Research uncovers how pesticides increase risk for Parkinson's disease
Previous studies have shown the certain pesticides can increase the risk for developing Parkinson's disease. Now, UCLA researchers have now found that the strength of that risk depends on an...
View ArticleHIV-infected teens delaying treatment until advanced disease, study shows
Nearly half of HIV-infected teenagers and young adults forego timely treatment, delaying care until their disease has advanced, which puts them at risk for dangerous infections and long-term...
View ArticleStudy examines consumption of added sugar, death for cardiovascular disease
Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing or preparing of foods, not naturally occurring as in fruits and fruit juices) than expert panels recommend for a healthy diet, and...
View ArticleScientists find mechanism that helps HIV evade antibodies, stabilize key...
NIH scientists have discovered a mechanism involved in stabilizing key HIV proteins and thereby concealing sites where some of the most powerful HIV neutralizing antibodies bind, findings with...
View ArticleNew study offers insight into why cancer incidence increases with age
The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen in older people, according to a National...
View ArticleFinding a target for tumor suppression
One of the hopes for victory against cancer hinges on naturally-occurring proteins whose job is to make their host cell die.
View ArticleNewly discovered signaling pathway could impact a variety of autoinflammatory...
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new signaling pathway in sterile inflammation that could impact the treatment of diseases such as cancer,...
View ArticleSimple, at-home test will detect most colorectal cancers
Tests that require patients to collect a single stool sample at home and then send it to a lab for analysis will detect about 79 percent of colorectal cancers, according to a new evidence review...
View ArticleScientists call for screening mammography every two years for most women
Adoption of new guidelines recommending screening mammography every two years for women ages 50 to 74 would result in breast cancer screening that is equally effective, while saving the United States...
View ArticleBlue light may fight fatigue around the clock
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or blue light, during the biological day directly and immediately improves alertness and performance....
View ArticleStopping liver failure from painkiller overdose
(Medical Xpress)—University of Adelaide researchers have identified a key step for the future prevention of liver failure resulting from taking too much of the everyday painkiller paracetamol (also...
View ArticleFeeling powerless increases the weight of the world... literally
Scientists have found that people who feel powerless actually see the world differently, and find a task to be more physically challenging than those with a greater sense of personal and social power.
View ArticleDespite burden, Sjogren's syndrome may not impede function
People living with Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disorder characterized by dry eyes and dry mouth, appear to function at a level comparable to their healthier peers, according to a cross-sectional...
View ArticleWhen it comes to memory, quality matters more than quantity
The capacity of our working memory is better explained by the quality of memories we can store than by their number, a team of psychology researchers has concluded.
View ArticleSpeech disrupts facial attention in six-month-olds who later develop autism
From birth, infants naturally show a preference for human contact and interaction, including faces and voices. These basic predispositions to social stimuli are altered in individuals diagnosed with...
View ArticleFaces we don't forget: Psychologists explain how attractiveness prevents the...
Psychologists at the University of Jena, Germany, are showing in a new study, that we tend to remember unattractive faces more likely than attractive ones. In the science magazine "Neuropsychologia"...
View ArticleBlack Death may have caused convergent evolution in the immune systems of two...
(Medical Xpress)—Throughout human history, our immune systems have evolved in response to infectious diseases. People with genes that provide resistance to specific pathogens are more likely to survive...
View ArticleMouse study shows gene therapy may be possible cure for Hurler syndrome
Researchers used blood platelets and bone marrow cells to deliver potentially curative gene therapy to mouse models of the human genetic disorder Hurler syndrome – an often fatal condition that causes...
View ArticleTeam finds connection in pathogenesis of neurological diseases, HIV
A new study by George Washington University (GW) researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D., shows similarities in the pathogenesis of prion disease—misfolded proteins that can lead to neurological...
View ArticleStudy finds high Rx burden for bipolar patients
A study of 230 patients with bipolar I disorder whose symptoms were severe enough to warrant admission to a Rhode Island psychiatric hospital in 2010 reveals that more than a third were there despite...
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