The Webb telescope is the world's next-generation space observatory and successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The most powerful space telescope ever built,…
In an age when even preschoolers have electronic toys and devices, many parents wonder how to get their children to be more physically active. Now, two studies…
A five year study conducted with thousands of local teenagers by University of Montreal researchers reveals that those who used speed (meth/ampthetamine) or…
Dubai (19 April 2012): Left-ventricular hyper-trabeculation (LVHT) – a feature of certain cardiomyopathies (chronic disease of the heart muscle) – has been…
In the study, all-cause and CVD mortality risks were found to be significantly higher among study participants that didn't exercise compared with active…
Dubai (19 April 2012): Patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are being admitted to hospital too late to prevent the need for heart surgery, according to…
The study found women were often married to older partners who cannot provide care for them due to their age-related frailty. The study, entitled 'Gender…
The latest advance in solid-state nanopore sensors – devices that are made with standard tools of the semiconductor industry yet can offer single-molecule…
One of four (26%) working-age U.S. adults experienced a gap in health insurance coverage during 2011, often because they lost or changed jobs, according to a…
The study shows a significant association between insomnia and the severity of perceived tinnitus symptoms, with patients with insomnia reporting greater…
The study shows that when the cod population in the central Baltic increases, it spreads into larger areas and spills over into adjacent marginal systems where…
Many of the most common chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer have serious side effects because they not only affect the cells in the cancer tumour, but also…
Unlike toothed whales, baleen whales do not have enlarged canals in their jaws where specialized fats sit. While toothed whales use echolocation to find prey,…
Whereas women are significantly more cautious when they are partnered with small children in a gambling game measuring their attitude to risk, men don’t…
Now, a pair of researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is using a 1-year, $350,000 contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior to test…
KSHV causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, and other cancers that commonly affect immunocompromised patients, including those with AIDS….