Inside Porton Down: What I learned during three years at the UK's most secretive chemical weapons laboratory
When I first arrived at the top secret Porton Down laboratory, I was aware of very little about its activities. I knew it was ...
Coffee leads U.S. caffeine intake as tea declines
Turns out, Americans may be drinking less coffee, soda and tea, but they're getting more caffeine than ever. A new study of ...
Ferret brain study explores how reliable visual representations emerge during development
Brain circuits are known to gradually form and develop after birth as the result of both innate biological processes and life experiences. Past studies suggest that the initial development of brain ...
'Active recovery' after exercise is supposed to improve performance—but does it really work?
Imagine you have just finished a workout. Your legs are like jelly, your lungs are burning and you just want to collapse on ...
Language barriers in health care: Patient-doctor common tongue key to decreasing cardiovascular disease and longer life
A positive patient-doctor relationship is an ingredient to a healthy life, and new research has zeroed in on the impact ...
A 'twin epidemic': Co-prescribed stimulants and opioids linked to higher opioid doses
The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed ...
Key risk factors for diabetic foot reinfections uncovered in study
Texas has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country, with more than 2.7 million Texans diagnosed with the condition ...
Plant-rich, low saturated-fat diet associated with reduced psoriasis severity
A diet of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy foods and lean meats, low in salt and sugar, is associated with ...
New experimental paradigm isolates cognitive and motor processes in the mouse brain
When animals and humans explore their surrounding environment or complete specific tasks, their brains simultaneously support ...
Islet transplantation with blood vessel cells shows promise to treat type 1 diabetes
Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...
Combining protein therapy and focused ultrasound therapy can improve cancer treatment
Combining an existing small-molecule protein therapy called tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) ...
'DeepFocus' offers minimally invasive brain stimulation through the nose
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Allegheny Health Network have developed a new method for deep brain ...