Medications commonly used to combat physical health diseases, such as high blood pressure, could bring significant benefits to people with…
Controlling children’s behavior with screen time leads to more screen time, study reveals
Researchers investigated the impact of parenting practices on the amount of time young children spend in front of screens. They…
Drug development options diversified with new metal catalyst
Researchers have developed a new manganese-based catalyst that can change the structure of drug-like molecules to make new drugs, advancing…
Following Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake, crisis in childhood malnutrition averted
Despite widespread destruction, including severe agricultural-related losses caused by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, child nutrition remained stable in the…
Mechanism for impaired allergic inflammation in infants may explain hygiene hypothesis
New research describes a mechanism in a mouse model of asthma that supports the hygiene hypothesis — researchers found that…
Let’s map our DNA and save billions each year in health costs
A scientist has called for Australia to embrace pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing to deliver medication more effectively and slash around $2.4…
First pregnancy after robot-assisted uterus transplant
Research on uterine transplantation is now supported by robotic surgery. This change has made operating on the donors considerably less…
By using recorded audio feedback academics can reduce workload mentally and physically
Academics experience that by using the Recorded Audio Feedback (RAF) in higher education they can give more relaxed and dialogic…
Parental CPTSD increases transmission of trauma to offspring of Tutsi genocide survivors
Nearly 25 years after the genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda took the lives of up to one million victims,…
New technique offers rapid assessment of radiation exposure
Researchers have developed a new technique that allows them to assess radiation exposure in about an hour using an insulator…