Category: Education
Aging reduces capillary growth in muscle in postmenopausal women
Postmenopausal woman unfortunately have significantly reduced ability for angiogenesis – the formation of tiny blood vessels, or capillaries – in skeletal muscle tissue, compared to younger, premenopausal women. These women were also unable to increase the number of capillaries after […]
Pain is getting worse in middle-aged, less-educated Americans, says psychology prof.
Researchers who have conducted a survey on the relationship between age and reported physical pain between some 2.5 million adults in the US surmise that each generation of less-educated Americans experience greater pain throughout their lives. The findings show that […]
Unlike adults, children use both sides of the brain to process language
A study which focused on language processing has revealed that very young children use both hemispheres of their brain to do so, and can even develop needed cognitive abilities in the other hemisphere after heavy damage.This differs from adults, who […]
Participation from partners helps heart attack survivors stick to healthy, new habits
Heart attack survivors have a better chance of changing unhealthy habits or to form healthy ones, including exercise, when their significant others join their efforts. It also greatly helps patients prevent future repeat heart attacks. Observing programs focusing on lifestyle […]
Protein-specific blood test may revolutionise diagnosis for Alzheimer’s disease
New research led by fellows at Lund University in Sweden, by way of an inexpensive blood test, could be accurate indicator of both plaques and tangles characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in living patients. So far, the diagnosis of AD […]
Transforming white fat into brown fat handy application to obesity treatments
Out of the different fat cells in the human body, brown fat is more beneficial than white fat – scientists at the Joslin Diabetes Center (Joslin) in Massachusetts, US, have developed a variant of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to convert […]
Scientists confirm genetic variations cause eczema, allows for polishing of genetic tests, therapies
Atopic dermatitis, commonly known as eczema, is an inflammatory skin condition caused by an impaired skin barrier. It allows increased water loss from the skin – people with eczema tend to have thick, dry,and intensely itchy skin and easily develop […]
Researchers successfully grow functioning mini hearts from stem cells
A breakthrough at Michigan State University (MSU), US, has seen the first-ever miniature human hearts – grown from stem cells – made in the lab. The human heart organoids (hHOs) come complete with all primary heart cell types and have […]
Curious young minds drawn to explore, stockpile information over easy rewards
“Exploration seems to be a major driving force during early childhood – even outweighing the importance of immediate rewards,” according to Dr. Vladimir Sloutsky, a professor of psychology at The Ohio State University, US. Dr. Vladimir and colleagues studied how children would […]
