A new study is the first to report evidence that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin may lessen the adverse
Month: October 2019
Fathers-to-be should avoid alcohol six months before conception
Aspiring parents should both avoid drinking alcohol prior to conception to protect against congenital heart defects, according to research published
Engineered T cells may be harnessed to kill solid tumor cells
There is now a multitude of therapies to treat cancer, from chemotherapy and radiation to immunotherapy and small molecule inhibitors.
Fragmented physical activity linked to greater mortality risk
Although reduced physical activity during the day is widely seen as a harbinger of mortality in older people, fragmentation of
A new route to blocking children’s bone cancer
Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer that appears mainly in teenagers. Due to a single defective gene, once it spreads
Sex-based differences in the development of brain hubs involved in memory and emotion
The amygdala and the hippocampus—structures in the brain that are involved in emotion, learning, and memory—have been found to play
Gut bacteria is key factor in childhood obesity
New information published by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Health suggests that gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells
Neuroimaging reveals hidden communication between brain layers during reading
Language involves many different regions of the brain. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and the Donders Institute
Antidepressants linked to heightened pregnancy related diabetes risk
Taking antidepressants while expecting a baby is linked to a heightened risk of developing diabetes that is specifically related to
Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type
A team of Japanese experts created the ‘blood’ complete with red blood cells, which carry oxygen, and platelets, which trigger
