Can omega-3 help prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Brain SPECT imaging shows possible link
Credit: William S. Harris, PHD Amsterdam, NL, May 19, 2017 – The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to triple in the coming decades...
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New research opens door to understanding human tonsil cancer
Researchers at Simon Fraser University and the BC Cancer Agency have developed a groundbreaking method to identify and separate stem cells that reside in the...
Researchers: Too much information can be a good thing
Credit: University of Illinois In the world of health care, the phrase "too much information" — or TMI — can be a serious problem. If...
Metastatic breast cancer cells use hedgehog to ‘evilize’ docile neighbors
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in Nature Communications shows that metastatic breast cancer cells signal...
Optimizing workplace design for Health: UA Institute on Place and Wellbeing at Greenbuild
Credit: Photo: UAHS Office of Public Affairs TUCSON, Ariz. – The health of millions of office workers–and the cost of lost time due to workplace-related...
New study hopes to empower parents of children with autism
Credit: Boston Medical Center Early diagnosis and intervention for a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can help change the trajectory of their life. While...
Stimuli fading away en route to consciousness
Credit: (c) Photo: Christian Burkert Whether or not we consciously perceive the stimuli projected onto our retina is decided in our brain. A recent study...
PET imaging of atherosclerosis reveals risk of plaque rupture
Credit: Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering DENVER, Colo. – A new study shows that a hybrid molecular imaging...
Breastfeeding for two months halves risk of SIDS, study finds
Credit: UVA Health System Breastfeeding for at least two months cuts a baby's risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome almost in half, a sweeping new...
Starvation causes atypical cell death
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Cell death group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Cristina Muñoz-Pinedo, have characterized the cell death...
Cold plasma will heal non-healing wounds
Russian scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences (JIHT RAS),...
When fat cells change their color
Credit: Delphine Duteil In mammals, three types of adipose tissues exist. White adipocytes are mainly located in the abdominal and subcutaneous areas of the body...
Elderly Chinese immigrants feel at home in US with living conditions,…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Having comfortable living conditions and independence from their adult children can help elderly Chinese immigrants find a sense of home and...
Harvard-Osher integrative medicine’s mind-body partnership with…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Aug. 21, 2017 – The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham...
A no-brainer? Mouse eyes constrict to light without direct link to the brain
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Experimenting with mice, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report new evidence that the eye's iris in many lower mammals directly senses...
