MEDICINE & HEALTH

Study Shows Poverty May Leave a Mark On Our Genes

MEDICINE & HEALTH 04.13.2019 07:54 AM

Study's findings challenge understandings of genes as fixed features of our biology A person born into poverty has the possibility to overcome his economic disability.

New App Forecasts Developing Hernia Risk after Abdominal Surgery

04.12.2019 13:12 PM

App uses data to tackle issues affecting patient following surgery Following abdominal surgery, a new app can predict the chances of a patient developing an incisional hernia, utilizing big data to potentially help deal with a problem that can affect one out of every eight of these surgical patients.

Brains Use Short Rest Periods to Strength Memories

04.12.2019 13:12 PM

Rest plays a significant role in learning The National Institutes of Health researchers, in a healthy volunteers' study, discovered that our brains might solidify the memories of new skills we just practiced a few seconds earlier by taking a short rest.

Partner Up if You Want to Stop Smoking

04.12.2019 11:02 AM

It works best in pair to kick the habit A study presented at EuroPrevent 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, has a central message in it, which is kicking the habit works best in pair.

Early Signs of Neurological Disease Made Possible Via a New Quantum Material

04.12.2019 08:14 AM

Parkinson's disease and other neurological diseases can be detected early because of a new material

More Movements Lead to Longer Life, Study Says

04.12.2019 08:09 AM

Individuals with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness have the most to gain from boosting their fitness

Scientists Attempt to Make Monkeys Smarter by Adding a Human Gene

04.12.2019 07:53 AM

Chinese scientists have inserted a human brain gene to make monkeys smarter and adapt human-like traits.

Psychologists Find Smiling Really Can Make People Happier

04.11.2019 22:36 PM

Smiling really can make people feel happier, according to a new paper published in Psychological Bulletin.

Biophotonic Therapy Eliminates Bacteria and Viruses From Organs Before Transplantation

04.11.2019 22:27 PM

Method developed by scientists in Brazil and Canada can prevent transmission of diseases to organ recipients; the number of transplants could be higher if organs could be decontaminated

'Nanobodies' from Alpacas Could Help Bring CAR T-cell Therapy to Solid Tumors

04.11.2019 20:55 PM

Unusually small antibodies, targeted to the tumor micro-environment, curb melanoma and colon cancer in mouse models

NASA Twin Study Unfolds Space Travel Effects On Aging

04.11.2019 20:52 PM

NASA launched its “twin study” project to find out how microgravity would have its impact on the human body, particularly how it causes the body to age.

Study Shows that Nature can Reduce Stress Levels

04.11.2019 20:31 PM

A team of researchers have conducted a study that lets nature play an important role in stress relief

Broken Mitochondria Use 'Eat Me' Proteins To Summon Their Executioners

04.11.2019 13:43 PM

When mitochondria become damaged, they avoid causing further problems by signaling cellular proteins to degrade them. In the journal Developmental Cell, scientists in Norway report that they have discovered how the cells trigger this process, which is called mitophagy.

New Study Shows Male Flies Manipulate Female Partners in Mating Interactions

04.11.2019 11:10 AM

New Study Shows Male Flies Manipulate Female Partners in Mating Interactions From animal species to species, there are significant differences in the fundamental biological process of reproduction.