Running News and Research

RSS

Groundbreaking research project shows how brain health can traverse generations

Your father's exercise routine may have made you smarter according to EU-funded researchers studying how lifestyle choices affect brain function and memory. The findings could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

5 Jan 2021

Debilitating gastrointestinal symptoms could be controlled with diet and lifestyle modifications

Findings from the Nurses' Health Study, one of the longest running studies of women's health, show that five diet and lifestyle factors, including regular exercise, can make a significant impact on gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) or heartburn symptoms.

5 Jan 2021

Researchers resolve mysteries about the function of key gene-silencing protein

A long-running debate over how an important gene-silencing protein identifies its targets has been resolved by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

4 Jan 2021

Simple bodyweight exercises are a time-efficient approach to improve cardiorespiratory fitness

Kinesiologists at McMaster University who examined the effectiveness of old-school physical training have found that simple bodyweight exercises, when performed vigorously over short periods, improve cardiorespiratory fitness.

4 Jan 2021

Study shows how human brains navigate physical space and keep track of others' location

For the first time, scientists have recorded how our brains navigate physical space and keep track of others' location. Researchers used a special backpack to wirelessly monitor the brain waves of epilepsy patients as each one walked around an empty room hunting for a hidden, two-foot spot.

24 Dec 2020

Researcher discovers seven DNA fingerprints that define cancer risk

Lifestyle, or put another way 'bad habits', is one of the textbook explanations for why some people are at higher risk for cancer.

23 Dec 2020

Molecular reporters produce fluorescence to expose the allies of tumor cells

Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults. Roughly five in every 100,000 people develop this type of cancer each year.

23 Dec 2020

California’s COVID enforcement strategy: Education over citations

Nearly six months since Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to target businesses that are flagrantly violating public health orders to control the spread of COVID-19, California regulators have issued just 424 citations and suspended two business licenses as of Monday, according to data from 10 state regulatory and law enforcement agencies.

22 Dec 2020

Democrats are running hard on health care in Georgia’s Senate runoffs. Republicans? Not so much.

Vice President Mike Pence was the clear celebrity draw at a Nov. 20 campaign event for Georgia's two incumbent U.S. senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Both Republicans are fighting to keep their seats against two Democratic challengers in the runoff election set for Jan. 5.

22 Dec 2020

Surprise! Congress takes steps to curb unexpected medical bills

Most Americans tell pollsters they're worried about being able to afford an unexpected medical bill.

22 Dec 2020

Everyday physical activities are less intensive than organized sports, shows study

In spring 2020, when soccer and sports clubs closed for sever-al weeks due to the Corona pandemic, children and adoles-cents looked for alternative physical activities.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers use a video game to identify and evaluate the degree of ADHD

Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as the protagonist, researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, in its Spanish acronym), among other institutions, have developed a platform that allows the identification and evaluation of the degree of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.

21 Dec 2020

Running News and Research

Groundbreaking research project shows how brain health can traverse generations

Debilitating gastrointestinal symptoms could be controlled with diet and lifestyle modifications

Researchers resolve mysteries about the function of key gene-silencing protein

Simple bodyweight exercises are a time-efficient approach to improve cardiorespiratory fitness

Study shows how human brains navigate physical space and keep track of others' location

Researcher discovers seven DNA fingerprints that define cancer risk

Molecular reporters produce fluorescence to expose the allies of tumor cells

California’s COVID enforcement strategy: Education over citations

Democrats are running hard on health care in Georgia’s Senate runoffs. Republicans? Not so much.

Surprise! Congress takes steps to curb unexpected medical bills

Everyday physical activities are less intensive than organized sports, shows study

Researchers use a video game to identify and evaluate the degree of ADHD

Impoverished children exposed to nurturing care have higher IQ scores in adolescence

Study may help explain how COVID-19 increases stroke risk

Researchers use machine intelligence to improve brain-mapping technique

Novel device may help restore total eye function

RunEASI's wearable can help runners avoid and recover from injuries

SwRI is developing machine vision tool to improve military medical training

Penn State engineers find link between nitric oxide expressing neurons and arterial dilation

Mild exercise habits during development could prevent schizophrenia, study reveals

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

Applications Engineer

Latest News