Exercise may help teens sleep longer, more efficiently
Getting more exercise than normal - or being more sedentary than usual - for one day may be enough to ...
Tag: Physiology
How molecular escorts help prevent cancer
Chaperones keep the tumor suppressor protein p53 in checkCredit: G. Agam / LMU & V. Dahiya / TUM The anti-tumor ...
Why lack of sleep is bad for your heart
Study finds short-sleepers have lower levels of gene-regulating microRNA In recent years, numerous studies have shown that people who don't ...
Algorithm steers catheters to the right spot to treat atrial fibrillation
Technology doesn't require special cathters or 3D maps of the heartCredit: Florida Atlantic University Patients with atrial fibrillation or AFib ...
Study identifies our ‘inner pickpocket’
Researchers have identified how the human brain is able to determine the properties of a particular object using purely statistical ...
Discovery in mice could remove roadblock to more insulin production
A combination of two immune-system factors keeps the pancreas from keeping up with the demands of a Western diet; together, ...
Sleep problems in teenagers reversed in just one week by limiting screen use
Sleep in teenagers can be improved by just one week of limiting their evening exposure to light-emitting screens on phones, ...
How a member of a family of light-sensitive proteins adjusts skin color
After a series of surprising discoveries, a team of scientists determined a role of opsin 3 in tuning human skin ...
Cancer Research UK: Less chemotherapy better for older patients with some advanced cancers
Less chemotherapy is as effective at controlling disease for elderly or frail patients with advanced cancer of the stomach or ...
Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
Early human beings who lived around 120,000 years ago in South Africa were 'ecological geniuses' who were able to exploit ...
Metals influence C-peptide hormone related to insulin
New field of metalloendocrinology explores subtle effects of metals in body Metals such as zinc, copper and chromium bind to ...
Breastfeeding reduces long-term risk of heart disease in mothers
Women who breastfed their babies are less likely to develop heart disease later in life, according to findings to be ...
Men ignore serious health risks of steroid abuse in pursuit of the body beautiful
Many men continue to abuse steroids despite knowing that they have serious, life-limiting and potentially lethal side effects, according to ...
New risk scores help physicians provide better care for high-risk pulmonary patients, study finds
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare A new laboratory-based method of estimating outcomes for patients with a severe pulmonary disorder that has no ...
Sedation and controlled paralysis do not improve survival of ICU patients with ARDS
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2019 - Reversibly paralyzing and heavily sedating hospitalized patients with severe breathing problems ...
GW researcher seeks to improve diagnostic utility of neonatal EEGs
Matthew Colonnese, PhD, has been awarded more than $4 million for study of early brain activity WASHINGTON (May 15, 2019) ...
Pelvic exercises may beat bedroom blues
Physiotherapists from James Cook University in Australia say simple pelvic floor exercises may be a cure for some common problems ...
Blood flow command center discovered in the brain
Credit: Farmer et al An international team of researchers has discovered a group of cells in the brain that may ...
Inflammation induces anhedonia in women but not men
Effect of inflammation on a core symptom of depression helps explain higher rates of the disorder in women than men ...
Dead zones in circadian clocks
Credit: Kanazawa University Most organisms on Earth have circadian clocks. In mammals, the circadian pacemaker is located in the suprachiasmatic ...
