Poorer patients face malnutrition risk
Credit: Anthony Weate/QUT Marketing and Communication Patients with chronic lung disease living in deprived areas are more likely to be malnourished than those from wealthier...
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Inhibitory motor control problems may be unique identifier in adults with ADHD
SAN DIEGO -- Young adults diagnosed with ADHD may display subtle physiological signs that could lead to a more precise diagnosis, according to Penn State...
Women at greater risk for Zika infection due to suppressed vaginal immune response
Credit: Shahzada Khan, Gladstone Institutes Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that the vaginal immune system is suppressed in response to RNA viruses, such as...
Deepwater Horizon oil shows up in sparrows
Credit: Andrea Bonisoli Alquati, Cal Poly Pomona Scientists have identified the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil in a land animal - the Seaside Sparrow....
Cholesterol important for signal transmission in cells
Cholesterol can bind important molecules into pairs, enabling human cells to react to external signals. Researchers at FAU's Chair of Biotechnology have studied these processes...
iPANDA: A novel approach for precision medicine and drug discovery on gene expression data
Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Insilico Medicine collaborating with a large group of scientists from top-tier academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies developed and pub..
Psoriatic arthritis patients find condition difficult to diagnose and often misunderstood
Philadelphia, November 16, 2016 - Psoriatic Arthritis In America 2016, is a new national survey by Health Union of over 500 individuals suffering from psoriatic...
Climate Resilience through Sweetpotato (CReSP) announced
Credit: International Potato Center (CIP) The International Potato Center (CIP) team led by World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Maria Andrade announce the global Climate Resilience...
Better cartilage map could help researchers improve engineered joint repair
Cartilage serves as a shock absorber for the human body, lubricating joints and helping them move smoothly. Its texture is softer than bone -- yet...
What can Pokémon Go teach the world of conservation?
(University of Oxford) A new paper by a group of researchers from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and University...
Efficient approach for tracking physical activity with wearable health devices
Credit: Edgar Lobaton Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient technique for accurately tracking a user's physical activity based on data from...
Tackling blood diseases, immune disorders
Credit: BD Colen/Harvard University Cambridge/Boston, Mass. - November 16, 2016 - Harvard University has completed a license agreement with Magenta Therapeutics, a new startup company...
Vitamin D reduces respiratory infections, says CU Anschutz study
AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 16, 2016) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that high doses of vitamin D reduce the...
Indonesian fires exposed 69 million to ‘killer haze’
Wildfires in Indonesia and Borneo exposed 69 million people to unhealthy air pollution and are responsible for thousands of premature deaths, new research has shown....
World’s fastest quantum simulator operating at the atomic level
Credit: NINS/IMS Okazaki, Japan - Kenji Ohmori (Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan) has collaborated with Matthias Weidemüller (University of Heidelberg..
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