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Researchers identify the missing link in post-exercise boost to brain function

A discovery about how exercise improves brain function could be harnessed for research into ageing, and boosting learning and memory.

26 Mar 2019

Children more likely to suffer PTSD when they think negatively about their trauma

Children are more likely to suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder if they think their reaction to traumatic events is not 'normal' - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

26 Mar 2019

UA researchers are developing new method to make drinking water safer

For decades, manmade chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, were used in everything from carpets to frying pans to firefighting chemicals for their ability to repel water and oil.

26 Mar 2019

VCU researchers home in on microRNA processing for new cancer therapies

More than a decade of research on the mda-7/IL-24 gene has shown that it helps to suppress a majority of cancer types, and now scientists are focusing on how the gene drives this process by influencing microRNAs.

26 Mar 2019

Causes of diabetes decline or disappear when ‘zombie cells’ are removed, shows study

Mayo Clinic researchers and their collaborators have shown that when senescent cells -- also known as "zombie cells" -- are removed from fat tissue in obese mice, severity of diabetes and a range of its causes or consequences decline or disappear. The findings appear in Aging Cell.

26 Mar 2019

Discrimination, PTSD linked to high preterm-birth rates among African-American women

African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Such births often coincide with low birth weight, and together are linked to other developmental delays and health effects believed responsible for almost one-fifth of infant deaths nationwide.

26 Mar 2019

Privacy concerns prevent men from getting tested and treated for HIV

Privacy concerns linked to both health facilities and providers are major barriers to increasing the number of men who are tested and treated for HIV in Cote d'Ivoire, suggests new Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs research. CCP is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

26 Mar 2019

Researchers find little evidence for connection between Chinese Famine and T2DM epidemic

The Chinese Famine of 1959-61 has been widely interpreted as an important contributor to later epidemics of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitis, but in re-examining 17 related Chinese studies researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Leiden University Medical Center, found little evidence for this association.

26 Mar 2019

Researchers uncover mechanism that initiates sexual organs maturation

Puberty is a period of extensive changes of body morphology and function. As much as we are familiar with these life-altering changes, relatively little is known about what sets the whole process in motion.

26 Mar 2019

Community pharmacy-based type 2 diabetes screening could increase early diagnosis

Community pharmacies are well placed to screen patients for type 2 diabetes, which could increase early diagnosis and significantly reduce NHS costs - according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Boots UK.

26 Mar 2019

Mothers of fussy infants have greater odds of experiencing depressive symptoms

It's no secret that fussy newborns can be especially challenging for parents already facing physical and mental exhaustion from caring for a new baby.

26 Mar 2019

Women exposed to deepwater horizon oil spill continue to experience PTSD symptoms

A study led by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health reports that women exposed to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill continue to experience symptoms of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. The results are published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, now available online.

26 Mar 2019

People under age 50 with hearing loss more likely to misuse alcohol and drugs

People under age 50 with hearing loss misuse prescription opioids at twice the rate of their hearing peers, and are also more likely to misuse alcohol and other drugs, a new national study finds.

26 Mar 2019

BU researchers identify biomarker and possible new therapy for melanoma

Researchers have identified a biomarker and a possible new therapy for melanoma.

26 Mar 2019

Novel hydrogel provides better cell encapsulation and delivery

Tissue engineering is a medical solution that uses living cells to repair or replace structural tissue, such as blood vessels, bone, cartilage, etc.

26 Mar 2019

Research shows financial and quality-of-life toll of intravenous therapy on parents, caregivers

When treating patients, doctors sometimes overlook how their decisions impact a world they never see: a patient's home life. In the case of some serious infections in children, oral antimicrobial drugs are just as good at treating these ailments at home as the standard, intravenous medications.

26 Mar 2019

Synthetic biological logic gate could one day be used to modify cellular function

Genes in living cells are activated - or not - by proteins called transcription factors. The mechanisms by which these proteins activate certain genes and deactivate others play a fundamental role in many biological processes.

26 Mar 2019

New research aims to turn worms against parasite-associated cancer

Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related malnourishment.

26 Mar 2019

Study highlights the need to pay more attention on specific nutritional needs of female athletes

As poor nutrition can negatively affect everything from bone to reproductive health, more attention needs to be paid to the specific nutritional needs of female athletes, a collaborative study from New Zealand's University of Otago and University of Waikato argues.

26 Mar 2019

Higher levels of sex hormones in older men related to lower biological age

Older men tend to have lower biological age if they have higher levels of sex hormones, particularly the estradiol form of estrogen, a large new study from Australia finds.

26 Mar 2019

Research News and Research

Researchers identify the missing link in post-exercise boost to brain function

Children more likely to suffer PTSD when they think negatively about their trauma

UA researchers are developing new method to make drinking water safer

VCU researchers home in on microRNA processing for new cancer therapies

Causes of diabetes decline or disappear when ‘zombie cells’ are removed, shows study

Discrimination, PTSD linked to high preterm-birth rates among African-American women

Privacy concerns prevent men from getting tested and treated for HIV

Researchers find little evidence for connection between Chinese Famine and T2DM epidemic

Researchers uncover mechanism that initiates sexual organs maturation

Community pharmacy-based type 2 diabetes screening could increase early diagnosis

Mothers of fussy infants have greater odds of experiencing depressive symptoms

Women exposed to deepwater horizon oil spill continue to experience PTSD symptoms

People under age 50 with hearing loss more likely to misuse alcohol and drugs

BU researchers identify biomarker and possible new therapy for melanoma

Novel hydrogel provides better cell encapsulation and delivery

Research shows financial and quality-of-life toll of intravenous therapy on parents, caregivers

Synthetic biological logic gate could one day be used to modify cellular function

New research aims to turn worms against parasite-associated cancer

Study highlights the need to pay more attention on specific nutritional needs of female athletes

Higher levels of sex hormones in older men related to lower biological age

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