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Discovery of a Zika antibody offers hope for a vaccine: A research team based at The Rockefeller University has identified a potent new weapon against the Zika virus in the blood of people who have been infected by it. This discovery could lead to new ways of fighting the disease, including a vaccine.
UT Health San Antonio team cures diabetes in mice without side effects: A potential cure for Type 1 diabetes looms on the horizon in San Antonio, and the novel approach would also allow Type 2 diabetics to stop insulin shots.
Scientists find skin cells at the root of balding, gray hair: UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified the cells that directly give rise to hair as well as the mechanism that causes hair to turn gray – findings that could one day help identify possible treatments for balding and hair graying.
Survey finds colorectal cancer reported more commonly in individuals with unhealthy lifestyle: A Cleveland Clinic colon cancer risk assessment survey found that respondents who exercised more, followed a healthy diet and did not smoke were less likely to have a personal history of colorectal cancer or colon polyps. The online risk analysis, which has had more than 27,000 responses from around […]
How one drug could affect pain, memory and nicotine addiction: Although pain, memory and nicotine addiction may not seem to be related, they actually share a common player: the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. That’s why Texas A&M researchers are working to develop drugs to enhance the function of these receptors in the brain, which could have three very different applications: easing pain, […]
4 in 10 People Will Suffer Arthritic Hands Over Lifetime: If you have stiff, aching fingers and hands, you’re not alone — a new study reports that 40 percent of people will be affected by the pain of arthritis in at least one hand. The rate seen in the new research is “just slightly below the percentage of osteoarthritis seen […]
Weight-Loss Procedure Makes Stomach into ‘Accordion’ Without Surgery: A new, nonsurgical weight-loss procedure — which involves inserting a tube down a patient’s throat and suturing the stomach — is safe and effective, a new study finds. During the procedure, which is called endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, doctors insert a long tube down a patient’s esophagus to the stomach. Then, they sew “pleats” […]
Three quarters of rice products sold as baby food found to contain illegal levels of arsenic:Parents should avoid giving rice to young children, scientists have said, after a new study found almost three quarters of rice-based products sold as baby food contain illegal levels of arsenic.
Botox and ketamine could help treat depression, study finds: Ketamine and Botox appear to reduce rates of depression, according to a new study. Researchers in California studied a US database in which adverse effects of drugs were reported. They found that depression among more than 41,000 people who took ketamine to relieve pain was half as common as among those […]
Young women report symptoms of anxiety and depression significantly more likely than their male counterparts, statistics have revealed, raising concerns that a high number of young women working in low-paid and insecure jobs is leading to a severe decline in mental health.
Everyone’s made excuses for skipping exercise. It’s too cold outside, you’re too busy or you’re just too tired to get out of bed.
Better memory makes people tire of experiences more quickly : We’re fickle creatures. At least if we can remember to be, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas researcher of marketing and consumer behavior.
Study suggests menstrual-cycle syncing by women does not really happen : A team of researchers made up of the group behind the fertility app Clue and a group at Oxford University have tested the popularly held notion that when women live or work in close proximity for a span of time, they find their menstrual cycles begin to sync with […]
It’s easy to think in terms of linking genetics to behavior in simple ways. Are you calm or do you have a temper? Are you creative or analytical? Are you sociable or shy? But can heritable traits actually influence a person to frequently use social media? A recent study by a researcher at the Kent State University found that genetics […]
Results from a clinical review published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association find nearly 1 billion people worldwide may have deficient or insufficient levels of vitamin D due to chronic disease and inadequate sun exposure related to sunscreen use. The study also found that 95 percent of African American adults may have vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency. Vitamin […]
