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Foot specialist explains steps to be taken to mitigate foot-related issues

Most Americans will have walked 75,000 miles by the time they reach the age of 50 – the equivalent of trekking around the Earth on the equator three times – an amazing feat.

23 Aug 2018

Single neuron in fruit fly triggers new behavior and also suppresses antagonistic behavior

In the fruit fly, a single pair of brain neurons command backward locomotion in both larvae and adults, researchers report.

23 Aug 2018

Rush University Medical Center opens Angelman Syndrome Clinic

Rush University Medical Center and the Angelman Syndrome Foundation, a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Aurora, Ill., announced the official opening of the Angelman Syndrome Clinic at Rush Children's Hospital.

23 Aug 2018

Open plan offices increase employee physical activity and lower stress

Open plan offices mean lot of walking around compared to partitioned cubicles. A new study of US government employees has now shown that these open plan offices can increase employee physical activity by up to 20 percent compared to those who worked within walled cubicles.

22 Aug 2018

New study sheds light on exactly how animals follow smells

Most animals have a keen sense of smell, which assists them in everyday tasks. Now, a new study led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine sheds light on exactly how animals follow smells.

21 Aug 2018

Chronic perinatal hypoxia linked to locomotor miscoordination, long-term cerebellar learning deficits

Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in the form of alterations to cerebellar white matter at the cellular and the physiological levels. Now, an experimental model of this chronic hypoxia reveals that those cellular alterations have behavioral consequences.

18 Aug 2018

Exercise reduces symptoms and fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease

Just 12 weeks of aerobic and strength-based exercise reduces symptoms and levels of fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease, a study in Leicester has found.

16 Aug 2018

Parental life span linked with increased longevity and health in daughters

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that women whose mothers lived to at least age 90 were more likely to also live to 90, free of serious diseases and disabilities.

15 Aug 2018

Seven activities that prevent you from getting quality sleep during summer

Summer is the season of barbeque, beach trips, and some of the simplest joys of life, but if you're not careful, it can also be the lone enemy of one of the most important joys of them all: sleep.

15 Aug 2018

Research discoveries reveal insights behind neurological degeneration

Research discoveries revealing the genetic causes of neurological degeneration could be a key to slowing the progression of devastating diseases.

14 Aug 2018

Cycling provides greatest health benefits, study finds

How do transport modes influence people's health? A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, a center supported by the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, has concluded that cycling is the mode of transport associated with the greatest health benefits: better self-perceived general health, better mental health and fewer feelings of loneliness.

13 Aug 2018

Robotic walking frame aims to help maintain mobility of older adults

A robotic walking frame that could help older people recover more quickly after a fall or injury, reducing the length of time they need to stay in hospital, is being developed in partnership with researchers at Northumbria University, Newcastle.

13 Aug 2018

FDA approves first targeted RNA-based treatment for rare, fatal genetic disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Onpattro (patisiran) infusion for the treatment of peripheral nerve disease (polyneuropathy) caused by hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR) in adult patients.

10 Aug 2018

Physical activity can help reduce risk of heart disease in older adults

Adults in their early 60s, who spend less time sitting and more time engaged in light to vigorous physical activity, benefit with healthier levels of heart and vessel disease markers, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

9 Aug 2018

Long term effects of Zika virus exposure during pregnancy studied

Zika is a mosquito borne virus that can be dangerous in pregnant women as it can cause severe congenital malformations and damage to the baby. The extent of danger however is not known and a large study followed children who were exposed to this virus during their time within the womb.

7 Aug 2018

New robotic soft spider can move and operate at smaller size scales

Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access natural and man-made environments, such as in delicate surgical procedures in the human body, or in spaces too small and unpredictable to be conquered with rigid robots or too dangerous for humans to work with rigid robots in.

7 Aug 2018

Research: Having large muscle size could 'outweigh' poor muscle quality in CKD patients

The size of muscles in patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease could be more important to maintaining good physical performance than muscle quality, new research has shown.

6 Aug 2018

Cedars-Sinai offers free exercise classes to help seniors avoid falls and loneliness

At a recent workout in Los Angeles, twenty shadow boxers throw their fists in the air, shouting and counting their punches.

6 Aug 2018

ERAS pathway helps enhance a mother's recovery after cesarean delivery

A new enhanced recovery after surgery process - also known as ERAS - has been developed and implemented at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to help enhance a mother's recovery after a cesarean delivery, one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States.

3 Aug 2018

Study: People exposed to even low level of air pollution have serious changes in heart

Researchers have found that people exposed to air pollution levels well within UK guidelines have changes in the structure of the heart, similar to those seen in the early stages of heart failure.

3 Aug 2018