Medical News
Why Exercise is the Real Miracle Drug
Discover - 26 Dec 2019 22:10
Forget laughter -- exercise is far and away the best medicine.
Do Our Bodies Have Weight 'Set Points' They Always Revert To?
Discover - 26 Dec 2019 20:00
There's some evidence of set points, but they don't determine your fate.
Heilind Electronics now stocking Sensata CD120 incremental draw wire encoder
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2019 18:31
Heilind Electronics is now offering Sensata's new CD120 incremental draw wire encoder. This device is ideal for measuring linear feet in industrial and harsh environment markets like manufacturing, non-auto transportatio...
Gender norms affect attitudes towards gay men and lesbian women globally
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(Society for Personality and Social Psychology) A study of attitudes towards sexual minorities in 23 countries show more negative views towards gay men than lesbian women, but culture creates some variation on who holds ...
Hematopoietic stem cell marker: A key player in the ontogeny of hematopoiesis
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(Osaka University) A research team led by Osaka University revealed that Endothelial cell-selective adhesion molecule, a surface marker for hematopoietic stem cells and vascular endothelial cells, played an important rol...
High BMI may improve cancer survival
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(Flinders University) Above average or high BMI -- often linked to cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and other diseases -- may in some cases improve the chance of survival among certain cancers, new research from Flinder...
Imaging to examine brain architecture association with mood, attentional symptoms
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(JAMA Network) Researchers looked at whether certain patterns of connectivity between specific regions of the brain in children at age 7 (measured by magnetic resonance imaging) were associated with later development of ...
In vivo imaging of CREB dynamics: Coupling sensory experience to activity
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience) In a recently published study in Neuron, Scientists in the Yasuda Lab at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have designed and developed novel biosenso...
Proton therapy lowers risk of side effects in cancer compared to traditional radiation
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Proton therapy leads to significantly lower risk of side effects severe enough to lead to unplanned hospitalizations for cancer patients when compared with traditional radi...
Russia's physical culture scene
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Although a growing number of Russians now exercise regularly, the overall figure remains low -- only one-fourth of working women and less than one-third of workin...
Transcendental Meditation prevents abnormal enlargement of the heart, reduces chronic heart failure
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(Maharishi International University) A randomized controlled study recently published in the Hypertension issue of Ethnicity & Disease found the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique helps prevent abnormal enlargement...
Brain tumor organoids may be key to time-sensitive treatments for glioblastomas
EurekAlert! - 26 Dec 2019 07:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Lab-grown brain organoids developed from a patient's own glioblastoma, the most aggressive and common form of brain cancer, may hold the answers on how to best treat it. A ...