How Wagner's operas held secrets of his disabling migraines and headaches Medical histories: 'Compulsive plague! Pain without end!' How Richard Wagner played out his migraine in the opera Siegfried In a paper published in the Christmas edition of The BMJ, researchers ...

Rapid evolution of novel forms: Environmental change triggers inborn capacity for adaptation CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (December 12, 2013) – In the classical view of evolution, species experience spontaneous genetic mutations that produce various novel traits—some ...

Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code Discovery casts new light on how changes to DNA impact health and disease Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the instructions ...

Mayo Clinic: First in-human trial of endoxifen shows promise as breast cancer treatment ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A Phase I trial of endoxifen, an active metabolite of the cancer drug tamoxifen, indicates that the experimental drug is safe, with early evidence for anti-tumor activity, ...

Speeding up gene discovery CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, which identified nearly 20,000 protein-coding genes, scientists have been trying to decipher the roles of those genes. A new approach developed at MIT, the Broad ...

Younger, early breast cancer patients often undergo unnecessary staging, imaging procedures at time Abstract #P3-06-02 SAN ANTONIO ¬¬– More than one third of younger, early stage breast cancer patients undergo unnecessary imaging procedures ...

US ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending UCLA, McGill study also shows women fare worse than men in most countries A new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and McGill ...

Noble gas molecule discovered in space A molecule containing a noble gas has been discovered in space by a team including astronomers from Cardiff University. The find was made using a Cardiff-led instrument aboard Europe's Herschel Space Observatory. The ...

With new study, aquatic comb jelly floats into new evolutionary position Study calls for a shift in understanding of how complex cell types evolved In a study that compares the genomes of aquatic life forms, researchers have found ...

Blind cavefish offer evidence for alternative mechanism of evolutionary change WOODS HOLE, Mass.—In a blind fish that dwells in deep, dark Mexican caves, scientists have found evidence for a long-debated mechanism of evolutionary change that is distinct from natural ...

Sniffing out danger: Rutgers scientists say fearful memories can trigger heightened sense of smell Findings could provide better understanding of anxiety disorders like PTSD Most people – including scientists – assumed we can't just sniff out danger. It was ...

NIH study links family structure to high blood pressure in African-American men Children of 2-parent homes grow up to have lower rates of adult hypertension In a study of African-American men, researchers from the National Institutes ...

Bureau of Reclamation & Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority complete Santa Ana Watershed study Collaborative Report helps address impacts of climate change on the Basin's water resources WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor released the Santa ...

Researchers at Penn help develop a dynamic model of tissue failure The idea of growing replacement tissue to repair an organ, or to swap it out for an entirely new one, is rapidly transitioning from science fiction to fact. Tissue engineering techniques are improving ...

Graphene-based nano-antennas may enable networks of tiny machines Networks of nanometer-scale machines offer exciting potential applications in medicine, industry, environmental protection and defense, but until now there's been one very small problem: the limited ...

Dec. 2013 Lithosphere now available online Boulder, Colo., USA - In the latest issue of The Geological Society of America journal Lithosphere: Learn more about the Great Slave Lake shear zone in northwest Canada (open access article); the tectonic development of the ...

Helping cancer researchers make sense of the deluge of genetic data Gene Expression Barcode 3.0 sifts genetic data from 100,000 patients, 50,000 mice MAYWOOD, IL. – A newly improved internet research tool is helping cancer researchers and physicians make sense ...

Bioethics Commission on incidental findings: Anticipate and communicate Bioethics Commission releases ethical analysis and recommendations for clinicians, researchers, and direct-to-consumer testing companies on how ...

Bonefish spawning behavior in the Bahamas surprises researchers, should aid conservation A report to the Bahamas Ministry of Environment this week documents rarely seen pre-spawning behavior in bonefish, which should aid future conservation efforts AMHERST, ...

Keeping the lights on UCSB mechanical engineer Igor Mezic finds a way to predict cascading power outages (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — A method of assessing the stability of large-scale power grids in real time could bring the world closer ...

Low-power tunneling transistor for high-performance devices at low voltage A new type of transistor that could make possible fast and low-power computing devices for energy-constrained applications such as smart sensor networks, implantable medical electronics and ultra-mobile ...

Wayne State discovers potential treatment for skin and corneal wound healing in diabetics DETROIT — Diabetes Mellitus (DM), a metabolic disorder that affects nearly 170 million people worldwide, is characterized by ...

Study shows symptoms linked to poor quality of life in long-term childhood GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Due to improved treatments and technologies, more children than ever are surviving cancer. Unfortunately, about 70 percent of these children experience late effects from their ...

Civilians trained by American mental health professionals bring healing to traumatized victims of Libya's civil war, Baylor study finds Civilians traumatized by Libya's civil war in 2011 — which left many homeless, poor and grieving — have virtually no access ...

Medical mystery solved A variant of NKH is uncovered AURORA, Colorado (December 12, 13) – People from around the country and the world turn to Johan Van Hove, MD, PhD, for advice on a rare metabolic disease known as NKH, which can disrupt the body in devastating and ...