New data indicate rise in opioid use for migraine treatment
An increasing number of Americans are using opioids to treat their migraine headaches, despite the fact that opioids are not …
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Internal body fat is significant to the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Excess internal body fat is a key driver for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type-2 diabetes (T2D), a …
How deep space travel could affect the brain
Exposure to chronic, low dose radiation—the conditions present in deep space—causes neural and behavioral impairments in mice, researchers report in …
Climate change will raise Florida’s risks of brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating bacteria
When it’s blisteringly hot outside, splashing in the ocean, a lake or even a swimming pool is a popular way …
To understand how people think, look to their actions, not their words
Actions not only speak louder than words, they also happen first and faster, Stanford psychologist Barbara Tversky says. Catching a …
Monthly lifestyle counseling tied to better outcomes for patients with diabetes
For primary care physicians caring for patients with type 2 diabetes, it’s a familiar conversation: Exercise. Improve your diet. Lose …
Old cells, new tricks—important clue to AML diagnosis and cure discovered
Around 22,000 people will be diagnosed this year in the US with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the second most common …
p53 mutations in 10,000 cancer patients shed new light on gene’s function
One of the most extensively studied genes in cancer, TP53 is well known for its role as a tumor suppressor. …
DR Congo makes new push to fight year-old Ebola epidemic
An Ebola epidemic raging in eastern DR Congo marks its first year on Thursday in a mood of fear mingled …
One or the other: Why strength training might come at the expense of endurance muscles
The neurotransmitter brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts in the muscle, so that during strength training endurance muscle fiber number is …
Immune therapy takes a ‘BiTE’ out of brain cancer
Building on their research showing that an exciting new form of immunotherapy for cancer has activity in patients with glioblastoma, …
Unlocking therapies for hard-to-treat lung cancers
Now, a new Salk Institute study, published on July 24, 2019, in the journal Science Advances, shows that researchers could …
Antimalarial treatments less effective in severely malnourished children
Researchers have found that severe malnutrition is associated with lower exposure to the antimalarial drug lumefantrine in children treated with …
Cancer lab on chip to enable widespread screening, personalized treatment
A new generation of pathology labs mounted on chips is set to revolutionize the detection and treatment of cancer by …
Researchers unlock clues to improving cancer treatment
A research project led by The University of Western Australia in collaboration with Telethon Kids Institute and 13 health research …
A critical factor for wound healing
The p53 family of transcription factors (p63 and p73) plays critical roles in keratinocyte (skin cell) function. Using mouse skin …
Researchers wirelessly hack ‘boss’ gene, a step toward reprogramming the human genome
It seems like everything is going wireless these days. That now includes efforts to reprogram the human genome. A new …
Why two out of three babies are cradled on the left
Over two thirds of all people prefer to carry a baby in their left arm. The figure is as high …