Simple blood test could help reduce heart disease deaths
Credit: Newcastle University, UK Scientists at Newcastle University have revealed how a simple blood test could be used to help ...
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Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history
Analysis of ancient DNA details the population history of Sardinia, providing new insight into its unique history and ancestral connections ...
New method gives glaucoma researchers control over eye pressure
Credit: University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (February 24, 2020)- Neuroscientists at the University of South Florida have become the ...
Brain cells protect muscles from wasting away
A mere four glial cells in roundworm perk up stress response in periphery, doubling lifespanCredit: Ashley Frakes, UC Berkeley While ...
Two grants will fund research into neurotechnology, drug delivery system
Two grants will fund interdisciplinary research, including a look at how neurons and muscle cells communicate with each other and ...
Hispanics/Latinos underrepresented in Alzheimer’s disease research
UH researcher to increase health literacy among largest US minorityCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher is working ...
A deep dive into cellular aging
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Feb. 20, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute ...
AGS: Trump Administration’s 2021 budget ‘deeply troubling’ for older americans
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Experts at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) raised grave concerns with President Trump's 2021 ...
Memory games: Eating well to remember
UTS researchers have uncovered a strong link between the consumption of certain food groups and memory loss and comorbid heart ...
Despite a marked reduction in the prevalence of dementia, the number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050 according to new Alzheimer Europe report
Credit: Alzheimer Europe Brussels, 18 February 2020 - Today, at a European Parliament lunch debate hosted by Christophe Hansen MEP ...
Beta-arrestin-2 increases neurotoxic tau driving frontotemporal dementia
University of South Florida study suggests a new approach to inhibit the buildup of brain damaging tau tangles associated with ...
Researchers challenge new guidelines on aspirin in primary prevention
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The most recent guidelines for primary prevention recommend aspirin use for individuals ages 40 to 70 ...
CDI laboratory explores pathway to open up blood cancer treatments
The paper in Nature Communications could mean better treatment for leukemia, among other cancersCredit: Hackensack Meridian Health February 12, 2020, ...
Timing of brain cell death uncovers a new target for Alzheimer’s treatment
Credit: Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute and Center for Brain Integration Research, TMDU Researchers led by Tokyo Medical and ...
Injectable drug for faster healing of bone fractures prepares for clinical trials
Credit: Novosteo/Philip S. Low WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - One in three adults aged 60 and over suffering from a hip ...
A better way to rebuild cartilage
NSF CAREER award supports Lehigh University materials science and engineering and bioengineering professor Lesley Chow's research into 3D-printed biomaterials that ...
New measure of biological age can predict health risks
Credit: Gunilla Sonnebring People age in different ways. Biological age is a metric that scientists use to predict health risks, ...
Human gut-in-a-dish model helps define ‘leaky gut,’ and outline a pathway to treatment
3D human gut organoids reveal molecular system that keeps intestinal linings sealed, demonstrate how the system breaks down and how ...
Inequitable medicare reimbursements threaten care of most vulnerable
Credit: Saint Louis University Hospitals, doctors and Medicare Advantage insurance plans that care for some of the most vulnerable patients ...
Menopause timing hard to determine in every third woman
Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedstrom Is it possible to investigate menopausal age, or not? In more than one in three ...