Few people at risk for heart disease understand food labels
Public Release: 28-Aug-2018 Survey reveals gaps in use and awareness of important nutritional information European Society of Cardiology An Irish survey of 200 men...
Bribing bacteria to play nicely is good for everyone
Public Release: 9-Aug-2018Salk scientists find that common dietary elements cure lethal infections, eliminating the need for antibioticsSalk InstituteCaptionSalk scientists find that common dietary elements cure...
Why being left-handed matters for mental health treatment
Public Release: 18-Jun-2018Cornell UniversityITHACA, N.Y. - Treatment for the most common mental health problems could be ineffective or even detrimental to about 50 percent of...
Daily egg consumption may reduce cardiovascular disease
Public Release: 21-May-2018 Having an egg a day could reduce risk of stroke by 26 percent BMJ People who consume an egg a day could...
Cancer comes back all jacked up on stem cells
Public Release: 19-Mar-2018 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus IMAGE: Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD, and University of Colorado Cancer Center colleagues analyze three tumor...
Is your stress changing my brain?
Public Release: 8-Mar-2018 University of Calgary researchers discover stress isn't just contagious; it alters the brain on a cellular level University of Calgary In...
US cancer treatment guidelines ‘often based on weak evidence’
Public Release: 7-Mar-2018 Findings question the underlying evidence for current guidelines BMJ Cancer treatment guidelines produced by the US National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)...
High total cholesterol in late old age may be marker of protective factor
Public Release: 5-Mar-2018 Risk of cognitive decline reduced for people 85 and older with high cholesterol High total cholesterol in late old age may be...
Ibuprofen in the first three months of pregnancy may harm future fertility of baby girls
Public Release: 1-Feb-2018 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Caption This is ovarian tissue that has been exposed to ibuprofen for seven days....
Our mitochondria are optimized to run at 122 degrees Fahrenheit ?
Public Release: 25-Jan-2018 Do our mitochondria run at 50 degrees C? PLOS Windows Live Blog Caption Left: Mitochondria of human cells illuminated by the thermo-sensitive...
Cycling does not damage men’s sexual or urinary functions
Public Release: 11-Jan-2018 New study in The Journal of Urology® finds that cardiovascular benefits of recreational or intense cycling outweigh the risks of negatively...
Malnutrition frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated among hospital patients
Public Release: 9-Jan-2018 More than 40 years on, the skeleton is still rattling in the hospital closet. Healthcare professionals present the latest studies on...
1500 years ago Life Expectancy was about 70 not 40
Public Release: 3-Jan-2018 Redefining knowledge of elderly people throughout history Australian National University An archaeologist from The Australian National University (ANU) is set to redefine...
Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world’s population
Public Release: 8-Nov-2017 But range from 48 seconds in Bangladesh to 22.5 minutes in Sweden BMJ Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes...
Caffeine consumption may help kidney disease patients live longer
Public Release: 3-Nov-2017 American Society of Nephrology Highlights In patients with chronic kidney disease, there was a dose-dependent inverse association between caffeine consumption and...
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
Public Release: 30-Oct-2017 Egg-based production causes virus to target bird cells, making vaccine less effective Scripps Research Institute IMAGE: The L194P egg-adaptive mutation...
Inflammation trains the skin to heal faster
Public Release: 18-Oct-2017 Rockefeller University IMAGE: Stem cells (green) migrate into a three-day-old wound to repair it. Credit: Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and...
Even open-label placebos work — if they are explained
Public Release: 26-Sep-2017 University of Basel For some medical complaints, open-label placebos work just as well as deceptive ones. As psychologists from the University...
Sleep deprivation is an effective anti-depressant for nearly half of depressed patients
Public Release: 19-Sep-2017 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Sleep deprivation -- typically administered in controlled, inpatient settings -- rapidly reduces symptoms...
CBD may protect against psychiatric risk from high-THC cannabis strains
Public Release: 6-Sep-2017 IU neuroscientists find cannabidiol reduces symptoms such as impaired memory in adolescent mice simultaneously exposed to THC Indiana University IMAGE: A...