Medicine &amp; Health

October 4, 2023

Oil-based pesticides most effective at killing contents of brown widow spider egg sacs

(Entomological Society of America) Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found that pesticides in oil-based formulations are better...

The complexity of modeling

(International Union of Crystallography) In recent years, advances in materials synthesis techniques have enabled scientists to produce increasingly complex functional...

New study reveals how specialized cells help each other survive during times of stress

(Scripps Research Institute) A team led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the...

Muscle loss linked with falls and fractures in elderly

(University of Southampton) Older people with an age-related loss of muscle mass and strength may be at greater risk of...

The hepatitis A virus is of animal origin

(University of Bonn) The hepatitis A virus can trigger acute liver inflammation which generally has a mild course in small...

$5M for international neuroscience ‘dream team’

(University of Michigan) A 'dream team' of experts in sensors, electronics, data analysis and neuroscience has been awarded a $5...

Early hospitalization key to survival for Ebola victims

(eLife ) Scientists looked at data from nearly 1,000 cases over 38 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which...

Vast energy value in human waste: UN University

(Terry Collins Assoc) UN University's Canadian-based water institute estimates that biogas potentially available from human waste worldwide would have a...

WSU Spokane researcher to lead study of Affordable Care Act, people with disabilities

(Washington State University) A Washington State University researcher will lead a $2.5 million examination of the federal Affordable Care Act's...

Working on your tot’s memory now can help his high school success

(University of Montreal) Preschoolers who score lower on a working memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout...

US and Mexico must jointly combat Chagas disease

(Rice University) Chagas disease -- the third most common parasitic infection in the world -- affects approximately 7.5 million people,...

Severe obesity costs Medicaid $8 billion annually and rising

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Nearly 11 percent of the cost to treat severe obesity was paid for...

Duke obesity experts in special issue on food and health

(Duke University) A pair of studies in the latest special issue of Health Affairs finds support for policy efforts underway...

ACP joins amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court

(American College of Physicians) The American College of Physicians today joined the Association of American Medical Colleges and 31 other...

Columbia to lead Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

(Columbia University) Columbia University will lead a $1.25 million NSF-funded project to share data, tools and ideas for tackling some...

UCLA researchers find a wide variation in costs to treat low-risk prostate cancer

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Now, for the first time, UCLA researchers have described cost across an...

Molecular ‘brake’ stifles human lung cancer

(Salk Institute) By testing over 4,000 genes in human tumors, a Salk team uncovered an enzyme responsible for suppressing a...

Predicting cancer’s growth from few clues

(Duke University) Duke mathematicians are developing ways to help doctors predict how different cancers are likely to progress when measurements...

Obese people need more vitamin E, but actually get less

(Oregon State University) A recent study suggests that obese people with metabolic syndrome face an unexpected quandary when it comes...

Penn Nursing to host Philadelphia launch of Lancet report on ‘Women and Health’