Researchers have identified a genetic signature found exclusively in the nerve cells that supply, or innervate, the muscles of an organism's outermost extremities: the hands and feet. This signature, observed in both mice and chicks, involves the coordinated activity...
People with lower levels of education and wealth don't just have more pain, they also have more severe pain.Image credit:Flickr/Julian K.
Poorer and less-educated older Americans are more like to suffer from chronic pain than those with greater wealth...
Based on the proven health benefits of exercise for older adults, a team of researchers theorized that exercise might also help adults prevent or delay disabilities that interfere with independent living. Image Source:Flickr/70023venus2009
Nearly one in four adults aged 65...
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Taking the stairs is normally associated with keeping your body strong and healthy. But new research shows that it improves your brain's health too -- and that education also has a positive effect.
In a study recently...
A relatively short list of genes are candidates for a suite of debilitating diseases including autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Credit: Trinity College Dublin.
Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have used our evolutionary history to shine light on...
A new study found high levels of toxic metals in the liquid that creates the aerosol that e-cigarette users inhale when they vape.Image credit: Flickr/Lindsay Fox
Five metals, toxic and potentially carcinogenic when inhaled, found in liquid of leading first...
Sitting may not be as deadly as previously thought.Credit: © tripu / Flickr
Sitting may not be as deadly as previously thought, with new research led by the University of Sydney ruling out sitting as a direct cause of diabetes.
The...
Exposure to heightened air pollution during childhood increases the risk for Hispanic children to become obese and, independent of that, to also develop Type 2 diabetes. Image Credit: Flickr/Francesco Falciani
Latino children who live in areas with higher levels of...
A new study by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers has found that in mice, adjusting levels of a compound called kynurenic acid can have significant effects on schizophrenia-like behavior. The study appeared in the latest issue of...
A scanning electron microscope image of Group A Streptococcus (orange) during phagocytic interaction with a human neutrophil (blue). Credit: NIAID
The human mouth can harbour more than 700 different species of bacteria. Under normal circumstances these microbes co-exist with us...
Scientists have discovered a cell in the retina that may cause myopia when it dysfunctions.The dysfunction may be linked to the amount of time a child spends indoors and away from natural light.Image Credit: Flickr/Jaro Larnos
Northwestern Medicine scientists have...
