Acne Doctors aren’t so keen on antibiotics for acnefuturity.org - Patti Verbanas-Rutgers Physicians are scaling back on prescribing antibiotics for long-term acne treatment in favor of a combinations of therapies, report researchers. For a …
Health Nanomaterial could stop scarring after heart attackfuturity.org - Megan Fellman-Northwestern Researchers have created a minimally invasive platform that can deliver a nanomaterial that turns the body’s inflammatory response into a signal to …
Health Asthma can keep horses from winning racesfuturity.org - Kayla Zacharias-Purdue Eighty percent of the thoroughbred racehorses researchers surveyed in a recent study had mild or moderate asthma. The results, which appear in the …
Health Wireless sensor would give epilepsy patients more freedomfuturity.org - Mike Williams-Rice Wiring a brain to record epileptic seizures binds a patient to a machine. It’s uncomfortable, to say the least, but engineering students want to …
Health W.I.C. changes cut obesity risk among 4-year-oldsfuturity.org - Keith Brannon-Tulane Sweeping changes designed to make a major federal food assistance program more nutritious reduced obesity risk for four-year-olds in the program …
Health In the U.S., we still sit way too muchfuturity.org - Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL Most Americans continue to sit for prolonged periods despite public health messages that sitting increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart …
Health ‘Recycling truck’ delivers gene to get bacteria through hard timesfuturity.org - Mollie Rappe-Brown Scientists have captured the first “snapshot” of two proteins involved in delivering a bacterial stress-response master regulator to the cell’s …
Water Kids who don’t drink water drink lots more sugary stufffuturity.org - Katie Bohn-Penn State Kids and young adults who drink no water during the day consume twice the amount of calories from sugary drinks than those who do, according to a new …
PTSD Hormone duo may protect some women against PTSDfuturity.org - Austin Fitzgerald-Missouri New research could clarify why not all women with traumatic childhoods develop PTSD. Childhood trauma is known to increase the risk of PTSD …
Schizophrenia Team identifies 104 high-risk genes for schizophreniafuturity.org - Bill Snyder-Vanderbilt Scientists have identified 104 high-risk genes for schizophrenia, a discovery that suggests it may be possible to detect and treat the disease before …
Marijuana People who use marijuana tend to weigh a bit lessfuturity.org - Sarina Gleason-Michigan State People who use marijuana weigh less compared to those who don’t, according to a new study. The finding runs contrary to the belief that marijuana …
Psychiatry Webinar aims to get psychiatrists to treat smokingfuturity.org - Megan Schumann-Rutgers A new web-based training program can help teach psychiatry residents how to assess and intervene with patients addicted to tobacco, according to a …
Health Good news about mercury in dog foodfuturity.org - Trina Wood-UC Davis An investigation into levels of methylmercury in a small sampling of commercial dog food offers good news for dog owners. Of the 24 diets tested, only …
The Brain Synthetic peptides could block toxic Alzheimer’s build-upfuturity.org - James Urton-Washington Researchers have developed synthetic peptides that can target and inhibit small, toxic aggregates related to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is a …
Health ‘Virtual’ cardio system improves alternative heart testfuturity.org - Eric Stann-Missouri A new mathematical model may pave the way for getting better information from ballistocardiograms, report researchers. Every heart beat sends blood …
Health To get teens off junk food, tap into their outragefuturity.org - Rachel Griess-Texas Exposing teenagers to the junk food industry’s manipulative marketing techniques may offer a way to tap into their natural desire to rebel—against …
Hospitals New Medicare rules benefit poorer patientsfuturity.org - Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL New Medicare reimbursement rules provide some relief to safety-net hospitals, shifting the burden of financial penalties toward hospitals serving …
Health Preserve fertility? Trans teens face tough decisionfuturity.org - Kristin Samuelson-Northwestern Although most teenagers aren’t actively considering parenthood, fertility is a consideration for transgender teens in transition, say …
Health CRISPR thwarts fatal lung disease in fetal micefuturity.org - Karen Kreeger-Penn Scientists used CRISPR gene-editing to treat a lethal lung disease in an animal model with a harmful mutation which causes death within hours after …
Health Some water disinfection misses drug-resistant genesfuturity.org - Sarah McQuate-Washington Current water and wastewater disinfecting methods work well to deter bacterial growth, but have varied success in fighting an antibiotic resistance …
Anesthesia We finally know how general anesthesia worksfuturity.org - Marla Broadfoot-Duke In a new study,researchers found that to knock you out, different anesthesia drugs hijack the neural circuitry that makes you fall sleep. The …
Health System restores some pig brain function hours after deathfuturity.org - Bill Hathaway-Yale Researchers restored circulation and cellular activity in a pig’s brain four hours after its death, the team reports. The finding challenges long-held …
Health Can ginkgo biloba seeds fight skin infections?futurity.org - Carol Clark-Emory Extracts from the seeds of the Ginkgo biloba tree show antibacterial activity on pathogens that can cause skin infections such as acne, psoriasis, …
The Brain Quick learners have speedier neuronsfuturity.org - National University of Singapore The speed with which a person is able to grasp, process, understand, store, and use information comes down to the speed and timing with which the …
Health What it means when lungs crackle and wheezefuturity.org - Jim Erickson-Michigan Crackling and wheezing lungs could be the sounds of a disease progressing, according to new research. A new study describes how the mechanics that …
Health Sticky patch reduces damage after heart attackfuturity.org - Kevin Stacey-Brown An adhesive patch can provide support for damaged heart tissue, report researchers. The new patch may one day help reduce the stretching of heart …
Health Political divide takes a toll on immigrants’ healthfuturity.org - Kim Eckart-Washington A new study, drawn from a broader research project on immigrant health highlights the ways partisan rhetoric and cultural divides become stressors …
Stem Cells 1 gene connects stem cells in the brain and the gutfuturity.org - Patti Verbanas-Rutgers Researchers have identified a new factor that is essential for maintaining the stem cells in the brain and gut. The loss of this factor may contribute …
Health This ‘body awareness’ training cuts relapse ratefuturity.org - Jackson Holtz-Washington A new type of body awareness training helps women recover from drug addiction, according to new research. The women made marked improvements, and many …
