Public Release: 24-Jul-2017   New research shows that the overfat pandemic is alarmingly prevalent in developed countries where up to 90 percent of adult males and 50 percent children may suffer from this condition Frontiers   Caption Rather than thinking… Read More ›

Public Release: 5-Jul-2017   Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News   IMAGE: The new journal, Gender and the Genome, the official journal of The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine, fills a unique niche in medical publishing. Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.,… Read More ›

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017   ‘A trade in people’ with learning disabilities and/or autism has been uncovered by a partnership of activists, families and Lancaster University academics. Lancaster University Caption ‘A trade in people’ with learning disabilities and/or autism has been… Read More ›

Public Release: 15-Jun-2017   Monitoring for these mutations could enable timely response to prevent pandemic PLOS   IMAGE: Three amino acid changes promote binding to human-type receptors by H7N9 HA. Credit: de Vries RP, et al. (2017) An international team… Read More ›

Public Release: 5-Jun-2017   University of Florida   GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For decades, aspirin has been widely used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems. Now, a team led by a University of Florida Health researcher has found that aspirin… Read More ›

Public Release: 11-May-2017   Sam Houston State University   HUNTSVILLE, TX (5/11/17) — A low resting heart rate, which has been linked to aggression and violent offending, has been implicated in stalking behavior in males, according to a recent study…. Read More ›

Public Release: 4-May-2017 Lessons in inhumanity   Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Did Nazi-era physicians study medical ethics? Does the concept of medical ethics exist independently of political systems? These were the questions driving Dr. Florian Bruns of Charité – Universitätsmedizin… Read More ›

Public Release: 4-Apr-2017   McMaster University Hamilton, Ont. (April 4, 2017) – In a landmark study, researchers at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University have found that providing clinical (low) doses of penicillin to pregnant mice and their offspring… Read More ›

Public Release: 28-Mar-2017 Wiley A new paper published in the Annals of Neurology reports the most common neurological diseases pose a serious annual financial burden for the nation. The report notes that the current estimated annual cost to American society… Read More ›

Public Release: 16-Mar-2017 Wiley A new article explores how the double burden of malnutrition and the global obesity epidemic may be reshaping obstetrical difficulties experienced by women. Malnutrition in socioeconomically challenged populations can alter growth and reduce both stature and… Read More ›

Public Release: 3-Mar-2017   A type of drug used to treat weak bones is associated with an increased risk of ‘micro-cracks’ in bone, according to new research Imperial College London   A type of drug used to treat weak bones… Read More ›

Public Release: 14-Feb-2017 Traditional Chinese medicine in HIV cure issue of AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News   Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 14, 2017–A special issue on progress toward… Read More ›

  McMaster University   Sedentary older adults with no genetic risk factors for dementia may be just as likely to develop the disease as those who are genetically predisposed, according to a major study which followed more than 1,600 Canadians… Read More ›

Public Release: 20-Dec-2016   Four or more weekly servings seem to have greatest impact, findings suggest BMJ   A high dietary intake of cured and processed meats, such as ham and salami, is linked to worsening asthma symptoms, reveals research… Read More ›

Public Release: 13-Dec-2016 American death rate from drugs, alcohol, and mental disorders nearly triples since 1980 Novel study examines mortality in over 3,100 US counties, revealing substantial geographic differences among many causes of death Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation… Read More ›

Public Release: 12-Dec-2016   The JAMA Network Journals   About 1 in 6 adults in the United States reported taking psychiatric drugs at least once during 2013, according to a new research letter published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. Thomas… Read More ›

Public Release: 1-Dec-2016   University of Wisconsin-Madison   MADISON, Wis. — It’s clear that your working memory — which holds attention on small things of short-term importance — works, or you wouldn’t be able to remember a new phone number… Read More ›

Public Release: 21-Nov-2016   Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain University of Cambridge   Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain, using a combination of artificial intelligence and brain… Read More ›

Public Release: 6-Oct-2016 Penn Vet-CHOP partnership probes link between cattle and Crohn’s disease University of Pennsylvania Researchers still have a lot to learn about Crohn’s disease, a chronic form of inflammatory bowel disorder that affects as many as 700,000 Americans…. Read More ›

Canadian Patients Fight Forced Electroshock By DARRYL GREER       VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) — A retired nurse, a Harvard-educated musician and others sued British Columbia this week, claiming it forcibly subjects mental health patients to electroconvulsive therapy and drugs with dangerous… Read More ›

Public Release: 6-Sep-2016   Australian National University IMAGE: This image shows Associate Professor Suhail Doi (left) and Dr. Luis Furuya-Kanamori from the Research School of Population Health at The Australian National University. Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Research led by The… Read More ›