Study highlights importance of preventing weight gain in adults to reduce type 2 diabetes
Credit: Ian Farrell A study of over 33,000 people, published today in the journal BMC Public Health, indicates that public health strategies that aim to...
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A breakthrough in combating malaria with odor-baited trap for…
Credit: Wageningen University The use of a newly-developed mosquito trap incorporating human odour has resulted in a 70% decline in the population of the most...
Groundbreaking immune approach targets humans instead of bacteria
Credit: Raymond Kaempfer Staphylococcal and streptococcal infections affect millions of individuals each year. They are a leading cause of sepsis and account for many cases...
The complexity of modeling
In recent years, advances in materials synthesis techniques have enabled scientists to produce increasingly complex functional materials with enhanced or novel macroscopic properties. For example,...
Friend or foe? How the unconscious mind picks out faces in a crowd
Credit: Hebrew University Imagine you're walking down a busy street like Times Square in New York. There are tons of people around. As you make...
Major new issue of CVIA on imaging
Credit: CVIA JOURNAL The new journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published the first issue of Volume 2, with a Special Issue on...
Genetic changes help mosquitoes survive pesticide attacks
Credit: Caroline Fouet, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — For decades, chemical pesticides have been the most important way of controlling insects like the Anopheles mosquito...
Introducing iScience, Cell Press’s first interdisciplinary journal
Credit: Cell Press Cell Press, home of the flagship journals Cell, Chem, and Joule, welcomes a new addition for basic and applied research across life,...
Inpatient satisfaction improved by five-minute intervention, study…
Credit: UVA Health System As hospitals seek to improve inpatient satisfaction, one effective way takes only a few minutes and no expensive equipment. A study...
Researchers reveal new links between heart hormones, obesity, and…
Lake Nona, Fl., Feb. 17, 2016 – A new research study has revealed an important relationship between proteins secreted by the heart and obesity, glucose...
Study: Patients receive most opioids at the doctor’s office, not the ER
Credit: USC Schaeffer Center Around the country, state legislatures and hospitals have tightened emergency room prescribing guidelines for opioids to curb the addiction epidemic, but...
Study links athletic performance to mortality
Credit: University of Arizona It's not the locker room pep talk you'd expect, but new research from the University of Arizona suggests that athletes might...
Tissue engineers recruit cells to make their own strong matrix
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but the best way to make something is often to co-opt the original process...
Daniel Alford, M.D., M.P.H., receives National Award from the American…
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON — Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, FACP, has been awarded the American College of Physicians (ACP) Award for Distinguished Contributions...
How marriage may protect transgender couples
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. – Transgender people who are married are less likely to experience discrimination than their unmarried counterparts, indicates a...
