Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that lactate, a type of energy fuel in the brain, plays a critical role in the formation of long-term memory.
Mar 3, 2011
Troy, N.Y. -- Recent research by doctoral student Sevan Goenezen holds the promise of becoming a powerful new weapon in the fight against breast cancer.
Mar 3, 2011
Researchers determined that carotid artery stenting (CAS) with embolic protection is an economically attractive alternative to endarterectomy (END) for patients at increased surgical risk.
Mar 3, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- As carbon dioxide levels have risen during the last 150 years, the density of pores that allow plants to breathe has dwindled by 34…
Mar 3, 2011
People in marginalized groups, such as the disabled or racial minorities, feel stigmatized -- condemned, feared, or excluded -- when other people stigmatize them.
Mar 3, 2011
With the negotiations over a new NFL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between billionaire owners and millionaire players going nowhere and the current…
Mar 3, 2011
Hello and welcome! I'm glad to be the newest member of the ScienceBlog team. I am going to be writing mainly on genes, genomes, heredity, and health.
Mar 3, 2011
Cincinnati, OH, March 3, 2011 -- Cerebral palsy is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects motor function, more often in children born prematurely.
Mar 2, 2011
DALLAS -- March 3, 2011 -- Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a retrospective study at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found.
Mar 2, 2011
Any parent can tell you that raising a child is emotionally and intellectually draining.
Mar 2, 2011
Men who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs three times a day for more than three months are 2.4 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared…
Mar 2, 2011
Intensive adherence counseling around the time of HIV treatment initiation significantly reduces poor adherence and virologic treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a recent study in PLoS Medicine by Dr.
Mar 2, 2011
PHILADELPHIA -- Reporting in Nature, scientists from Thomas Jefferson University have determined that a single protein called FADD controls multiple cell death pathways, a discovery that could lead to better, more targeted autoimmune disease and cancer drugs.
Mar 2, 2011
A reliable and trustworthy system of weights and measures is vital for economic activity.
Mar 2, 2011
