Immune cells need a second opinion: Decoding important mechanism which plays...
Bacterial urinary tract infections are a painful nuisance. A team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Bonn Medical Center has now decoded the way in which immune cells communicate...
View ArticlePain sensitivity may be influenced by lifestyle and environment, twin study...
Researchers at King's College London have discovered that sensitivity to pain could be altered by a person's lifestyle and environment throughout their lifetime. The study is the first to find that...
View ArticleStudy finds dramatic rise in skin cancer among middle-aged adults
A new Mayo Clinic study found that among middle-aged men and women, 40 to 60 years old, the overall incidence of skin cancer increased nearly eightfold between 1970 and 2009, according to a study...
View ArticleResearch reveals why diabetes patients are at risk for microvascular...
Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of microvascular complications, which develop when the body's small blood vessels become diseased. One of the most common problems results when wounds fail...
View ArticleStudy reveals how cancer cells thrive in oxygen-starved tumors
A new study identifies the molecular pathway that enables cancer cells to grow in areas of a tumor where oxygen levels are low, a condition called hypoxia.
View ArticleMind over matter: Beating pain and painkillers
With nearly one-third of Americans suffering from chronic pain, prescription opioid painkillers have become the leading form of treatment for this debilitating condition. Unfortunately, misuse of...
View ArticleEyeMusic Sensory Substitution Device enables the blind to 'see' colors and...
Using auditory or tactile stimulation, Sensory Substitution Devices (SSDs) provide representations of visual information and can help the blind "see" colors and shapes. SSDs scan images and transform...
View ArticleUnderstanding fear means correctly defining fear itself, study concludes
Understanding and properly studying fear is partly a matter of correctly defining fear itself, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux writes in a new essay published in Proceedings of the...
View ArticleStudy provides first evidence of common brain code for space, time, distance
A new Dartmouth study provides the first evidence that people use the same brain circuitry to figure out space, time and social distances.
View ArticleNew fruitfly sleep gene promotes the need to sleep
All creatures great and small, including fruitflies, need sleep. Researchers have surmised that sleep – in any species—is necessary for repairing proteins, consolidating memories, and removing wastes...
View ArticleResearchers discover new hormone receptors to target when treating breast cancer
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. For patients whose breast cancers are hormone-dependent, current treatment...
View ArticleEvidence that shivering and exercise may convert white fat to brown
A new study suggests that shivering and bouts of moderate exercise are equally capable of stimulating the conversion of energy-storing 'white fat' into energy-burning 'brown fat'.
View ArticleMRIs help predict which atrial fibrillation patients will benefit from...
A new type of contrast MRI can predict which heart patients with atrial fibrillation are most likely to benefit from a treatment called catheter ablation, according to a landmark multi-center study...
View ArticleMediterranean diet linked with lower risk of heart disease among young US...
Among a large group of Midwestern firefighters, greater adherence to Mediterranean-style diet was associated with lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new study led by...
View ArticleHeart disease warning at age 18
Elevated blood pressure as young as age 18 is a warning sign of cardiovascular disease developing later in life and the time to begin prevention, according to a large national Northwestern Medicine...
View ArticleBrain scans show we take risks because we can't stop ourselves
A new study correlating brain activity with how people make decisions suggests that when individuals engage in risky behavior, such as drunk driving or unsafe sex, it's probably not because their...
View ArticleTaking statins to lower cholesterol? New guidelines
Clinicians and patients should use shared decision-making to select individualized treatments based on the new guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a commentary by three Mayo...
View ArticleYour memory is no video camera, it edits the past with present experiences
Your memory is a wily time traveler, plucking fragments of the present and inserting them into the past, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study. In terms of accuracy, it's no video camera.
View ArticleTen pharmaceutical giants join US research initiative
Government researchers will collaborate with 10 large pharmaceutical companies on a $230 million initiative to speed development of new medications for major diseases, the US National Institutes of...
View ArticleChinese scientists report first human death associated with new bird flu virus
Tests on tracheal swab samples established that the virus was a new genetic reassortment avian-origin H10N8 virus (JX346). Whole genome sequencing indicated that all the genes of the virus were of...
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