Contact: Jennifer Gundersen jeg2034@med.cornell.edu 646-317-7402 Weill Cornell Medical College Pattern of brain activity points to possible neural circuit switched on by drug and may identify...
Contact: Sarah Avery sarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – A targeted effort to help high-risk heart failure patients stay on their medications...
Contact: Riya V. Anandwala ranandwa@slu.edu 314-977-8018 Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS – Extract taken from an Asian vegetable may have therapeutic qualities to treat head...
Contact: Krista Conger kristac@stanford.edu 650-725-5371 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — Processes that age and damage skin are impeded by dilute bleach solution, according...
Contact: Juliette Savin pr@riken.jp 81-048-462-1225 RIKEN New research from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan sheds light on the role...
Contact: Dr Guy Fagherazzi Guy.FAGHERAZZI@gustaveroussy.fr 33-142-116-140 Diabetologia A study of more than 60 000 women has shown that higher overall acidity of the diet, regardless...
Contact: Dr Christopher McDevitt christopher.mcdevitt@adelaide.edu.au 61-449-823-946 University of Adelaide Australian researchers have found that zinc can 'starve' one of the world's most deadly bacteria by...
Contact: Kurtis Pivertkpivert@asn-online.org 202-699-0238American Society of Nephrology Atlanta, GA (November 9, 2013)—Three new studies suggest that controlling dietary acid intake could help improve kidney health....
Contact: Donna Krupa dkrupa@the-aps.org American Physiological Society Bethesda, Md. (Nov. 7, 2013)—Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—a health problem in which the lungs lose their inherent springiness,...
Contact: Craig Andrews craig.andrews@nyumc.org 212-404-3511 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Findings suggest bacterial disturbances in the gut may play...
Scientists have discovered that bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent flu. Could this be the next superfood? The research, which assesses the...
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research The death of retinal ganglion cells is a hallmark of many opticneurodegenerative diseases such as glaucoma...
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research Ursolic acid (chemical name 3-hydroxy-12- ursen-28-oic acid) is a triterpenoid extracted from natural plant-based drugs, and...
Contact: Liz Hunter ehunter@uw.edu 206-616-3192 The JAMA Network Journals Bottle feeding appears to increase the risk infants will develop hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), a form...
Contact: Jyrki Virtanen jyrki.virtanen@uef.fi 358-294-454-542 University of Eastern Finland According to a new study, high long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content in blood may lower...
Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California - San Diego Increased vitamin D levels may prevent a wide range of diseases, according to recent...