A landmark study will help health professionals improve the identification of severe and problematic anxiety in pregnant women.
Smoking cessation strategies targeting stress reduction may be more successful in women
Women are 31 percent less likely to quit smoking successfully, in part because nicotine replacement therapy is more effective in…
Brain pathway linked to impulsive behaviors
Researchers have uncovered new details of a brain pathway that can cause impulsive behaviors.
Key protein in the production of insulin discovered
The crucial hormone insulin needs help acquiring the right structure. A protein that assists in the process of insulin folding…
New insight into unique sugar transport in plants
A small research group has just elucidated the structure of a sugar transport protein that is unique to plants. The…
Retinal microenvironment in a dish with human stem cells
Biologists have developed a way to create more-mature models that better mimic the environment in the human retina by creating…
Anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins
Researchers have discovered that antibodies that may form the basis of a universal flu vaccine inhibit a second viral protein…
Common pain reliever can improve survival in head and neck cancer
Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or…
Muscle memory discovery ends ‘use it or lose it’ dogma
Exercise physiologists agree: muscle memory is real. But how are these ‘memories’ stored? A review has a simple answer: nuclei…
Interferon regulatory factor 6 mutations implicated in neural tube defects, including spina bifida
Mutations in a gene known as interferon regulatory factor 6 that cause cleft lip and palate also are implicated in…