Credit: Joao Ribas, Brigham and Women's Hospital Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare genetic condition that causes premature and accelerated aging. Recently, researc..
Credit: Univetsity of Tsukuba You may have experienced sleepless nights when you were anxious, stressed or too excited. Such emotions are well-known to affect wakefulness...
Credit: University of Sydney Researchers at the University of Sydney have found that engaging in computer-based brain training can improve memory and mood in older...
Credit: (Photo by David Hayman) (Millbrook, NY) Through a new $2 million National Science Foundation grant, scientists at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, the...
Credit: Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte, NCBS-TIFR What do CPUs, stockbrokers, and butterflies have in common? They are good at investing their resources in the right place...
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth You are what you eat when it comes to fat, report scientists from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas...
Credit: B. Fairbanks A novel tuberculosis pathogen, Mycobacterium mungi, closely related to human TB, infects and kills banded mongooses through a surprising route — olfactory...
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) – While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network and faith community can have...
Credit: Wu et al., 2017 Researchers in China have discovered that a metabolic enzyme called AKR1B1 drives an aggressive type of breast cancer. The study,...
Job applicants who are cancer survivors are less likely to receive callbacks from potential retail employers than those who did not disclose their health history,...
Credit: Victor Cartagena/UCLA FINDINGS Less than half of individuals with peripheral artery disease, which is a narrowing of arteries to the limbs, stomach and head,...
Credit: Rafael Guimarães dos Santos A psychedelic drug traditionally used in South America improves people's general sense of wellbeing and may offer a treatment for...
Chapel Hill, NC – Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive nearly $23 million over the next five years to...
Credit: Ken Shindler, MD, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (PHILADELPHIA) – A new therapeutic agent tested in a mouse model of multiple...
Credit: ATS Sept. 8, 2017–People with severe emphysema may breathe better after a minimally invasive procedure that places valves in the airways leading to diseased...
