Archive: 25/01/2018

Food monitoring system being developed could help vulnerable, say researchers

Technology that accurately monitors food intake could help to better distribute food resources to communities and vulnerable people around the world.

Jan 25, 2018

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More than one in 10 U.K. 14-year-olds admit to binge drinking

Just under half of young people in the UK had tried alcohol by the time they were 14, with more than one in ten confessing to binge drinking, according to UCL research.

Jan 25, 2018

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Why mutations that would seemingly affect all cells lead to face-specific birth defects

About 1 in 750 babies born in the United States has some kind of craniofacial malformation, accounting for about one-third of all birth defects.

Jan 25, 2018

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Unexpected findings prompt re-evaluation of how the intestine repairs itself

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have gained new insights into how the small intestine, one of the fastest renewing tissues ...

Jan 25, 2018

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More than 20,000 LGBT teens in the U.S. will be subjected to harmful conversion therapy

An estimated 20,000 LGBT youth ages 13 to 17 will undergo conversion therapy from a licensed health care professional before the age of 18, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.

Jan 25, 2018

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MIND diet may slow cognitive decline in stroke survivors

A diet created by researchers at Rush University Medical Center may help substantially slow cognitive decline in stroke survivors, according to preliminary research presented on Jan. 25, at the American Stroke Association's ...

Jan 25, 2018

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Adipose tissue depots compromise heart health

Researchers from the Institute of Pharmacology of the Charité - Universitätsmediz in Berlin have shown that the release of fatty acids from body fat has a major impact on heart health. By interfering with the body's lipid ...

Jan 25, 2018

Hugs evaluated

In emotionally charged situations, people tend to hug each other from the left side more often than in neutral contexts. Biopsychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), headed by Julian Packheiser, Noemi Rook and assistant ...

Jan 25, 2018

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How expectations impact actual exam scores

Confidence in good results is related to academic progress, as confirmed by the results of a study conducted by researchers from the Higher School of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute.

Jan 25, 2018

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Finding the root cause of bronchiolitis symptoms

Every winter, doctors' offices and hospital emergency rooms fill with children who have bronchiolitis, an inflammation of the small airways in the lung. It's responsible for about 130,000 admissions each year. Sometimes these ...

Jan 25, 2018

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