Alzheimer's drug could prevent bone fractures
Research shows donepezil prevents bone loss in mice
How Oklahoma went from two quakes a year to 585
The central US state of Oklahoma has gone from registering two earthquakes a year to nearly two a day and scientists point to a controversial culprit: wastewater injection wells used in fracking.
Sex does not increase heart attack risk
Patients should be encouraged to resume sexual activity after heart attack
Can Napping Make Us Smarter?
Kimberly Cote, director of the Sleep Research Laboratory at Brock University in Ontario, answers:
Study: Fukushima disaster was preventable
Critical backup generators were built in low-lying areas at risk for tsunami damage -- despite warnings from scientists
Low dose beta-blockers as effective as high dose after a heart attack
Surprisingly, heart attack patients live as long -- or even longer -- on one-fourth the suggested dose
Old drug offers new hope to treat Alzheimer's disease
By repurposing a prescription drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, researchers successfully reversed tau-related symptoms in an animal model of dementia
'No apology' tops patient complaints
Not getting a good enough apology when things go wrong is the most common complaint escalated by NHS patients in England, figures show.
Saturn’s largest moon Titan could have sun-warmed swirling seas
Saturn's largest moon Titan could have sun-warmed swirling seas
Prion disease detected soon after infection and in surprising place in mouse brains
Scientists report they can detect infectious prion protein in mouse brains within a week of inoculation
Androgen deprivation therapy associated with increased risk for fatal heart attack
Long term follow up indicates that men with comorbidity, predominately a prior heart attack, who received androgen deprivation therapy died earlier, due to a fatal heart attack
Genetic analysis supports prediction that spontaneous rare mutations cause half of autism
Quantitative study identifies 239 genes whose 'vulnerability' to devastating de novo mutation makes them priority research targets
US drug company to cut 5,000% price rise after backlash
A US drug company that faced a backlash after raising the price of a drug used by Aids patients by over 5,000% has said it will lower the price.
What's a fair price for a drug?
Agreeing a price for any drug is a tricky business.
Most Americans Will Be Misdiagnosed at Least Once
Alarming gaps in knowledge about diagnostic errors and medical delays require intense scrutiny, says an expert medical advisory group
If you're sitting down, don't sit still, new research suggests
New research suggests that the movements involved in fidgeting may counteract the adverse health impacts of sitting for long periods.
Scientists discover ‘Lost World’ of cold-weather dinosaurs who roamed the Arctic
Dinosaurs in the snow? It happened.
UW team links 2 human brains for question-and-answer experiment
First to show two brains can be linked to allow one person to guess what's on another person's mind
Enamel evolved in the skin and colonized the teeth much later
When did the enamel that covers our teeth evolve? And where in the body did this tissue first appear?
In terminally ill patients, some types of delirium are a sign of 'imminent death'
Hypoactive and "mixed" delirium-are strong indicators that death will come soon
The final word on STAP
Researchers fail to replicate STAP study; computational analysis reveals genomic inconsistency
Titanium and gold based compound fights kidney cancer cells
New research on metal-based compound shows promise for kidney cancer patients
Antidepressants plus blood thinners cause brain cancer cells to eat themselves in mice
Researchers find that antidepressants work against brain cancer by excessively increasing tumor autophagy
From brain, to fat, to weight loss
New study reveals neural mechanism responsible for fat breakdown
Researchers find ticks linked with Lyme disease in south London parks
Visitors to 2 popular parks in South London are at risk of coming into contact with ticks that can transmit Lyme disease to humans, according to a new study in Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
New theory of stealth dark matter may explain universe's missing mass
Lawrence Livermore scientists have come up with a new theory that may identify why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments.
Women with moderate beer consumption run lower risk of heart attack
Women who drink beer at most once or twice per week run a 30 per cent lower risk of heart attack, compared with both heavy drinkers and women who never drink beer.
How Doughnut-Loving Cops Became a Stereotype
A sugar-sweet symbol for beat cops around the country
Scientists Manipulate Common Plants to Produce Cancer Drugs
Stanford researchers have figured out how to transfer a rare plant's chemical "assembly line" into a cheap, common lab plant
Tumor necrosis factor in colitis -- bad actor or hero?
Common therapeutic target for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease may actually protect against intestinal inflammation
Study adds to evidence that viruses are alive
New analysis supports the hypothesis that viruses are living entities
The origin and spread of 'Emperor's rice'
Scientists solve the mystery of black rice
Should I stay or should I go? On the importance of aversive memories and the endogenous cannabinoid
Cannabinoid receptors of the brain control aversive memories crucial for survival
The Nose Job Dates Back to the 6th Century B.C.
But for a long time, the nose was built up instead of shaved down
Ancient Human Ancestors Heard Differently
Early human species may have had sharper hearing in certain frequencies than we enjoy, to facilitate short-range communication in an open environment. Cynthia Graber reports.
Two new kidney cancer drugs 'work'
Two new therapies for hard to treat advanced kidney cancer could change treatment of the disease, say experts at the European Cancer Congress.
A Short History of the Rise, Fall and Rise of Subliminal Messaging
People have believed in subliminal influences for hundreds of years―but the last few decades have taken a far more scientific look at these ideas
Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips
At the inaugural International Solid-State Circuits Conference held on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1960, a young computer engineer named Douglas Engelbart introduced the electronics industry to the remarkably simple but groundbreaking concept of “scaling.”
Light-Based Memory Chip Is First To Permanently Store Data
Creation of the first permanent optical memory on a chip
The dog which inspired the 'kiss of life'
'Kiss of life' has an intriguing history stretching back over 100 years and, in part, it owes its discovery to the fate of an unnamed lab dog
NASA to announce a ‘major science finding’ about Mars in anticipated press conference Monday
NASA is teasing a major discovery on Mars, but they’re being tight-lipped and won’t reveal the mystery until a Monday press conference, CNN reports.
Ground zero for climate change: the tropics were first to feel the definite effects in the 1960s
Places near the equator, with less natural climate variation, were the first to see humanity’s climate fingerprint.
Want to upgrade your dreams to HD? A psychologist needs your brain
A psychology student wants to see if a certain vitamin can make sleepy people have more lucid dreams. Is it Vitamin Zzzzzzzzzzzz?