In today’s 24/7 society, work and social obligations can adversely affect the timing, duration and quality of sleep. One such demand resulting from today’s…
These are the views of a representative, nationwide sample of 500 consumers who participated in a web-based survey conducted by the Leopold Center for…
Pregnant women who have very low cholesterol may face a greater risk of delivering their babies prematurely than women with more moderate cholesterol levels, a…
In an article published in the October issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers report that this condition can be successfully treated with…
A team from the UK charity Community Hygiene Concern led a review of studies carried out in the UK, Belgium and Denmark since 1996. “The best results are…
While some uncertainty does exist in climate projections and future health vulnerability, overall increases in heat-related premature mortality are likely by…
The world’s most common joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability among adults over the age of 50. Whether physical activity is…
Acid rain was one of the world’s worst pollution problems of the 1970s and 1980s, affecting large areas of upland Britain, as well as Europe and North America.In Wales, more than 12,000 km of streams and rivers have been acidified, harming fish, stream insects and river birds such as the dipper….
A new UC Davis study offers clues to how these losses relate to one another — information that is essential as scientists and land managers strive to protect…
Importantly, KS also occurs in HIV-negative individuals. Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have discovered that activation of the DNA damage…
A cancer diagnosis is among those life experiences that can be so stressful that it is traumatic. While only a fraction of people who develop post-traumatic…
The study, presented today (Wednesday) at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO 14) in Barcelona, showed that the experimental drug, axitinib, shrank tumours…
Understanding whether inbreeding accounts for early mortality is a long-standing concern in demographic research. Analyzing Bedouin villages in Bekaa, Lebanon,…
In work investigating the reproducibility of glycemic index values, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts…
Every year millions of migratory birds fly towards their wintering quarters and come back in next year´s spring to breed. Behavioral experiments have shown…
The study headed by Michael J. Daly, Ph.D., associate professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ (USU), Department of Pathology,…
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