A study published in the July edition of Genome Biology says genetic matter, previously ignored by the scientific community, may play an important role in cancer.
The study by the St. Laurent Institute, a non-profit medical research institute focused on the systems biology of disease, a...
A good night's sleep boosts the benefits of a healthy lifestyle on the heart, according to a new large study from the Netherlands published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology on Wednesday. The researchers found that not smoking, regular exercise, a healthy diet, and moderate...
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She has millions of young girls who adore her from her TV Show Hannah Montana. Not to mention the fact that she's a singer in real life too, meaning she has those fans as well. It's just everything she does that makes her a bad role model:
- Eating cakes with "private parts" on them
- Flashing...
Slowdowns in the transport and delivery of nutrients, proteins and signaling molecules within nerve cells may contribute to the development of the neurodegenerative disorder ALS, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The researchers showed how a...
Females play a larger role in determining paternity than previously thought, say biologists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Their findings are the subject of a new paper titled “Female mediation of competitive fertilization success in Drosophila melanogaster,” published...
The bacteria that live in the human gut may play an important role in immune response to vaccines and infection by wild-type enteric organisms, according to two recent studies resulting from a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland School of Medicine Institute for Genome...
It's time to expand the models for blood pressure regulation, according to clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D. Titze and his colleagues have identified a new cast of cells and molecules that function in the skin to control sodium balance and blood pressure. "Hypertension research has...
Medical emergencies during commercial airline travel can be a frightening experience, but most situations are well-treated by other passengers and flight attendants, in collaboration with consulting physicians on the ground. A University of Pittsburgh study published in the New England Journal...
Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say "yes" when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE...
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Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the bodies of most Americans...
San Diego Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin has been suspended eight games and fined an undisclosed amount for his role in the bench-clearing brawl between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. Major League Baseball made the announcement on Friday night, confirming a report by Yahoo...
Scientists at Harvard may have new hope for anyone who's tried to fight the battle of the bulge. New research, conducted in collaboration with researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, has found that the gut microbes of mice undergo drastic changes following gastric bypass surgery. Transfer...
Ugh Tiger Woods, amirite ladies? I don't like being that person who just writes someone off as a horrible human being based on an extreme media characterization. At the same time, I think we're all in agreement that Tiger Woods was a horrible husband and general jerk. Does that mean that he...
We’re less than three weeks away from opening day and the Cincinnati Reds still have no idea whether they're going through with moving Aroldis Chapman into the starting rotation or keeping him in the closer's role.
A little alarming? Maybe?
Not that we’re rushing them, though, or have...
A report by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) and the RCHN Community Health Foundation offers the first-ever in-depth examination of health centers' role in access to family planning. The report finds that virtually all health centers furnish...
Studied for decades for their essential role in making proteins within cells, several amino acids known as tRNA synthetases were recently found to have an unexpected - and critical - additional role in cancer metastasis in a study conducted collaboratively in the labs of Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D...