Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays in…
Month: April 2016
Gut feeling: Research examines link between stomach bacteria, PTSD
Could bacteria in your gut be used to cure or prevent neurological conditions such as…
Female pelvis adjusts for childbearing years
Mother Nature has the answer: With the onset of puberty, the female pelvis expands; with…
New advance announced in fight against Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s
A lab-based study seems to have discovered a way of ‘reversing’ symptoms for Parkinson’s and…
Controlling RNA in living cells
A system of modular proteins that can be used to track or manipulate RNA inside…
United States absorbed carbon dioxide despite a drought
The warm spring of 2012 in the U.S. caused plants to absorb more carbon, thereby…
Enigma in ant communication solved
In many animal species, physical battles and other aggressive acts determine a certain “pecking order.”…
Head impacts from single season of high school football produce measurable change in brain cells
Repeated impacts to the heads of high school football players cause measurable changes in their…
Framing discourse around conservative values shifts climate change attitudes
Conservatives’ attitudes toward climate change and other environmental concerns shift when the issues are reframed…
Soy shows promise as natural anti-microbial agent
Soy isoflavones and peptides may inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses,…