Physical exercise, including treadmill, stretching and resistance exercises, appears to improve gait speed, muscle strength…
Month: November 2012
Study examines smoking by inpatients during hospital stay
A study of smokers admitted to a large urban teaching hospital in Massachusetts found that…
PTSD linked to smaller brain area regulating fear response
Recent combat veterans who are diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder have significantly smaller volume…
Healthy living adds fourteen years to your life, study suggests
If you have optimal heart health in middle age, you may live up to 14…
Kids consume more soda and calories when eating out
Children and adolescents consume more calories and soda and have poorer nutrient-intake on days they…
Revolutionary type of gel discovered
Controlling and modifying at will the transparency, electrical properties, and stiffness of a gel are…
Climate modeler identifies trigger for Earth’s last big freeze
For more than 30 years, climate scientists have debated whether flood waters from melting of…
Warming temperatures cause aquatic animals to shrink the most
Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers…
First gene therapy study in human salivary gland shows promise
This finding comes from the first-ever Phase I clinical study of gene therapy in a…
Carbon buried in the soil rises again
A team of researchers estimated that roughly half of the carbon buried in soil by…