New web-based tool to improve football development An innovative sports science tool—based on the research of a University of Stirling academic—is aiming to revolutionize talent identification and development in youth football players. Oct 16, 2019 0 1
Stimulants: Using them to cram for exams ruins sleep and doesn't help test scores Along with a steeper financial burden and an increasingly competitive academic environment, this year's incoming freshman university class will likely be confronted with the pressure to take a little pill that some popular ... Oct 16, 2019 0 2
Hope for millions of Irritable Bowel Syndrome sufferers as research identifies cause of pain as 'gut itch' This is big news for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients: 11 percent of the world's population suffers from IBS, but the fight against chronic pain has taken a major step forward with scientists identifying receptors ... Oct 16, 2019 0 1128
Is climate change to blame for New England's EEE outbreak? The question shadows the current outbreak of Eastern equine encephalitis in Southern New England: Is the high number of human cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year part of a natural cycle, or is it linked to the changing ... Oct 16, 2019 0 0
Improving cancer screening: what does the latest review recommend? Screening people for cancer saves thousands of lives every year. And these programmes will play a vital role in achieving NHS England's ambition to diagnose 3 in 4 cancers early by 2028. Oct 16, 2019 0 1
AI system more accurately identifies collapsed lungs using chest X-rays New assistive technology can diagnose collapsed lungs from chest X-rays with a higher degree of accuracy than radiologists. Oct 16, 2019 0 3
Protein misfolding as a risk marker for Alzheimer's disease In symptom-free individuals, the detection of misfolded amyloid-β protein in the blood indicates a considerably higher risk of Alzheimer's disease—up to 14 years before a clinical diagnosis is made. Amyloid-β folding ... Oct 16, 2019 0 7
California's new transparency law reveals steep rise in wholesale drug prices Drugmakers fought hard against California's groundbreaking drug price transparency law, passed in 2017. Now, state health officials have released their first report on the price hikes those drug companies sought to shield. Oct 16, 2019 0 2
Memory is damaged by air pollution, researchers find New research from the University of Warwick shows that human memory is significantly worse in parts of England with high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and air particulates (PM10). The difference in memory quality between ... Oct 16, 2019 0 35
Drug that blocks blood vessel growth could treat rare sarcomas An experimental targeted drug could treat a rare type of cancer usually affecting the limbs, a clinical trial led by The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has shown. Oct 16, 2019 0 11