Tanning beds and risky behavior linked — in men
Even though men use tanning beds at lower rates than women, men who tan tend to do it in riskier ways, according to a study...
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Prescription drug labels provide scant dosing guidance for obese kids
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON-(Jan. 19, 2018)-Despite the U.S. Congress providing incentives to drug manufacturers to encourage the study of medications in children, few...
Candidates for bionic hand reconstruction
Credit: ©AANS 2017. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (JANUARY 17, 2017). Bionic hand? No longer only an image conjured by science fiction, bionic hands return functionality in cases...
‘Residual echo’ of ancient humans in scans may hold clues…
Credit: Michael Gregory, M.D., NIMH Section on Integrative Neuroimaging Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have produced the first direct evidence that...
Lifestyle a risk factor for celiac disease
Celiac disease incidence has increased among Swedish children between 2 to 15 years. The significant escalation in celiac disease can be associated with planned caesarean...
Missed connections
Credit: UCSB Studies of brain activity typically draw their findings from measurement averages across entire groups of subjects. But new research out of UC Santa...
Thickness of grey matter predicts ability to recognize faces and…
When you see a familiar face, when a bird-watcher catches a glimpse of a rare bird perched on a limb, or when a car-fancier spots...
Better pancakes through chemistry (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2017 — Everyone seems to swear by a different pancake recipe. How can you griddle up the...
Biodegradable packages will keep your food fresh
Credit: KTU On average a European country citizen produces around 160 kilos of packaging waste; around 19 percent of which is plastic. "Food packaging is...
HIV test performed on USB stick
Credit: Imperial College London / DNA Electronics Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick. The device, created by scientists at...
One egg per day associated with 12 percent reduced risk of stroke
Credit: Egg Nutrition Center Park Ridge, Ill. (November 1, 2016) – On the heels of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that placed no daily...
First successful wild whale shark health assessments performed
Credit: Georgia Aquarium ATLANTA (Aug. 2, 2017) – For the first time ever, scientists successfully performed health assessments, including collecting blood and biological samples, taking...
Study finds 75 percent of first-time moms plan to follow vaccine schedule
Athens, Ga. – First-time expectant mothers who do not plan to follow the recommended childhood immunization schedule differ in a number of ways from mothers...
Inflammation from mosquito bites may enhance viral infection
The itchy, red welts that appear after being bitten by a mosquito may help any viruses the insect is carrying pass on to a new...
World-renowned virologist named 2016 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize…
Credit: University of Alberta Dr. Lorne Babiuk, a world-renowned virologist, highly acclaimed for his international leadership in vaccine development and research in veterinary infectious disease...
