Why odds are against a large Zika outbreak in the US
Annapolis, MD; Dec. 22, 2016---Is the United States at risk for a large-scale outbreak of Zika or other mosquito-borne disease? While climate conditions in the...
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Improving health should be the focus of commercial diet programs, not just losing weight
If losing weight is on your list of New Year resolutions, be sure to include both diet and exercise. New research published today in Applied...
Sex hormone-sensitive gene complex linked to premenstrual mood disorder
Credit: Peter Schmidt, M.D., NIMH., David Goldman, M.D., NIAAA National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman's susceptibility...
Genes affecting our communication skills relate to genes for psychiatric disorder
The researchers studied the genetic overlap between the risk of having these psychiatric disorders and measures of social communicative competence - the ability to socially...
Zinc eaten at levels found in biofortified crops reduces ‘wear and tear’ on DNA
Oakland, CA (January 3, 2017) - A new study by researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Research Institute (CHORI) shows that a modest 4...
Research on dinosaur embryos reveals that eggs took 3 to 6 months to hatch
Credit: © AMNH/M. Ellison New research on the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos indicates that the eggs of non-avian dinosaurs took a long time to...
New study finds evolution of brain and tooth size were not linked in humans
Credit: George Washington University WASHINGTON (Jan. 2, 2017)--A new study from the George Washington University's Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP) found...
How long did it take to hatch a dinosaur egg? FSU research says 3-6 months
Credit: Courtesy of Darla Zelinitsky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges from its egg after 42...
For the first time, researchers identify key proteins that may make Zika so deadly
Until it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result, scientists know little about how it works....
A closer look at the eye
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have developed a new imaging technique that could revolutionize how eye health and disease are assessed. The...
New consensus on neuromodulation therapy by International Neuromodulation Society experts
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Jan. 2, 2017 - The International Neuromodulation Society (INS) journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface is publishing expert, evidence-based guidance...
The answer is blowing in the wind
Credit: Greta Keenan The amount of energy generated by renewables fluctuates depending on the natural variability of resources at any given time. The sun isn't...
Researchers urge caution around psilocybin use
In a survey of almost 2,000 people who said they had had a past negative experience when taking psilocybin-containing "magic mushrooms," Johns Hopkins researchers say...
Using ‘fire to fight fire’ to combat disease could make it worse, tests show
A treatment billed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against disease, including cancer, could back-fire and make the disease fitter and more damaging, new...
Gene therapy for liver disease advancing with the help of adeno-associated viral vectors
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 30, 2016--Liver-directed gene therapy delivered using adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors to treat diseases such as...
