It's common knowledge that shivering in the cold is part of the body's attempt to stay warm. According to new research into the mechanisms involved, shivering releases a hormone that stimulates fat tissue to produce ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study identifies the molecular pathway that enables cancer cells to grow in areas of a tumor where oxygen levels are low, a condition called hypoxia. The findings by researchers ...

SALT LAKE CITY – A team of researchers, led by physicians and scientists at Intermountain Healthcare's Intermountain Medical Center and ARUP Laboratories, has made ...

BOSTON -- Patients with diabetes are ...

A new study suggests that shivering and bouts of moderate exercise are equally capable of stimulating the conversion of energy-storing 'white fat' into energy-burning 'brown ...

Researchers at King's College London have discovered that sensitivity to pain could be altered by a person's lifestyle and environment throughout their lifetime. The study is ...

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 4-Feb-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Vanessa Solomon solomon@wehi.edu.au 61-393-452-971 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Rachel Steinhardt rsteinhardt@licr.org 212-450-1582 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Existing medicines show promise for treating stomach and bowel cancer Stomach and bowel cancer, two of the most common cancers worldwide, could be treated ...

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – According to Elance.com, the online workplace lists more than three million registered freelancers ...

University of Adelaide researchers have identified a key step for the future prevention of liver failure resulting from taking too much of the everyday painkiller paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen). Published ...

STAT1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 1) is a member of a family of transcription factors, cellular proteins that control whether and when ...

Having a good week? It may lead to healthier choices. If you are a man with HIV, you may be more likely ...

The capacity of our working memory is better explained by the quality of memories we can store than by their number, a team of psychology researchers has concluded. Their analysis, which appears in the latest ...

BOSTON (February 4, 2014) —People living with Sjögren's syndrome, ...

Philadelphia, PA, February 4, 2014 – From birth, infants naturally show a preference for human contact and interaction, including faces and voices. These ...

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From the Faroe Pony to the Spanish Mustang, fewer animals have played such a central role in human history as the horse. New research in Animal Genetics reveals that a horse's gait, an attribute ...

The global economic crisis has wrought havoc to economies on both sides of the Atlantic, but new research in Social Science Quarterly suggests it has also made both North Americans and Europeans ...

The increasing use of chemical herbicides is often blamed for the declining plant biodiversity in farms. However, other factors beyond herbicide exposure may be more important to species diversity, according to Penn State ...

Patients transported to hospital by helicopter have a better chance of surviving traumatic injuries than those transported by ground ambulance despite having more severe injuries and needing more surgical interventions, states a study ...

How do you detect a "botnet", a network of computers infected with malware -so-called zombies - that allow a third party to take control of those machines? The answer may lie in a statistical ...

From Egyptian mummies to Ötzi the Iceman, human remains are a common, if macabre, feature of museum exhibits. Writing in Clinical Anatomy, Dr. Philippe Charlier explores the argument that curators have ...

Cambridge, UK, February 4, 2014 - A recent prospective study published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online comparing conventional IVF with a novel simplified laboratory method of culturing embryos suggested that fertilization ...

While the results of smoking may be expected to decrease fitness, new research, published in Respirology, has found that smokers are less physically active, lack motivation and are more likely to ...

Los Angeles, London (February 04, 2014). Smokers are increasingly turning to electronic cigarettes as a means to reduce the health impacts of their addiction. But legislators around the world are far from unified ...

Great eyes, full lips and harmonious features: actress Angelina Jolie is in possession of all of these. That she is regarded as ...