A new study with NASA participation has sharply reduced previous estimates of how much carbon…
Month: June 2012
Fungicide used on farm crops linked to insulin resistance
A fungicide used on farm crops can induce insulin resistance, a new tissue-culture study finds,…
Full-term children conceived with fertility drugs are shorter than their peers
Among children born full term, those conceived with the help of fertility drugs are slightly…
Timing of menopause symptoms relates to risk markers for heart disease, stroke
The hot flashes and night sweats that most women experience early in menopause are not…
Diet, exercise or both? What obese older adults need to do to reduce cardiometabolic risk
Obese older adults can reduce their chance of developing the metabolic syndrome by losing weight…
Speeding up bone growth by manipulating stem cells
Differentiation of stem cells into bone nodules is greatly accelerated by nanomolecular scaffolds.
Type 2 diabetes, cured by weight loss surgery, returns in one-fifth of patients
A new study shows that although gastric bypass surgery reverses Type 2 diabetes in a…
Browsing internet sites without the hurdles
The majority of websites have major shortcomings. Unclean programming frequently causes excessive load times. Companies…
Neutrons explain how haemoglobin evolution in red blood cells helped the duck-billed platypus respire
Scientists have explained the evolutionary history of haemoglobin using what might seem an unlikely array…
Binge eating improves with deep brain stimulation surgery
Deep brain stimulation reduces binge eating in mice, suggesting that this surgery, which is approved…