - UNC School of Medicine researchers have cracked a long-standing mystery about an important enzyme found in...
Researchers discover what may be earliest stage of Alzheimer’s disease
Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques -- but otherwise normal cognition -- experience faster mental decline suggestive of Alzheimer's disease, according to a...
