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JUPITER, FL – Nov. 19, 2015 – In a new study that could have implications for future drug discovery efforts for a number of neurodegenerative...

Brain-scan guided emergency stroke treatment can save more lives

Credit: Image courtesy of Greg Albers, M.D., Stanford University Medical Center. Advances in brain imaging can identify a greater number of stroke patients who can...

Periodontitis linked to a higher mortality rate in patients with…

New findings from the University of Birmingham show that patients with chronic kidney disease patients and periodontitis (severe gum disease) have a higher mortality rate...

Mediterranean diet may decrease pain associated with obesity

Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will experience regular pain, new research...

OPTIMISTIC lowers long-stay nursing home residents’ avoidable hospitalizations by a third

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...

Researchers discover how selenium is incorporated into proteins

Credit: Miljan Simonovic. Humans need eight essential trace elements for good health, and one of them is selenium – a powerful antioxidant that is important...

Tea-time means leopard-time in India

Credit: Kalyan Varma A new WCS study finds that leopards are abundant in tea-garden landscapes in north-eastern India, but that their mere presence does not...

Autism-linked protein lays groundwork for healthy brain

IMAGE: The autism-linked protein MDGA1 (red) is found in the zones of the brain that give rise to new neurons (green). Credit: Salk Institute LA...

Midwifery care at hospitals is associated with fewer medical…

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – In a new, hospital-level analysis by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Katy...

Major treatment expansion could essentially eliminate hepatitis C in R.I. by 2030

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new Brown University study projects that increasing the number of Rhode Islanders treated every year for hepatitis C virus infection (HCV)...

NSF announces new long-term ecological research sites off Alaska, New…

Credit: Sarah Thornton, UAF National Science Foundation (NSF) grants will support two new Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. Scientists will conduct research along the Northeast...

Going native — for the soil?

Prairie gardens offer Midwestern suburban dwellers an alternative option to the traditional grass lawn. Their combination of native grasses, like tall and wispy bluestem and...

New consensus published on preventing and treating sport-related…

Credit: Riley Brandt, University of Calgary There is no question that concussion is among the more concerning injuries in sport today. The question is how...

Traditional Chinese medicine in HIV cure issue of AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 14, 2017–A special issue on progress toward a cure for HIV includes a description of...

Too little fat is bad for cardiovascular health and leptin therapy may help