Researchers use fruit flies to understand how body responds to harmful, cold stimuli
Credit: Atit A. Patel and Daniel N. Cox of Georgia State University ATLANTA-The tiny fruit fly can help humans investigate the genetic and neural bases...
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Huperzine A provides seizure protection in genetic epilepsy models
Credit: Photo from Wikimedia The compound huperzine A can increase resistance to induced seizures in mouse models of genetic epilepsy, scientists at Emory University School...
Study: UChicago’s CommunityRx intervention helps patients find community resources
New research from the University of Chicago Medicine shows a program that uses electronic medical records to connect Chicagoans with health resources in their community...
American Society of Hematology announces top trainee abstracts of 2016 ASH Annual Meeting
(WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2016) - The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is pleased to recognize the following trainees with the highest-scoring abstracts in the categories...
Brain scans could help predict response to psychotherapy for anxiety and depression
Nov. 10, 2016 - Brain imaging scans may one day provide useful information on the response to psychotherapy in patients with depression or anxiety, according...
How ACOs are trying to improve patients’ health by addressing nonmedical needs
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Lebanon, NH (Nov. 10, 2016) -- Health care leaders and policy makers agree that in order improve health outcomes and lower...
Water, water — the two types of liquid water
There are two types of liquid water, according to research carried out by an international scientific collaboration. This new peculiarity adds to the growing list...
Precaution and governance of emerging technologies
Precautionary approaches to governance of emerging technology, which call for constraints on the use of technology whose potential harms and other outcomes are highly uncertain,...
Study: climate change already dramatically disrupting all elements of nature
Credit: KIT M. KOVACS - CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN NPI Study in journal Science says every aspect of life on earth impacted -- from genes to entire...
How bacteria make it rain (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2016 -- The oceans are covered with a thin film of organic matter and bacteria, many of...
New eye pressure test could prevent vision loss in older adults
Credit: University of Missouri Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Nov. 10, 2016) -- By age 75, approximately half of all Americans will develop cloudy vision caused by...
Smartphones offer promise in better gauging rural life, researchers find
The use of smartphones enhances self-reporting of weather incidents, school attendance, illness, and other aspects of daily life in rural areas, a team of researchers...
Testing stem cells as possible treatment for heart failure
Credit: Sarah Pack Stem cells are being tested at the Medical University of South Carolina as a possible treatment for heart failure with a preserved...
Patients eager to test device that could ease heart failure symptoms
Credit: Anne Thompson Jimmy McMillan doesn't know if it's science or wishful thinking that's making him feel better, but he's starting to believe a round...
Repeatedly thinking about work-family conflict linked to health problems
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage both your mental and physical...
