Study: Vacations can lead to weight gain, contribute to ‘creeping obesity’
IMAGE: Jamie Cooper is an associate professor in the University of Georgia department of foods and nutrition. Credit: Cal Powell/University of Georgia Athens, Ga. –...
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Tough as nails, yet clear enough to read through
The shells of a sea creature, the mollusk Placuna placenta, are not only exceptionally tough, but also clear enough to read through. Now, researchers at...
A gene’s journey from covert to celebrated
Credit: Kathleen Caron Lab, UNC Like a bank robber on the lam, Gpr182 had assumed a variety of identities over several decades: G10D, HrhAMR, Gamrh,...
USC Stem Cell discovery refreshes the heart
Credit: Image by Michaela Patterson/USC Some people are better than others at recovering from a wounded heart, according to a new USC Stem Cell study...
Malaria study shows how multiple infections make disease worse
Scientists have discovered why infections with two types of malaria parasite lead to greater health risks – because one species helps the other to thrive....
Cracking the mystery of Zika virus replication
Zika virus has now become a household word. It can cause microcephaly, a birth defect where a baby's head is smaller than usual. Additionally, it...
Researchers gain insight into day-to-day lives of parents raising…
Credit: UW-Madison School of Human Ecology MADISON, Wis. — Like all parents, couples who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) share the ups...
Elsevier Announces the Launch of Otolaryngology Case Reports
Credit: Elsevier Amsterdam, Jan, 26, 2017 – Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of...
World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot hands’
Credit: Microsure MAASTRICHT, Oct. 2, 2017 – Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to surgically treat lymphedema in a...
2017 Julius Friedenwald Medal presented to Penn Medicine…
Credit: University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – Anil K. Rustgi, MD, has received the 2017 Julius Friedenwald Medal from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the leading...
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...
Study: Symptoms of ‘chronic multisymptom illness’ may be…
Credit: Department of Defense In a Veterans Affairs study of more than 300 enlisted Army National Guard and Army Reserve members who had deployed to...
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy announces 2 new cancer grant…
Credit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Throughout the past 15 years, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), the nation's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to...
Evidence of brain injury found in young NFL players
Credit: Credit: NIH In a small study of young or recently retired NFL players, researchers at Johns Hopkins report finding evidence of brain injury and...
Can seeing the Facebook logo make you crave social media?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 3, 2017–A new study examined how social media cues such as the Facebook logo may...
