Archive: 29/01/2018

Access to water and diverse terrain encourage elderly toward physical activity

A recently published study, conducted at the Gerontology Research Center of the University of Jyväskylä, found associations between features of natural environment in the home neighborhood and physical activity of older ...

Jan 29, 2018

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Expert discusses whether direct-to-consumer genetics testing kits really work

For my family this past holiday season, the most heated discussion was not generated from the usual suspects (politics or sibling dynamics), but rather from a Secret Santa gift: a 23andMe genetics testing kit given by an ...

Jan 29, 2018

Virtual reality helping to improve healthcare

A virtual reality colonoscopy developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield could help clinicians to detect abnormalities in the digestive system.

Jan 29, 2018

Uncovering the early origins of Huntington's disease

With new findings, scientists may be poised to break a long impasse in research on Huntington's disease, a fatal hereditary disorder for which there is currently no treatment.

Jan 29, 2018

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The biological clock as an ally in the fight against inflammatory disease

What if the symptoms and seriousness of certain inflammatory diseases were linked to time of day? Researchers from Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille and Université de Lille have been working on this hypothesis, after noting ...

Jan 29, 2018