Oxygen can wake up dormant bacteria for antibiotic attacks
Credit: Miquel Pons, University of Barcelona Bacterial resistance does not come just through adaptation to antibiotics, sometimes the bacteria simply go to sleep. An international...
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Youth uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from screens
Credit: Monique LeBourgois With their brains, sleep patterns, and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the sleep-disrupting effects of screen time,...
Hold the salt: Gut reaction may impair the brains of mice
Credit: Image courtesy of Iadecola lab, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, N.Y. We are often warned of the dangers of high levels of salt in...
Using DNA strands to design new polymer materials
Credit: The Sleiman Lab/McGIll University McGill University researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands – a technique that could lead to new materials...
Spreading rumors on Twitter and mistaking retweets for truth
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 22, 2017–A new study of the believability of information received via Twitter and the intention...
New online pharmacy research journal uses open-access publishing to increase dissemination
Credit: University of Huddersfield THE latest global research in pharmacy – from lab-based discoveries to an analysis of the health benefits of honey and other...
Where are the new therapies for heart disease?
Credit: Center for Integration of Science and Industry Despite dramatic reductions in the death rate from cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, it...
Progesterone may be key to preventing recurrent miscarriage
Credit: Harvey J. Kliman, M.D., Yale School of Medicine For women who suffer multiple pregnancy losses in the first four to six weeks of gestation,...
Enzyme that digests vitamin A also may regulate testosterone levels
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An enzyme that converts the dietary carotenoid beta carotene into vitamin A in the body may...
Is Chinese massage an effective and cost-effective treatment for chronic neck pain?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 18, 2017– A new study evaluating a form of Chinese massage, tuina, in patients with...
Experimental drug against hepatitis C slows down Zika virus infection in mice
Credit: KU Leuven – Rob Stevens Virologists from KU Leuven, Belgium, have shown that an experimental antiviral drug against hepatitis C slows down the development...
Art courses could help medical students become better clinical…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA — Observation skills are an essential component of any medical education, aiding doctors during patient exams and in making medical diagnoses,...
Lloyd Paul Aiello receives JDRF Award for Excellence in Type 1…
Credit: John Soares Boston – (June 12, 2017) – The JDRF has awarded Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., the 2017 JDRF Mary Tyler Moore and...
$11.6 million NIH grant supports Temple’s exploration of new possibilities in heart…
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) – The incidence of heart disease is on the rise, and new therapeutic strategies...
City living can make asthma worse for poor children, study finds
Credit: Pixabay Results of a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers using national data add to evidence that living in inner cities can worsen asthma...
