Teen night owls likely to perform worse academically, emotionally Study shows school-year bedtimes impact grades Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year are more prone to academic and emotional difficulties in the long run, compared to their ...

Could deceased heart attack victims expand donor pool? Livers from donors with pre-hospital cardiac arrest considered for transplant Researchers from the U.K. suggest that using organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD) who also suffered a previous cardiac arrest out of ...

New cause found for muscle-weakening disease myasthenia gravis Augusta, Ga. – An antibody to a protein critical to enabling the brain to talk to muscles has been identified as a cause of myasthenia gravis, researchers report. The ...

Nail gun injuries on the rise Young males in the work environment are at greatest risk of sustaining a nail gun injury to their non-dominant hand, a new study has found. Writing in the latest Early View issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia, the journal of the Australasian College for ...

Methane-munching microorganisms meddle with metals On the continental margins, where the seafloor drops hundreds of meters below the water's surface, low temperatures and high pressure lock methane inside ice crystals. Called methane hydrates, these ...

@Toxicology in the Twittersphere: More than just 140 characters A valuable role exists for the use of social media in medicine, new research has shown. Dr Joe-Anthony Rotella, in a letter to the editor in the latest Early View issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia, the journal of the ...

Signal found to enhance survival of new brain cells Implications for treating neurodegenerative disease, mental illness A specialized type of brain cell that tamps down stem cell activity ironically, perhaps, encourages the survival of the stem cells' progeny, Johns ...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 (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 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 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 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 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 VIDEO: Nanotrain transport system created by Oxford University scientists in action: The time-lapse ...

'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 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 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 ...