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(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) A team of LSU Health New Orleans researchers has found a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity among youth in Grenada compared to US adolescents. The differences m...

(University of Missouri-Columbia) Researchers from the University of Missouri now have discovered through a new animal study that soy protein found in food might counter the negative effects of menopause on bone and meta...

Male doctors, you're doing great, but you may want to take some notes from your female colleagues. That's because more and more studies are coming to the same conclusion: Female doctors produce better outcomes than men. ...

News Tissue engineering is the future of medicine. Under Project 5-100, the Polymer Materials for Tissue Engineering and Transplantology Laboratory created unique polymeric materials for medical purposes that repair trau...

News Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), announced its LTE LE910C4-NF IoT module and LM960 data card were selected by Centrix IP to power a line of first responder communication routers. AIS routers....

Article Scientists have found a new application for Google Glass, the augmented reality glasses. They hope these AR glasses can help autistic children better navigate social situations... Staff Author: Tierney King Topic...

News More than one in 10 babies worldwide are born prematurely, according to the World Health Organization. Now scientists report in ACS that they have developed an organ-on-a-chip that could help explain why... Contribu...

(University at Buffalo) After seeing an ad in a campus newspaper promoting unhealthy late-night foods, researchers decided to look at a sample of college students to better understand how drinking affects what they eat.

(Nara Institute of Science and Technology) Neural networks in the brain form by an axon extending from one neuron to interact with another. Chemical cues in the neuron microenvironment are responsible for activating the ...

(Elsevier) A new study in The American Journal of Pathology reports for the first time that injection of neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) directly into the eye of mice enhanced corneal graft survival. VIP...

(Elsevier) The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) announces the 2018 Best Article and Best Great Educational Material (GEM) awards presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) 51st...

(University of Exeter) Key aspects of the aging of human cells can be reversed by new compounds developed at the University of Exeter, research shows.

(Salk Institute) Salk Institute scientists have uncovered a reason for the uncanny likeness between cells in the most malignant cancers and the embryonic cells of the organ in which the cancer originated: cells in human ...

(Yale University) Extended-release naltrexone -- an injection that decreases heavy drinking in the general population when taken in conjunction with counseling -- appears to help HIV-positive individuals reduce their num...

(Weber Shandwick Chicago) Montmorency tart cherries may play a role in improving gut health, suggests a first-of-its kind human trial of nine adults combined with a parallel laboratory study published in the Journal of N...

(Oxford University Press USA) A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified specific genes associated with increased risk for triple-negative breast cancer, providing the basis for ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Jorge Henao-Mejia will work to uncover how the gut microbiome gut contributes to obesity and type 2 diabetes, findings which could pave the way from new treatments to reduc...

(Baylor College of Medicine) A novel computational tool predicts genomic instability that can lead to disease.

(University of Minnesota) Recent research published in Nature Neuroscience by University of Minnesota Medical School neuroscientist Benjamin Saunders, PhD, uses a Pavlovian model of conditioning to see if turning on a li...

(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists have discovered that a microscopic roundworm develops similar nerve damage to human patients when their muscle cells are genetically engineered to produce TTR proteins.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) An in-depth study of retired football and hockey players--including cognitive, psychological, and brain imaging techniques--finds no increase in the rate of early-onset dementia, reports the Journ...

(Pensoft Publishers) Once again, a new spider species has been found in a strongly humanised area in Europe. Wearing its camouflage, blending perfectly with the lichens on the oak trunks, this orb weaver appears to have ...