According to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America, researchers are employing a technique known as radiomics to predict future cardiac events such as heart attacks (RSNA). Radiomics enables researchers to extract quantitative, or quantifiable,
Every year, around 9 000 persons are admitted to Norwegian hospitals with stroke. Approximately half of these patients report feeling weary after the stroke, and many reports sleeping more throughout the day than they did before the stroke. These side effects are difficult to deal with and h
A new study led by Bruno Silva Santos, group leader and vice-director at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular Joo Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in the scientific journal Cell Reports discovered that T cells influence the transfer of maternal microbiota during birth and nursing,
A study reveals a previously unknown way in which cannabidiol (CBD), a substance found in cannabis, reduces seizures in many treatment-resistant forms of pediatric epilepsy.
Associate Professor Youhei Yamashita and grad student Yutaro Mori at Hokkaido University, along with Professor Hiroshi Ogawa at AORI, The University of Tokyo, have revealed conclusive evidence that hydrothermal vents are a previously unknown source of dissolved black carbon in the deep ocean
An international team of researchers led by Lithuanian scientists provide additional evidence that intracranial pressure plays an important role in normal-tension glaucoma, which accounts for up to 50 per cent of all glaucoma cases. A recent clinical study demonstrates that low intracranial
Reports of globalization's death are premature, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the University of British Columbia and the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai.
A necklace that could help you quit smoking is on the way. Northwestern Medicine researchers created a smart neck-worn gadget that looks like a lapis blue pendant and detects smoking significantly more reliably than prior systems. It accomplishes this by collecting heat signatures from therm
weet potatoes, which are orange and starchy, are delicious when mashed, chopped into fries, or just roasted whole. But you probably haven't thought about grinding them into flour and baking them into your next batch of cookies - at least, not yet! A recent study published in ACS Food Science
A recent study found a link between neurodegeneration in obese persons and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, implying that decreasing weight could reduce cognitive decline and lower the incidence of AD.
New research reveals that sharing a pro-sustainability point of view during a conversation can change the opinion of someone who is dismissive of efforts to safeguard the planet.