New virus causing SARS-like infection mistfies recearchers
This article was first published on ScienceNews by Tina Hesman Saey
WASHINGTON — A deadly new virus has scientists scrambling to learn more about it...
40 winks crucial say scientists
Just a week of inadequate sleep can alter the activity of hundreds of genes, which may help scientists explain how wakeful nights can lead...
Breast cancer in men
For months, Oliver Bogler ignored the lump he felt behind the nipple of his right breast, figuring it was just a weird little nuisance....
Ultrasound reveals autism risk at birth
Low-birth-weight babies with a particular brain abnormality are at greater risk for autism, according to a new study that could provide doctors a signpost...
Computing on the brain: where MRI meets epilepsy treatment
It’s been referred to, somewhat disparagingly, as blobology, but MRI technology has the potential to improve treatment for epilepsy – in part thanks to...
Ancient teeth bacteria record disease evolution
DNA preserved in calcified bacteria on the teeth of ancient human skeletons has shed light on the health consequences of the evolving diet and...
New hope for early diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s
Flinders University researchers have discovered that a protein in the brain may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease – a common...
Research to uncover the mysteries of diabetes get funded
Research toward understanding the developmental risk of type 1 diabetes is a step closer after a major funding grant to The University of Queensland's...
Tennis elbow treatment with steroids misses the mark
A common tennis elbow treatment has been challenged by a new study from The University of Queensland.
UQ researchers found that treating patients with physiotherapy...
Reading to unborn babies may help brain development
Premature Babies Can Decipher Sounds and Syllables
Reading to unborn babies during the last trimester may help with the baby's development of language and sound....