Diabetes treatments have saved many lives, but in older patients with multiple medical conditions, aggressively…
Month: January 2015
Two-faced fish clue that our ancestors ‘weren’t shark-like’
An investigation of a 415-million-year-old fish skull strongly suggests that the last common ancestor of…
Attitudes, practices surrounding end of life care in ICUs vary among Asian physicians
A majority of physicians surveyed throughout Asia reported almost always or often withholding life-sustaining treatment…
New research on what the nose ‘knows’ reveals an unexpected simplicity
Two types of neuronal processors found in the rat olfactory bulb solve the difficult problem…
How thoughts, behavior affect mood
The mood swings of people with bipolar disorder are influenced by their thoughts, according to…
Water, water, everywhere: Controlling the properties of nanomaterials
Properties of water molecules on the surface of metal oxides can be used to better…
More clues to how drug reverses obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease
Researchers have identified how a promising drug in clinical trials for the treatment of obesity…
Possible new target for treating brain inflammation found
An enzyme that produces a class of inflammatory lipid molecules in the brain has been…
Web-based TAVR marketing found to overstate benefits, understate risks of procedure
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, has been called one of the biggest advances in…
Solar cell polymers with multiplied electrical output
Scientists paired up photovoltaic polymers that produce two units of electricity per unit of light…