(University of California - San Francisco) Behavioral weight-loss programs can be an effective way to reduce urinary incontinence in women who are overweight or obese, according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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(Rockefeller University) The hepatitis C virus is interested in only one thing: human liver cells. That has been one of scientists’ greatest frustrations in their efforts to study the virus, and has hampered the development of useful animal models for the disease. But now, in a major leap forward, scientists have identified a protein that [...]
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Modifying the environment by using everything from shovels and plows to plant-derived pesticides may be as important as mosquito nets and vaccinations in the fight against malaria, according to a computerized analysis by MIT researchers.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — With GOP objections beaten back, a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance (SCHIP) coverage to an additional four million children is likely to pass the Senate this week.
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(Medical College of Wisconsin) A program designed and evaluated at The Medical College of Wisconsin to help prevent the spread of HIV in high-risk populations has been one of eight chosen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for inclusion in The 2008 Compendium of Evidence-based HIV Prevention Interventions. To be included, programs must [...]
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(University of Chicago Press Journals) According to a new study published in the American Naturalist, mammals that hibernate or that hide in burrows are less likely to turn up on an endangered species list. The study’s authors believe that the ability of such “sleep-or-hide” animals to buffer themselves from changing environments may help them avoid [...]
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(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study has found that transplantation of stem cells from the lining of the spinal cord, called ependymal stem cells, reverses paralysis associated with spinal cord injuries in laboratory tests. The findings show that the population of these cells after spinal cord injury was many times greater than comparable cells from healthy animal [...]
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(Lincoln Park Zoo) The Urban Wildlife Institute will focus studies on the interactions between urban dwellers and wildlife, utilizing sound science to create best practice conflict resolution. The institute aims to integrate landscape and animal ecology with epidemiology research to create a holistic approach to ecosystem health as it applies to urban settings. The goal [...]
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(McGill University) Lack of sleep is a common complaint but for many, falling asleep involuntarily during the day poses a very real and dangerous problem. A new study from the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University demonstrates interestingly, that sleep-wake states are regulated by two different types of nerve cells (neurons), melanin-concentrating hormone neurons and [...]
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(Texas A&M AgriLife Communications) There’s an emerging star in the super-food world — plums.Plainly, “blueberries have some stiff competition,” said Dr. Luis Cisneros, food scientist with Texas AgriLife Research.”Stone fruits are super fruits and plums are emerging stars.”Far from fruit snobbery, the plum is being ushered in after more than 100 varieties of plums, peaches [...]
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