Some 'healthy' vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease
2013-11-11
Some 'healthy' vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease
Health Canada should reconsider health claim for omega-6 oils on food labels
Some vegetable oils that claim to be healthy may actually increase the risk of heart disease, and Health Canada ...
Better police surveillance technologies come with a cost, scholar says
2013-11-11
Better police surveillance technologies come with a cost, scholar says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The ever-increasing adoption of digital surveillance technologies by local police departments may dramatically improve the efficiency of criminal investigations, ...
Scholar: Empower Congress to bolster separation of powers
2013-11-11
Scholar: Empower Congress to bolster separation of powers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Although it may not receive high marks these days as a public body, Congress should actually be empowered so it can uphold the constitutional checks and balances that ...
APOL1 gene speeds kidney disease progression and failure in blacks, regardless of diabetes status
2013-11-11
APOL1 gene speeds kidney disease progression and failure in blacks, regardless of diabetes status
Penn Medicine leads scientific and data coordinating center for national kidney study
PHILADELPHIA—A large study co-authored by Penn Medicine ...
Expanding primary care capacity by reducing inefficiency
2013-11-11
Expanding primary care capacity by reducing inefficiency
LEBANON, NH – Producing more healthcare providers is often touted as the principle solution to the looming shortage in the primary care workforce. A quicker and less costly ...
Transforming the physician workforce through competitive graduate education funding
2013-11-11
Transforming the physician workforce through competitive graduate education funding
LEBANON, NH – Graduate Medical Education (GME) has fallen short in training physicians to meet changes in the U.S. population and health care delivery ...
How sleep aids visual task learning
2013-11-11
How sleep aids visual task learning
Research presented at SfN Neuroscience 2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As any indignant teacher would scold, students must be awake to learn. But what science is showing with increasing sophistication is how the ...
Exercise during pregnancy gives newborn brain development a head start
2013-11-11
Exercise during pregnancy gives newborn brain development a head start
As little as 20 minutes 3 times per week is enough to enhance brain activity
This news release is available in French. MONTREAL and SAN DIEGO, NOVEMBER 10, 2013 – As little ...
Single-cell genome sequencing gets better
2013-11-11
Single-cell genome sequencing gets better
Most complete genome sequences from single E. coli cells and individual neurons from the human brain generated by new sequencing approach from UC San Diego bioengineers and colleagues
Researchers led by bioengineers ...
Racial difference in blood clotting warrants a closer look at heart attack medications
2013-11-11
Racial difference in blood clotting warrants a closer look at heart attack medications
(PHILADELPHIA) Thomas Jefferson University researchers have discovered that the formation of blood clots follows a different molecular route in African Americans ...
Research by Saint Louis University scientists offers way to disrupt fibrosis
2013-11-11
Research by Saint Louis University scientists offers way to disrupt fibrosis
Nature Medicine paper pinpoints where, how to intervene
ST. LOUIS – A team of scientists that includes Saint Louis University researchers has identified a new way to intervene in the molecular ...
The contribution of coding variants to psoriasis much smaller than thought
2013-11-11
The contribution of coding variants to psoriasis much smaller than thought
The latest study was published online in Nature Genetics
November 10, 2013, Shenzhen, China - Coding variants in immune disease-related genes play only a small part in the overall genetic risk for psoriasis, according ...
Hope for transplant patients as study finds key to organ scarring
2013-11-11
Hope for transplant patients as study finds key to organ scarring
Uni of Edinburgh news release
Patients with damaged organs could be helped by new treatments after scientists have discovered how tissues scar.
Researchers say that the finding could pave ...
Cause of genetic disorder found in 'dark matter' of DNA
2013-11-11
Cause of genetic disorder found in 'dark matter' of DNA
For the first time, scientists have used new technology which analyses the whole genome to find the cause of a genetic disease in what was previously referred to as 'junk DNA'
For the first time, scientists ...
All aboard the nanotrain network
2013-11-11
All aboard the nanotrain network
VIDEO:
Nanotrain transport system created by Oxford University scientists in action: The time-lapse ...
'Saving our fish' needs more than a ban on discarding
2013-11-11
'Saving our fish' needs more than a ban on discarding
Banning the practice of throwing unmarketable or over-quota fish back into the sea is just one of the measures needed to deliver sustainable fisheries according to new research from the University of East Anglia ...
Fast-mutating DNA sequences shape early development; guided evolution of uniquely human traits
2013-11-11
Fast-mutating DNA sequences shape early development; guided evolution of uniquely human traits
Gladstone-led study reveals new insight into origins of our species
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—November 11, 2013—What does it mean to be human? According to scientists ...
Un-junking junk DNA
2013-11-11
Un-junking junk DNA
A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shines a new light on molecular tools our cells use to govern regulated gene expression. The study was published on line in advance of print November ...
Research reveals roles for exercise and diet in aging, depression
2013-11-11
Research reveals roles for exercise and diet in aging, depression
Lifestyle changes in diet and exercise show promise for learning, depression in teens, and more
SAN DIEGO — New studies released today underscore the potential impact of healthy lifestyle choices in treating ...
Research reveals new understanding, warning signs, and potential treatments for multiple sclerosis
2013-11-11
Research reveals new understanding, warning signs, and potential treatments for multiple sclerosis
SAN DIEGO — Scientists are gaining a new level of understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) that may lead to new treatments and approaches to controlling the chronic disease, ...
New evidence on the biological basis of highly impulsive and aggressive behaviors
2013-11-11
New evidence on the biological basis of highly impulsive and aggressive behaviors
For want of a receptor: Some behaviors shaped during early development
SAN DIEGO — Physical and chemical changes in the brain during development can potentially play a role in some delinquent ...
Gun use in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985
2013-11-11
Gun use in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985
Researchers worry about effects on teen viewers
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The amount of gun violence shown in PG-13 films has more than tripled since 1985, the year the rating was introduced.
In fact, the most popular ...
Young breast cancer patients with poorer financial status may experience delays in seeking care
2013-11-11
Young breast cancer patients with poorer financial status may experience delays in seeking care
Researchers who sought to determine why breast cancers are more deadly in young women found that only a minority of young women experience long delays between the time they detect ...
Experts examine success of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating older veterans' depression
2013-11-11
Experts examine success of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating older veterans' depression
Researchers have found significant and equivalent reductions in depressive symptoms for both older and younger veterans undergoing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ...
Transcription factor may protect against hepatic injury caused by hepatitis C and alcohol
2013-11-11
Transcription factor may protect against hepatic injury caused by hepatitis C and alcohol
More damage seen when FOXO3 suppressed, according to report in The American Journal of Pathology
Philadelphia, PA, November 11, 2013 – New data suggest that the transcription ...
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