Study suggests 1.6 million childbearing women could be at risk of Zika virus infection
Research by scientists in the US and UK has estimated that up to 1.65 million childbearing women in Central and South America could become infected...
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Is soda bad for your brain? (and is diet soda worse?)
Credit: Photo by Cydney Scott Americans love sugar. Together we consumed nearly 11 million metric tons of it in 2016, according to the US Department...
Meta-analysis uncovers poor outcomes due to hyperthermia after…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 23, 2017-Rebound hyperthermia, or fever, is common after controlled body cooling to treat comatose survivors...
Study paves the way for cancer treatments that might prevent relapses…
Credit: Sonia Jancar / University of São Paulo Whenever an organism is damaged, the cells surrounding the wound receive signals to proliferate more intensely so...
Protective molecule sidelined in models of ALS
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have identified a naturally occurring molecule that has the potential for...
Analysis reveals barriers to routine HIV testing in high-income countries
HIV, the AIDS virus (yellow), infecting a human immune cell. Credit: Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer and Austin Athman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,...
CU Boulder: A new window on mitochondria division
Credit: Matthew West. October 31, 2016 Putting the squeeze on mitochondria: The final cut A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first...
TSRI scientists take step toward mapping how the brain stores memories
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA – January 3, 2017 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
New report finds growing number of people in Ontario treated for opioid addiction
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2017–The rate at which people are being prescribed opioids to treat pain in Ontario has stabilized...
Listeria may be serious miscarriage threat early in pregnancy
Credit: CDC/James Archer MADISON, Wis. — Listeria, a common food-borne bacterium, may pose a greater risk of miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy than...
Researcher finds potential way to reduce drug cravings
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas A new preclinical study led by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher shows that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)...
Infants with congenital Zika virus syndrome suffer serious visual…
Credit: Journal of AAPOS San Francisco, CA, September 13, 2017 – Although one of the most serious consequences of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in infants...
What mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on breast cancer…
Bottom Line: The ability of serum obtained from women with breast cancer immediately after finishing two hours of moderate to intense exercise to prevent the...
Infants show apparent awareness of ethnic differences, UCLA psychologists report
Credit: Anantha Singarajah/UCLA Psychology Infants less than a year old, who have yet to learn language, appear to notice differences when looking at adult women...
CNIC scientists discover how a decades-old drug reduces the size of a…
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered a new mechanism of action of metoprolol, a drug that...
