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New gel reduces post-surgery scar tissue in animals

Researchers at Stanford University have found that spraying a gel on the internal tissues of animals after cardiac surgery greatly reduces adhesions, fibrous bands that form between internal organs and tissues. Adhesions can cause serious, even fatal, complications.

8 Aug 2019

New Milford Hospital’s Eating Well program offers comfort to patients and caregivers

Diane and Phil Hannah started their lifelong journey together as neighbors who would talk to each other from their bedroom windows. They were high school sweethearts before they married in 1952.

8 Aug 2019

Whole genome sequencing could give officials a powerful weapon to track disease outbreaks

Whole genome sequencing technology may give epidemiologists and healthcare workers a powerful weapon in tracking and, possibly, controlling outbreaks of serious diseases, according to a team of researchers.

8 Aug 2019

New technique helps formulate tastier low-fat potato chips

Munching on low-fat potato chips might reduce the guilt compared with full-fat versions, but many people don't find the texture as appealing.

8 Aug 2019

Few tips for packing healthy, balanced, nutritious lunches

School lunches and after-school snacks are important parts of a child's daily routine. With a little creativity, you can help make certain that your child's routine is based on healthy choices.

8 Aug 2019

Thymol antimicrobial in corn starch can help fight mosquito-borne diseases

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the major vector for many urban arboviruses, which can cause serious conditions such as dengue fever, Zika virus, Chikungunya, and yellow fever. Now, researchers have developed a cheap but effective larvicide using cornstarch.

7 Aug 2019

Eating chicken rather than red meat could lower breast cancer risk

Red meat refers to the flesh obtained from cows, pigs and lambs, that is, beef, pork and lamb/mutton respectively. These contain more of the muscle protein called myoglobin which carries oxygen to the muscle tissue, similar to hemoglobin in the blood.

7 Aug 2019

Plant-based dietary patterns may be linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease and death

Eating mostly plant-based foods and fewer animal-based foods may be linked to better heart health and a lower risk of dying from a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

7 Aug 2019

Uncovering how cyanobacteria edit their genomes

Unique editing mechanisms in cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, make them able to remove large sections of the genome to give cells the ability to fix nitrogen, when necessary.

7 Aug 2019

Study examines the utility of thyroid function screening in youth with mood and anxiety disorders

A new study from researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's looks at the prevalence of abnormal thyroid function in youth with severe mood and anxiety disorder.

6 Aug 2019

Blocking key mineral uptake could prevent gonorrhea infection

A team of researchers may have found a way to block gonorrhea infection by blocking bacterial pathogen from using zinc, an essential mineral found in many food sources.

6 Aug 2019

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences publishes ClearLLab Control Cells white paper

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has published a flow cytometry white paper to support the gating strategies behind its newly launched IVD ClearLLab Control Cells.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 6 Aug 2019

AI used to find unsafe foods using consumer product reviews

A new program can track all recalled foods based from Amazon customer reviews. Called BERT, the AI program identified thousands of recalled products with an accuracy rate of 74 percent.

6 Aug 2019

All-American hamburger doesn't contain a single ingredient that came from the US

Say you're a scientist who studies the origins and history of food, and you want to communicate to the world your findings that the all-American hamburger - including the side of fries - doesn't contain a single ingredient that originally came from the United States.

6 Aug 2019

Seaweed and kelp have potential to provide great money-making opportunities

Products from kelp have the potential to provide great money-making opportunities, but we need to know more about these possibilities before we can use them.

6 Aug 2019

Dietary intake of phosphatidylcholine linked to reduced dementia risk

A new study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland is the first to observe that dietary intake of phosphatidylcholine is associated with a reduced risk of dementia.

6 Aug 2019

Water treatment could protect 800 million from Giardia infections

Parasitic roundworm infections affect 800 million people across the globe, but thanks to water treatment, it can lead to a significant 18-percent decrease in cases.

6 Aug 2019

Whole body vibration helps reduce inflammation, thanks to the gut microbiome

Whole body vibration appears to improve many symptoms of type II diabetes mellitus, wherein glucose and destructive inflammation shoots up. The procedure helps the body use glucose as an energy source, and at the same time, modify the microbiome to fight inflammation, a new study says.

6 Aug 2019

Study shows link between mental, physical health and recidivism, reincarceration

Poor physical or mental health increases the chance that formerly incarcerated individuals will commit more crimes and return to prison, according to a groundbreaking new Rutgers University-Camden study.

6 Aug 2019

Loyola Medicine and its partners are giving patients fresh vegetables to improve their health

In an innovative program to improve the health of low-income patients, Loyola Medicine and its partners are giving patients a weekly cornucopia of fresh vegetables grown on urban farms.

5 Aug 2019