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Children born via MAR face no greater risks of emotional or behavioral problems

Children conceived through medically assisted reproduction, such as IVF, are at no more risk of developing emotional or behavioral problems than those conceived naturally according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

4 Mar 2019

Childbirth in non-hospital settings is far more dangerous than hospital deliveries

Women who give birth in non-hospital settings are three times more likely to encounter complications and perinatal mortality compared with hospital births, according to a new study presented by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and its affiliated Soroka University Medical Center.

4 Mar 2019

Research opens door to promising new treatment strategy for deadly brain tumor in children

A study published in Nature Communications found that an inhibitor of an enzyme called ACVR1 slows tumor growth and increases survival in an animal model of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma - the most deadly brain tumor in children.

4 Mar 2019

Increasing parent's lifespan improves fitness of offspring

Genetic manipulation that more than doubles lifespan also leads to better offspring - according to new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia and Uppsala University.

4 Mar 2019

Virtual support for managing stress works just as well as social support from a real person

If people facing an acute stress situation receive social support from a "human" avatar, behind which there is (or is at least perceived to be) a real person, this works just as well as social support from a real person.

4 Mar 2019

Environmental contaminants in the home have adverse effects on male fertility in humans, dogs

New research by scientists at the University of Nottingham suggests that environmental contaminants found in the home and diet have the same adverse effects on male fertility in both humans and in domestic dogs.

4 Mar 2019

Researchers aim to tackle sexually transmitted infections among young men

Researchers at the University of Southampton are set to launch a new study to help improve condom use and tackle sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young men (16-25 years).

4 Mar 2019

Sleep apnea could be linked to accumulation of Alzheimer’s disease biomarker

People with sleep apnea may be more likely to have higher accumulations of an Alzheimer’s disease biomarker called tau, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology.

4 Mar 2019

Experts issue new treatment guidelines for traumatic brain injury in children

A panel of pediatric experts has issued new treatment guidelines for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children, to help improve standards of care and rates of survival and recovery.

4 Mar 2019

Exercise has potential to improve non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Exercise has potential to improve non-motor as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including cognitive function, report investigators in a review published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

4 Mar 2019

Creating gaseous micro environments to ensure quality control of fresh food

Food has often had a long and arduous journey before it reaches our plates. In the United States, it is estimated that food typically travels between 1500 and 2500 miles between the farms where it is produced and the dinner table where it is ultimately consumed.

From Edinburgh Sensors 4 Mar 2019

New analysis highlights economic burden of dengue fever

Dengue fever is a major public health concern in many parts of South-East Asia and South America and its prevalence in Africa is thought to be expanding. Researchers have now conducted an analysis of the economic burden of dengue fever in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Cambodia.

4 Mar 2019

Universal pan-filovirus T-cell vaccine could offer protection against Ebola and Marburg

Vaccines that induce protective T-cell responses could protect against members across the filovirus family, according to a study published February 28 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Tomáš Hanke of the University of Oxford, Bette Korber of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and colleagues.

4 Mar 2019

Maternal interactions influence infant brain’s ability to detect, respond to angry vocalizations

The same brain network that adults use when they hear angry vocalizations is at work in infants as young as six months old, an effect that is strongest in infants whose mothers spend the most time controlling their behavior, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Chen Zhao of the University of Manchester, UK, and colleagues.

4 Mar 2019