Using cancer's fingerprint, researchers clinch a diagnosis
Rochester scientists are using a gene test to diagnose a difficult-to-detect form of bone marrow cancer – an example of how academic medical centers are applying new technology in ways that play to...
View ArticleA step toward clarification of the mechanisms of osteoporosis
In the bones supporting our bodies, calcium regulation occurs by balancing the activities of osteoclasts, which are groups of cells that increase the calcium concentration in blood by destroying bone...
View ArticleHeart failure unknowns a roadblock to managing health
Al Brommeland found a true partner in his wife Florence. Through 57 years of marriage they've proved a formidable team, swinging and bowing at square dances, kicking up dust in their clogs, and now in...
View ArticleHalf of pregnant women are passive smokers, due to their partners
As shown in a study carried out by researchers at 13 research centres in Asturias, Gipuzkoa, Sabadell and Valencia, over half of non-smoking pregnant women, 55%, are passive smokers.These women are...
View ArticleBarbie could dampen a young girl's career dreams
Although the marketing slogan suggests that Barbie can "Be Anything," girls who play with this extremely popular doll see fewer career options available to themselves compared to boys. So say Aurora...
View ArticlePromising class of antibiotics discovered for treatment of drug-resistant...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered a promising new class of antibiotics that could aid efforts to overcome drug-resistance in tuberculosis (TB), a global killer. The drugs...
View ArticleStructural and functional changes that cocaine cause in the brain favour...
Cocaine use produces structural changes in the brain reducing the volume of certain regions, and also functional changes affecting motivational and cognitive processes. These changes favour addiction....
View ArticleStudy finds high level of smoking around others at bus stops
A study of bus stops in the Wellington Region has identified high levels of smoking around other people and high levels of butt littering.
View ArticleScientists identify significant increase in new MRSA strains in non hospital...
Microbiologists from the Dental School in Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with the National MRSA Reference Laboratory at St. James's Hospital Dublin and Alere Technologies in Germany have...
View ArticleYour face says it all? Not so fast
It's a concept that had become universally understood: humans experience six basic emotions—happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise—and use the same set of facial movements to express...
View ArticleNew molecules doom proteins with kiss of death
Like mobsters following strict orders, newly engineered molecules called "ubiquibodies" can mark specific proteins inside a cell for destruction – a molecular kiss of death that is paving the way for...
View ArticleExperiential avoidance increases PTSD risk following child maltreatment
Child abuse is a reliable predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder, but not all maltreated children suffer from it, according to Chad Shenk, assistant professor of human development and family...
View ArticleWHO: 5 percent of calories should be from sugar
Just try sugar-coating this: The World Health Organization says your daily sugar intake should be just 5 percent of your total calories—half of what the agency previously recommended, according to new...
View ArticleSimilarity breeds proximity in memory, researchers find
Researchers at New York University have identified the nature of brain activity that allows us to bridge time in our memories. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Neuron,...
View ArticleBrain circuits multitask to detect, discriminate the outside world
Imagine driving on a dark road. In the distance you see a single light. As the light approaches it splits into two headlights. That's a car, not a motorcycle, your brain tells you.
View ArticleCalcium and vitamin D improve cholesterol in postmenopausal women
Calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause can improve women's cholesterol profiles. And much of that effect is tied to raising vitamin D levels, finds a new study from the Women's Health...
View ArticleAre bilingual kids more open-minded?
There are clear benefits to raising a bilingual child. But could there be some things learning a second language doesn't produce, such as a more open-minded youngster?
View ArticleDoctors hope for cure in a second baby born with HIV
A second baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment—in this instance, four hours after birth.
View ArticleALS-linked gene causes disease by changing genetic material's shape
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found one way that a recently discovered genetic mutation might cause two nasty nervous system diseases. While the affected gene may build up toxic RNA and not...
View ArticleBlocking immune system protein in mice prevents fetal brain injury, but not...
An inflammatory protein that triggers a pregnant mouse's immune response to an infection or other disease appears to cause brain injury in her fetus, but not the premature birth that was long believed...
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