From the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies media release: The number of tick-borne illnesses reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the rise. Lyme disease leads the pack, with some…
From the Texas A&M AgriLife Communications media release: Scientists using sophisticated imaging techniques have observed a molecular protein folding process that may help medical researchers understand and treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s and…
From the University of Oregon media release: An eight-week intervention involving 141 preschoolers in a Head Start program and their parents produced significant improvements in the children’s behavior and brain functions supporting attention and reduced…
From the Oxford University media release: Yoga can improve mood and mental wellbeing among prisoners, an Oxford University study suggests, and may also have an effect on impulsive behaviour. The researchers found that prisoners after…
From the University of Alberta media release: It may seem counter-intuitive to take health advice from a marketing professor, but when it comes to analyzing consumer data and its relationship to managing health issues such…
From the University of Colorado Denver media release: Plant-based diets are healthy. Plants are high in flavonoids. So flavonoids are healthy. At least that’s the reasoning of many manufacturers of flavonoid-based nutritional supplements. But a…
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham media release: A new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is one of the first to study the relationship between exercise and stroke…
From the University of Gothenburg media release: Being in good physical shape at 18 years of age can be linked with a reduced risk of attempted suicide later in life. So says a study of…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: People with cheerful temperaments are significantly less likely to suffer a coronary event such as a heart attack or sudden cardiac death, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Previous…
From the NIH media release: Male twin Vietnam veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were more than twice as likely as those without PTSD to develop heart disease during a 13-year period, according to a…