Archive: 06/09/2017

New device for testing heart health

UConn researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed a device that tests an important indicator of heart health that is often ignored – blood viscosity.

Sep 6, 2017

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Living in poverty puts demands on attention that impair decision-making

If the interest rate banks paid on customers' deposits were to soar from 0.3 percent to 5 percent, you would expect that most people would start saving more. But, it turns out, most people aren't that calculating.

Sep 6, 2017

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Compound found to improve brain structure development of mice with Down syndrome

(Medical Xpress)—A team with members from several institutions in Japan has found a compound that reduces the impact of Down syndrome in mice. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

Sep 6, 2017 report

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Potential noninvasive test for Alzheimer's disease

In the largest and most conclusive study of its kind, researchers have analysed blood samples to create a novel and non-invasive way of helping to diagnose Alzheimer's disease and distinguishing between different types of ...

Sep 6, 2017

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Childhood socioeconomic status associated with arterial stiffness in adulthood

A multicentre trial coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku, Finland, shows that lower socioeconomic status in childhood is associated with arterial ...

Sep 6, 2017

'Waves' of neural activity give new clues about Alzheimer's

While unconscious during deep sleep, slow-wave neuron activity travels across the cerebral cortex. This phenomenon is related to the consolidation of memory. A European project called SloW Dyn, led by Spanish scientists, ...

Sep 6, 2017

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Study associates schizophrenia with defective processing of messenger RNA in cells

Schizophrenia affects approximately 1 percent of the world's population and is the main cause of psychiatric incapacitation. Despite its high prevalence and the severity of its symptoms, little is known about the biochemical ...

Sep 6, 2017

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Spreading depolarizations trigger early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage, researchers find

The phrase "time is brain" could take on new meaning when applied to the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of bleeding stroke, thanks to research partially funded by the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation ...

Sep 6, 2017

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Danish drugmaker reaches settlement with US authorities

Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk says it has reached a $46.5 million settlement with U.S. authorities over allegations that it hadn't properly communicated safety information when marketing a medicine to treat type 2 diabetes.

Sep 6, 2017

Biologists slow aging, extend lifespan of fruit flies

UCLA biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine—turning back the clock on a key component of aging.

Sep 6, 2017

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