In a randomized trial that included overweight and obese adolescents with type 1 diabetes, the…
Month: December 2015
Optimal global C-section rate may be as high as 19 percent to save lives of mothers, infants
New research examining the relationship between C-section rates and maternal and neonatal mortality in 194…
Fossil dinosaur tracks give insight into lives of prehistoric giants
A newly discovered collection of rare dinosaur tracks is helping scientists shed light on some…
Researchers hope to harness human dna to fight HIV
Researchers are learning more about how an ancient “error correction” system in the human genome…
First language wires brain for later language-learning
You may believe that you have forgotten the Chinese you spoke as a child, but…
why and when straight women form close friendships with gay men
Psychology researchers examine the dynamics behind gay-straight friendships in one of the first empirical studies…
Estimating poverty, wealth from cell phone metadata
Researchers have devised a way to estimate the distribution of wealth and poverty in an…
Risk management plan for functional imaging in cancer clinical trials
In cancer clinical trials, scientists are always trying to strike the right balance between maximizing…
Plant hormone may play a vital role in blood sugar control, diabetes management
A treatment for managing blood sugar levels might be as close as the local health…
Magnesium ions show promise in slowing progression of Alzheimer’s disease in mice
In mouse models Alzheimer’s disease, oral administration of magnesium-L-threonate (MgT) alleviated cognitive decline, scientists report…