Mosquito-borne viruses like Zika may be spread at lower temperatures,…
Credit: Image courtesy of study authors TAMPA, Fla. (May 9, 2017) — Transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, such as Zika, occur at lower temperatures than previously...
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Tackling air pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: University of Portsmouth The University of Portsmouth is helping to tackle air pollution and its harmful effects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers from the University's...
Flip side of innovation: What causes doctors to scale back on the use of medical practices
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute All countries face the challenge of funding ever-new and expensive treatments, with increasing pressure on budgets, harmful deficit spending, and ever-higher...
CWRU researchers building digital pathology tools to predict cancer outcomes
Case Western Reserve University researchers have been awarded two grants totaling $3.16 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create analytic software for...
Old human cells rejuvenated in breakthrough discovery on ageing
Credit: University of Exeter A team led by Professor Lorna Harries, Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Exeter, has discovered a new way...
Study brings undiagnosed adults struggling with autism out of the…
Credit: Photo: Sally McCay For most of his life, Kevin Hughes has felt like an outsider. A loner as a child, the 65-year-old comedian struggled...
Yoga may lessen side effects in men undergoing prostate cancer treatment
PHILADELPHIA — Men with prostate cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy can benefit from yoga, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University...
New target could soothe the itch of inflammatory skin conditions
Credit: Holly Anderton/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Existing medicines could offer a new way to treat inflammatory skin conditions, researchers at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza...
Trends in kids’ fitness not as bad as assumed
Global increases in childhood obesity are frequently assumed to go hand-in-hand with decreased motor performance in young children. But, according to a report in Frontiers...
Neutrons identify critical details in bacterial enzyme implicated in gastric cancer
Credit: ORNL Neutron analysis at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping researchers better understand a key enzyme found in a bacterium...
E-cigarettes may harm teens’ lung health
Credit: ATS Nov. 16, 2016–E-cigarette use among teenagers is growing dramatically, and public health experts are concerned that these devices may be a gateway to...
Eating together as a family helps children feel better, physically and…
Children who routinely eat their meals together with their family are more likely to experience long-term physical and mental health benefits, a new Canadian study...
Study: Negative body image, not depression, increases adolescent…
HOUSTON – (Nov. 6, 2015) – Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether youth have depression, according to researchers at...
Wonder wrap: ONR developing new ways to protect injured limbs
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Battelle) ARLINGTON, Va.–The moments after a traumatic limb injury resulting from an explosive blast are critical. Blood is lost, tissue begins...
New book, The Postgenomic Condition, assesses progress since 2000
Credit: Melissa De Witte The sequencing of the human genome in 2000 was heralded as a turning point for humanity–a milestone that would transform medicine...
