Walnuts may help lower blood pressure for those at risk of heart disease
When combined with a diet low in saturated fats, eating walnuts may help lower blood pressure in people at risk ...
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Mental disorders more common in people who live alone
Credit: Jacob et al., 2019 Living alone is positively associated with common mental disorders, regardless of age and sex, according ...
CNIO team describes the ‘energy engine’ of a protein that mediates key processes in cancer cells
Credit: CNIO Proteins are sometimes described as the building blocks of life; inside cells proteins associate into large macromolecular complexes, ...
New UH pharmacy center to tackle prescription drug misuse
$3.34 million grant for safe disposal as overdose deaths continue to riseCredit: University of Houston For the first time in ...
A comprehensive map of how Alzheimer’s affects the brain
Analysis of genes altered by the disease could provide targets for new treatmentsCredit: Zhuyu Peng CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers ...
Keynote on firearm injury to Open Society for Academic Emergency Medicine meeting
DES PLAINES, IL -- Leading firearm injury and prevention experts, Drs. Rebecca Cunningham, and Garen Wintemute, will open SAEM19 -- ...
The unanticipated early origins of childhood brain cancer
Study identifies earliest traces of brain cancer long before the disease becomes symptomaticCredit: Maria C. Vladoiu, Ibrahim El-Hamami and Laura ...
International team wins $6M grant to study HIV and tuberculosis coinfection in children
Credit: Charles Scanga PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2019 - About a third of us are walking around with the bacteria that ...
Researchers find new target to improve response to cancer immunotherapy
Study is first to define how a little-known type of cell death impacts tumor cells and immune cellsCredit: University of ...
Mount Sinai researchers discover novel cancer pathway, opening new treatment options
(New York, NY - May 2, 2019) -- Mount Sinai researchers have broken new ground in the understanding of the ...
Scientists identify genes tied to increased risk of ovarian cancer
A team of researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer, Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have newly identified 34 genes ...
Dogs reduce distress of patients waiting for emergency hospital care
A visit from a dog can reduce the distress of patients waiting for emergency treatment in hospital,Credit: Jane Smith A ...
Study of teens with eating disorders compares substance users and non-users
Concordia researcher Linda Booij identifies possible warning signs for health care providersCredit: Concordia University Adolescence can be a minefield for ...
AAMC Chief Academic Officer to give education address at Academic Emergency Medicine Meeting
DES PLAINES, IL -- John E. Prescott, MD, chief academic officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), will ...
Salk Institute professor Edward Callaway elected to National Academy of Sciences
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 1, 2019) The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently announced that Salk Institute Professor Edward ...
New noninvasive ventilation strategy allows preterm infants to breathe freely
Nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation reduces reintubation by more than 50 percent in high-risk preterm infants, according to a new study ...
ASTRO and AUA update joint clinical guidance for radiation therapy after prostatectomy
LINTHICUM, Md. and ARLINGTON, Va., April 30, 2019 --The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association ...
Genetic defect causing intellectual disability discovered by Sussex scientists
Discovery will help end 'diagnostic odyssey' for many familiesCredit: University of Sussex Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered ...
Algorithms predicting gene interactions could make cancer treatments more effective
Credit: Graeme Benstead-Hume, University of Sussex While network algorithms are usually associated with finding friends on social media, researchers at ...
Describing aspects of melanoma progression
Bottom Line: Three related articles and an editorial focus on various aspects of melanoma progression. Embed these links to provide ...
