Science and Medicine

New Urine Test Could Diagnose Eye Disease

“I knew from my previous experience in analyzing urine samples from liver disease patients...

How High Blood Sugar Throws off Heart Rhythm

“While scientists have known for a while that CaMKII plays a critical role in...

Why Sleepy Brains Crave Doughnuts

“These results shed light on how the brain becomes impaired by sleep deprivation, leading...

Poor Sleep in Pregnancy Could Lead to Problems

“There is a dynamic relationship between sleep and immunity, and this study is the...

Sleepy Teens Make Bad Food Choices

The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends that adolescents get between nine and 10...

Gene Associated With Longevity Also Regulates Circadian Clock

“The importance of this study is that it has both basic and potentially translational...

Scans Show Early Brain Growth in Breastfed Babies

“We’re finding the difference (in white matter growth) is on the order of 20...

Parent Lifespan Tied to Children’s Cancer Risk

“Despite being likely to share the same environment and lifestyle in their married lives,...

Do Men’s and Women’s Hearts Burn Fuel Differently?

“Because the heart is the body’s number-one consumer of fat, when it starts using...

Sticky Questions About Role of Alzheimer’s Gene

“About 60 percent of the patients we see in the Alzheimer’s clinics have at...