Doing push ups and sit ups may help you live longer. Credit: © ijetdo / Fotoliaa Push ups and sit ups could add years to your life according to a new study of over 80,000 adults led by the University of...
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...
Next to a dime for perspective, this small wire device is designed to hold open a surgically created hole in the heart of diastolic heart failure patients. Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Results presented today at the American...
The L194P egg-adaptive mutation dramatically increases the motility of the major epitope on the hemagglutinin of influenza H3 viruses. Red: high motility; white: medium motility; blue: low motility. Credit: Wilson Lab According to a new study from scientists at The...
This is Kafuli Agbemenu, PhD, assistant professor in the UB School of Nursing. Credit: University at Buffalo For years, research has shown that female Somali Bantu refugees may be hesitant to use hormonal birth control and other methods of family planning. ...
An image of a T-cell is shown. Credit: Photo courtesy of Robbie B. Mailliard, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health In an expanded, three-year clinical trial of 86 patients with colorectal and 11 other kinds of cancer that...
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization says.Credit: Flickr/vtpoly Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution...
Researchers found that certain search terms revealed AI bias. Credit: Princeton University In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated...
What Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental Health University of Arizona researchers analyzed idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues such as depression. ...
Most people will startle when they hear an unexpected loud sound, at least the first time. Credit: © punghi / Fotolia Most people will startle when they hear an unexpected loud sound. The second time they hear the noise, they'll startle...
Some ethnic groups experience cancer more often than others. These populations have the five highest incidence rates (cancer cases per every 100,000 people) in the Southland.Credit: Cancer in Los Angeles County: Trends by Race/Ethnicity 1976-2012 (Los Angeles County Cancer...