New Study Shows Brain stimulation Counteracts Dangerous Side Effect of Seizures
In a newly published study, neurologists from Yale University have reawakened rats after seizures by stimulating parts of the brain involved in conscious awareness. The…
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Study Shows Low level Drinking Not Associated with Higher Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes
Newly published research shows that low to moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk of specific birth outcomes and measures…
Research Shows There is a Medical Benefit to Reducing D2B Time
Newly published research reveals that doctors and emergency medical personnel have reduced the amount of time it takes to treat emergency heart patients, and shows…
Yale Researchers Develop Method to Attack Cancer at Its Source
A team of researchers at Yale University has developed a therapeutic molecule that both targets the acidic microenvironments of tumors and penetrates cells to deliver…
American Obesity Costs the Nation Billions in Lost Productivity
A new study from Yale University provides state-level estimates of obesity-attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in the United States, finding that the total…
New Gene-Editing Technique Could Prove to be an Effective Technique for Blocking HIV
Using CRISPR Cas technology, researchers genetically ‘edit’ human blood stem cells to create what could prove to be an effective technique for blocking HIV. Harvard…
Muscle Mass and Chronic Kidney Disease
A newly published study from Yale University reveals that muscle mass is not as accurate a predictor of chronic kidney disease outcomes as previously thought….
Human Body Weight Influenced by Microbes in the Gut
New research from King’s College London and Cornell University reveals that genetic makeup influences whether people are fat or thin by shaping which types of…
New Algorithm Analyzes Carbon Dioxide to Help Determine How to Treat Patients
Researchers from MIT, Harvard Medical School and the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia have developed a new algorithm that can, with high accuracy, determine whether…
Engineered Liposomes: A Possible Alternative to Antibiotics
By engineering artificial nanoparticles made of lipids, scientists have developed a treatment for bacterial infections without using antibiotics. Scientists from the University of Bern have…
A Direct Link between Climate Change and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases
A team of researchers has established a direct link between climate change and the emergence of infectious diseases, showing a correlation between epidemic peaks and…
Noninvasive Technique Measures Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
A new noninvasive technique objectively measures fruit and vegetable consumption, helping nutritionists and medical professionals measure and improve the diets of children and adults. A…
Targeted Chemotherapy Delivery Could Kill Tumor Cells More Effectively
New research shows that delivering chemotherapy directly into the brain cavity may kill tumor cells in the brain more effectively and avoid side effects. Every…
Targeted Isolation May Be the Most Effective Way to Reduce Transmission of Ebola
New research led by the Yale School of Public Health shows that isolating 75% of infected individuals in critical condition within four days of symptom…
Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Reverse Age-Related Memory Decline in Older Adults
A new study from Columbia University Medical Center shows that dietary cocoa flavanols reverse age-related memory decline in healthy older adults. New York, New York…
Yale Scientists Reveal Ebola Epidemic in Africa Poised to Explode
An international team of scientists has developed a new mathematical transmission model of the Ebola disease and applied it to Liberia’s most populous county, revealing…
New Evidence of a Possible Link Between Diabetes and the Hardening of Heart Valves
By directly viewing the effect of high blood-sugar levels on heart-valve cell metabolism for the first time, bioengineers have found new evidence of a possible…
Scientists Discover Protein That Can Accelerate Recovery
New research from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals how a unique protein found in human bone marrow can drive stem cells to repair our…
