Statins and the Kidney: Good at All Stages
Statin use clearly demonstrated to reduce risk for cardiovascular events and mortality in chronic kidney disease patients (video)
The brain's GPS: Researchers discover human neurons linked to navigation in open environments
New type of cell identified in the brain that helps people to keep track of their relative location while navigating an unfamiliar environment
More girls born in Japan after quake skews sex ratio
HERE come the girls. Fewer boys than girls were born in the months after the huge earthquake struck Japan in March 2011.
Mechanism offers promising new approach for harnessing the immune system to fight cancer
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers discover how to unleash the immune system against cancer in mice without triggering autoimmune reactions
Study reveals potential role of 'love hormone' oxytocin in brain function
Findings of NYU Langone researchers may have relevance in autism-spectrum disorder
Study finds that colour of light may affect your mood
People who work night shifts, like doctors and nurses, may benefit from red light rather than white or blue light.
Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease do not appear to share common genetic risk
Examining the genetic overlap between Parkinsons disease and Alzheimers
Tiny adrenal tumours 'cause high blood pressure'
Treating tiny benign tumours in the adrenal glands may prevent huge numbers of cases of high blood pressure, say researchers.
Eating a big breakfast fights obesity and disease
A high-calorie breakfast protects against diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular problems, says Tel Aviv University researcher
Centers throughout the brain work together to make reading possible
A combination of brain scans and reading tests has revealed that several regions in the brain are responsible for allowing humans to read.
Odd Martian crater type made by impacts into ancient ice
Geologists from Brown University have developed a promising new explanation for a mysterious type of crater on the surface on Mars.
Warmer Weather and Precipitation Increase the Risk of Violence
A newly published study from Princeton University and UC Berkeley reveals that slight increases in temperature and precipitation result in increased human conflict.
Astronomers image lowest-mass exoplanet around a sun-like star
Using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, an international team of astronomers has imaged a giant planet around the bright star GJ 504.
First probable person to person transmission of new bird flu virus in China
But researchers stress H7N9 is not able to spread efficiently between humans
Length of human pregnancies can vary naturally by as much as 5 weeks
The length of a human pregnancy can vary naturally by as much as five weeks, according to research published online today (Wednesday) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1].
Q&A: Can Immunity to the Common Cold Come With Age?
Q. My mother, who lived to be 92, never caught my sniffles in her later years, even though I was her sole caretaker. And now that I'm in my 60s, I notice that my colds are less severe. Is it possible to develop immunity to the common cold?
Psychologists say 'group-level narcissism' linked to negative attitudes toward immigrants
Feelings of entitlement and superiority that go beyond patriotism and love of country may be a key predictor for Americans who will feel or behave negatively toward undocumented Latino immigrants, according to a study from The University of Texas at Arlington.
New way to dramatically raise RNA treatment potency: Proof-of-principle drug candidate powerfully neutralizes myotonic dystrophy defect
Scientists from the Jupiter campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown a novel way to dramatically raise the potency of drug candidates targeting RNA, resulting in a 2,500-fold improvement in potency and significantly increasing their potential as therapeutic agents.
Why tumors become drug-resistant
New findings could lead to drugs that fight back when tumors don't respond to treatment
Tidy desk or messy desk? Each has its benefits
Working at a clean and prim desk may promote healthy eating, generosity, and conventionality, according to new research.
The sun's magnetic field is about to flip
Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field is about to flip.
Chocolate may help keep brain healthy
Drinking two cups of hot chocolate a day may help older people keep their brains healthy and their thinking skills sharp, according to a study published in the August 7, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Why don't we all get Alzheimer's disease?
Though one might think the brains of people who develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) possess building blocks of the disease absent in healthy brains, for most sufferers, this is not true.
Emotional behavior of adults could be triggered in the womb
Adults could be at greater risk of becoming anxious and vulnerable to poor mental health if they were deprived of certain hormones while developing in the womb according to new research by scientists at Cardiff and Cambridge universities.
New proto-mammal fossil sheds light on evolution of earliest mammals
A newly discovered fossil reveals the evolutionary adaptations of a 165-million-year-old proto-mammal, providing evidence that traits such as hair and fur originated well before the rise of the first true mammals.
The 'Eyeball Licking' Fad and other Media Scares
A weird news story circulated in June about a trend among Japanese schoolchildren licking each other's eyeballs and supposedly spreading the highly contagious disease pink eye.
Treadmill training after spinal cord injury promotes recovery when inflammation is controlled
Researchers observe inflammation in animal models far from trauma location
Type 1 diabetes drug strikingly effective in clinical trial
Drug developed by UCSF researcher continues to show promise
Brain molecule regulating human emotion, mood uncovered
A RIKEN research team has discovered an enzyme called Rines that regulates MAO-A, a major brain protein controlling emotion and mood.
Study shows who survives Burkitt lymphoma
Proposed score delineates risk, prognosis
News in Brief: Camels implicated as possible hosts of MERS virus
Antibodies to mysterious pathogen found in animals in Oman, Canary Islands
The day before death: A new archaeological technique gives insight into the day before death
The day before the child's death was not a pleasant one, because it was not a sudden injury that killed the 10-13 year old child who was buried in the medieval town of Ribe in Denmark 800 years ago.
Cultural mythologies strongly influence women's expectations about being pregnant
Morning sickness, shiny hair, and bizarre and intense cravings for pickles and ice cream -- what expectations do pregnant women impose on their bodies, and how are those expectations influenced by cultural perspectives on pregnancy?
Combined therapy could repair and prevent damage in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, study suggests
Results from a clinical trial of eteplirsen, a drug designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, suggest that the therapy allows participants to walk farther than people treated with placebo and dramatically increases production of a protein vital to muscle growth and health.
People have more empathy for battered dogs than human adult, but not child, victims
People have more empathy for battered puppies and full grown dogs than they do for some humans -- adults, but not children, finds new research to be presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
Study examines beliefs about who should pay for dates
Men's and women's beliefs about who should pay for dates during courtship
Autism’s Unexpected Link to Cancer Gene
Some with autism have mutated cancer or tumor genes that apparently caused their brain disorder