A comparison of 2 different fitness routines shows that both can have an anti-aging effect on the brain in the elderly, but only dancing gives rise to a measurable difference in behavior. Credit: © aletia2011 / Fotolia As we...
The cost of treating a smoking-related chronic lung disease will exceed more than £2.3 billion per year in England -- and £200 million in Scotland -- by 2030, research suggests. Rising healthcare costs will be caused by a substantial increase...
A very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type 2 diabetes in animal models, report scientists. Credit: © Denis Pepin / Fotolia In a new study, a Yale-led research team uncovers how a very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type...
New findings are important because they offer a new perspective on the cause of race-based bias. Credit: © Michael Pettigrew / Fotolia Two studies by researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and...
"You win some, you lose some." Using the word "you" suggests it could happen to anyone. Credit: © Jakub Jirsák / Fotolia Researchers say it may seem contradictory that a means of generalizing to people at large is used when reflecting...
This is a computed tomography (CT scan) of right humerus. Left image shows a horizontal slice through the cancerous lesion. Credit: Nicole Guzmán-Smith A new report by Smithsonian archaeologists and colleagues in the International Journal of Paleopathology identifies a bone tumor...
This is a schematic diagram of the europium doped gadolinium oxide nanorods and the silica coating to improve the biocompatibility. Invitro cytotoxicity analysis, invitro magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging of the prepared samples were carried out. Credit: NANO Journal Researchers...
The world remains "grossly underprepared" for outbreaks of infectious disease, which are likely to become more frequent in the coming decades, warn a team of international experts in The BMJ. They reviewed reports on the recent Ebola virus outbreak in...
Marijuana plant (stock image). Credit: © jonnysek / Fotolia Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, released with the endorsement of key medical and public health organizations, provide 10 science-based recommendations to enable cannabis users to reduce their health risks. The guidelines, based...
The vegetarian diet was found to be almost twice as effective in reducing body weight than the conventional diet. Credit: © Feng Yu / Fotolia Dieters who go vegetarian not only lose weight more effectively than those on conventional low-calorie diets...
Dr. Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach and Prof. Markus Nöthen from the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Bonn, in collaboration with colleagues, identified over 60 alterations in the human genome that increase the risk of premature hair loss. Some...