A worldwide effort to lower people’s blood pressure, cut their sodium intake, and eliminate trans fat from their diet could
Month: June 2019
Chickenpox vaccination lowers risk of pediatric shingles
Children who receive the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine are significantly less likely to contract shingles, according to a new study led
Medical News Today: Human brains have evolved to ‘prefer’ music and speech
New evidence suggests that human brains, unlike those of monkeys, may have evolved to ‘listen’ for pitch, which characterizes music
Improving breast cancer treatment
Oestrogen receptive positive breast cancer can be treated by drugs, such as fulvestrant, that interfere with the action of oestrogen.
The common wisdom about marketing cocreated innovations is wrong
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong, University of Tennessee, University of British Columbia, and Arizona State University published a
New metamaterial can improve MRI quality and reduce scan time
Could a small ringlike structure made of plastic and copper amplify the already powerful imaging capabilities of a magnetic resonance
Surprising enzymes discovered in giant ocean viruses
Results of a new NSF-supported study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Swansea University Medical School increase our
Medical News Today: Undetected diabetes may double risk of heart attack, periodontitis
New research finds a link between undetected blood sugar disorders and a heightened risk of myocardial infarction — or heart
Unhealthy gut promotes spread of breast cancer
An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of
Macrophages’ pathway to nurture PTEN-deficient glioblastoma
A common genetic deficiency empowers glioblastoma to broadcast a molecular message to the wrong type of immune cell, summoning macrophages
