Jan 1, 2018 by News Staff

A ‘triple receptor’ drug originally created to treat type 2 diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease after researchers from China and...

Dec 30, 2017 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, women can process oxygen more quickly than men when they...

Dec 28, 2017 by News Staff

Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, is released from the brain, and known to work in the kidney, suppressing a process called diuresis. According...

Dec 25, 2017 by News Staff

According to a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, a new test that measures mRNAs or proteins in human nasal epithelial cells could...

Dec 22, 2017 by News Staff

Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe severe changes in the brain that cause memory loss. The condition affects 30-50% of the American population...

Dec 22, 2017 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are four...

Dec 21, 2017 by News Staff

A new study by University of Maryland’s Professor Patrick Kanold and co-authors is the first to identify a mechanism that could explain an early link...

Dec 18, 2017 by News Staff

A cup of hot tea a day can keep glaucoma away, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. According to Wu et al, hot tea...

Dec 14, 2017 by News Staff

The phenomenon of ‘man flu’ — a cold or similar minor ailment experienced by a man who is thought to be exaggerating the severity of the symptoms...

Dec 13, 2017 by News Staff

According to a study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, heavier alcohol use may delay sleep timing among heavy-drinking young adults; in...

Dec 12, 2017 by News Staff

The build-up of urea, also known as carbamide, in the brain to toxic levels can cause brain damage — and eventually dementia, according to new research. An...

Dec 11, 2017 by News Staff

A diet that makes one individual lean and healthy might have the complete opposite effect on another, according to a new study published in the journal...

Dec 8, 2017 by Natali Anderson

The microbial community composition on the International Space Station (ISS) is more similar to home surfaces than to the human microbiome samples, according...

Dec 6, 2017 by News Staff

Pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time — and seem to use a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do...

Dec 5, 2017 by News Staff

A new study has found that speaking text aloud helps to get words into long-term memory. Dubbed the ‘production effect,’ the study determined that...

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from Brazil and the United Kingdom has analyzed mouth-licking behavior of domestic dogs, and found that this behavior...

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

According to a new study from the Universities of Bath and Nottingham, UK, regularly eating breakfast affects fat cells by decreasing the activity of genes...

Nov 29, 2017 by News Staff

Prehistoric women that lived in Central Europe during the first 5,500 years of farming had stronger upper arms than living female rowing champions, according...

Nov 28, 2017 by News Staff

A team of researchers has found that six weeks of intense exercise — short bouts of interval training over the course of 20 minutes — showed...

Nov 27, 2017 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Dr. Masanobu Komatsu of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has identified a signaling pathway that is essential...