Month: November 2018

AMHERST, Mass. – For decades, molecular biologists studying a class of molecular chaperones known as heat shock proteins (Hsp70s) have

Surgery patients typically use only one-quarter of the opioids they’re prescribed for post-operative pain, a new study finds. And those

“It will be harder to feed 9 billion people in 2050 than it would be today,” says Gibran Vita, a

High levels of pollution found in many of the world’s major cities are having negative effects on plants and insects,

Estrogens are hormones that play central roles in the development and the physiology of the breast, but also are involved

You no doubt think that stepping into your shower will wash away dirt and germs, but a new study shows

Despite years of attention to the problem, U.S. hospitals have made little headway in preventing severe cases of bedsores among

Boston, MA – A series of reports from five cities across the US found that young children and their parents

An innovative San Francisco program of community choirs for older adults found that singing in a choir reduced loneliness and

Your life partner has a much greater influence on your longevity than the genes you inherited from your family, according