Diets High in Fructose Lead to Overeating
Scientists have shown, using imaging tests, that fructose can trigger brain changes that lead to overeating. They found that after drinking a fructose beverage, the…
Scientists have shown, using imaging tests, that fructose can trigger brain changes that lead to overeating. They found that after drinking a fructose beverage, the…
A change in the official psychiatric guidelines for depression has raised fears that grief over the death of a loved one could be classified as…
According to a new study from researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, galactic cosmic radiation poses a…
Back in 2005, doctors at a remote hospital in the village of Tugela Ferry, South Africa, were puzzled when patients with HIV, who were initially…
The UK has planned to fully sequence the genome of 100,000 Britons with cancer and rare diseases in an effort to decode their DNA, and…
Studies conducted at several medical schools and institutions, show that researchers may be closer to finding a treatment for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s…
Scientists have discovered a protein that seems to protect animals from cancer and other deficiencies of old age, with no downsides. The research on protein…
A newly published study from Yale University scientists could lead to the development of new therapies aimed at restoring the signaling balance in the pulmonary…
More than a decade after the sizzle of genomics investments has faded, Amgen, an American biotechnology giant, is buying out one of the field’s most…
Smoking isn’t healthy, but a new study has shown strong evidence that tobacco use can chemically modify and affect the activity of genes known to…
Driving over speed bumps could help doctors diagnose whether patients are suffering from acute appendicitis. The scientists published their findings in the journal BMJ. The…
After a high-level meeting this week, work on the avian influenza H5N1 virus will probably continue by people who are not NIH funded. This is…
A new study has indicated that the number of years of healthy living lost as a result of people eating too much outweighs the number…
In order to help surgeons come up with a way to distinguish brain tumors from healthy tissue, scientists are trying to use a scorpion protein….
The American Medical Association recommends that moderate tea or coffee drinking will likely have no ill effect on health, as long as people live a…
Using novel high-throughput screening techniques to overcome the problems of resistance and partial response to single-drug cancer therapy in patients with melanoma, Yale scientists identified…
Using X-rays from SLAC’s Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, scientists have deciphered the three-dimensional molecular structure of a very promising drug target in H. pylori, the…
The novel coronavirus which was discovered this summer in the Middle East might infect more than just human patients. The pathogen is closely related to…