(HealthDay)—Money may not buy happiness, but a bigger paycheck is good for your heart. And new research suggests the reverse is also true: When income […]
Discovery of how cells sense oxygen levels earns Nobel Prize
On the morning of Oct. 7, I woke up with the message from a colleague saying that “HIF got the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology […]
How interactions between neuronal migration and outgrowth shape network architecture
Neurons are not randomly arranged in the human brain. In the cortex, they are organized in interconnected clusters with high intrinsic connectivity. This modular connectivity […]
Research maps key signaling pathways linking calcium entry and exit in activated T cells
Like separate entrance and exit doors on a building, a cell’s outer surface has its own doors—channels, pumps, and transporters that selectively control what molecules […]
India on the frontline of the fight against tuberculosis
Credit: CC0 Public Domain All the symptoms were there but it still took four doctors and several months of waiting before Bharti Kapar’s cough and […]
Cause of paralyzing illness in kids remains elusive
(HealthDay)—There is still no clear cause for a mysterious paralytic condition that has been striking U.S. children over the past five years, government health officials […]
OTC medications commonly used in cases of attempted suicide by self-poisoning in youth
A new study from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Central Ohio Poison Center found rates of suicide attempts by self-poisoning among youth and adolescents are […]
Paralysed man walks again with brain-controlled exoskeleton
A French man paralysed in a night club accident can walk again thanks to a brain-controlled exoskeleton in what scientists said Wednesday was a breakthrough […]
Researchers discover a new way that telomerase acts to keep cancer cells multiplying
Faster cancer treatments may be possible thanks to research from Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI). Researchers were surprised to discover a new way that an […]
Medicare spends more than $6 billion on secondary fractures
(HealthDay)—Medicare could save billions of dollars if secondary fractures could be prevented with improved osteoporosis screening, according to a new National Osteoporosis Foundation report conducted […]
Sex-based differences in the development of brain hubs involved in memory and emotion
The amygdala and the hippocampus—structures in the brain that are involved in emotion, learning, and memory—have been found to play a role in a diverse […]
Care at high-volume facility may cut mortality in multiple myeloma
(HealthDay)—Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) may receive a survival benefit from being treated at high-volume facilities, according to a study published in the September issue […]
New report shows rare disease more common than previously thought
Approximately one in forty-two thousand children are born with a disease called CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, according to a new medical report recently published in the […]
No evidence that power posing works: study
Striking a power pose before an important meeting or interview is not going to boost your confidence or make you feel more powerful, says an […]