“How old you are matters, but beyond that it's your interpretation that has far-reaching implications for the process of aging,” said Markus H. Schafer, a…
Tested on fathead minnows – an organism often used to test the effects of toxicity on aquatic life — nanosilver suspended in solution proved toxic and even…
Deborah Hasin, PhD, professor of clinical Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and senior author, and colleagues at the NYS Psychiatric…
A new study is providing insight into how estrogen fuels many breast cancers, and researchers say the findings could lead to new cancer-fighting drugs.Researchers found that estrogen inhibits a protein called MLK3 that causes normal cell death. Blocking MLK3 leads to uncontrolled growth of cancer cells and resistance to chemotherapy….
Clinical trial open now to evaluate this technique in patientsFreezing a cancer kills it in its place, and also appears to generate an immune response that…
But a new study suggests that, in some instances, people may actually be less trusting of others when they are in a pleasant mood.“A person’s mood may…
“Women need to be treated for stroke as soon as possible,” said study author Michael D. Hill, MD, MSc, FRCPC, with the University of Calgary in Alberta,…
Researchers estimate that exposure to excessive levels of ozone and particulate pollution caused nearly 30,000 emergency room visits and hospital admissions…
Brown University researchers have identified a way to improve thought processes that goes well beyond the “power of positive thinking.” The technique, they…
In one of the most comprehensive global studies of marine reserves, a team of natural and social scientists from the University of Rhode Island and other…
The shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the body and consequently one of the most commonly dislocated joints.An article published in the March 2010…
Researchers at Ohio State University have traced the evolutionary history of the seasonal H1N1 influenza virus, which first infected humans during the 1918…
In a study published in the March 2010 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers determined that regular use of aspirin, acetaminophen and…
In addition, the study found elevated levels of two other inflammatory markers – the ratio of ferritin/transferrin saturation (F/T) and the absolute neutrophil…
A multicenter EPIC (FiberNet® Embolic Protection System in Carotid Artery Stenting Trial) study found that the FiberNet Embolic Protection System (EPS) had a…
Spanish researchers determined that rats treated with recombinant ghrelin displayed a reduction in liver fibrosis. Ghrelin, a stomach hormone, reduced the…
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