Genre may impact cognitive training using video games
Credit: Chandramallika Basak and Nicholas Ray Amsterdam, NL, October 2, 2017 – Video games are quickly becoming a hot topic in cognitive training. Many see...
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine and John Theurer Cancer Center…
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine November 28, 2017–(BRONX, NY)–Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, and Hackensack Meridian Health John Theurer...
IU, Regenstrief study: Cognitive training effects differ by older adult’s education…
IMAGE: Regenstrief investigator Daniel O. Clark, Ph.D. is a Indiana University Center for Aging Research scientist. Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — The first study to...
Toeing the line: Study finds brain cells that signal path of travel
Credit: Nitz/Nature Neuroscience Imagine you're navigating a city like New York, or any other that's laid out on a grid. Suppose you run into a...
AAP counsels pediatricians to focus on clusters of cardiometabolic risk factors to help obese kids
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON — Because obesity affects one in six U.S. children and adolescents, there is a pressing need to identify the...
No ‘narcissism epidemic’ among college students, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Today's college students are slightly less narcissistic than their counterparts were in the 1990s, researchers report...
Healthy diet may reduce risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women
ATLANTA — A healthy diet may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women, according to data presented at the Eighth American Association for...
Picking teams and picking music in P.E.
Credit: BYU Photo Maybe you remember the laps you were forced to run or when a dodgeball hit you in the face. Maybe you remember...
Identification of genes controlling mouthpart development key to…
Credit: Hiroki Gotoh Nagoya, Japan – Insects are a biological success story with their high abundance, dominating biodiversity, and almost worldwide distribution. Their evolutionary prowess...
McMaster Engineering grads receive James Dyson Award for cancer detection
Credit: Provided What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved solution for the early detection...
Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning to egg freezing to promote...
Researchers explore how Zika infection causes microcephaly
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Zhang BETHESDA, MD – Infection with Zika virus disrupts fetal brain development by interfering with the proliferation of human neural progenitor cells...
CNIC researchers discover a new target for the treatment of fatty liver disease
IMAGE: This is an image of fatty liver. Credit: CNIC Two proteins, p38 gamma and p38 delta, control the accumulation of fat in the liver,...
New neuron-like cells allow investigation into synthesis of vital cellular components
Credit: Colleen Mangold, Penn State Neuron-like cells created from a readily available cell line have allowed researchers to investigate how the human brain makes a...
Study reveals genetic explanation for cancer’s higher incidence in males than…
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON — In a new study, a group of Boston scientists, including researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, offer a genetic explanation...
