Archive: 06/06/2017

New insights into how the human brain processes scent

Theta oscillations, a type of rhythmic electrical activity that waxes and wanes four to eight times per second, may play a fundamental role in processing scent in the human brain, according to a new study recently published ...

Jun 6, 2017

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Workplace survey of quad bike use highlights rollover risks

A ground-breaking UNSW study of quad bike safety on farms and other workplaces has found that one in two riders has crashed and about two-thirds of the crashes involved rollovers, putting riders at risk of serious chest injury ...

Jun 6, 2017

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Obesity and diabetes rising across Africa, according to study

Obesity and diabetes are rising in Africa, led by higher income countries in the north and south.

Jun 6, 2017

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Microgreen study shows health benefits

"Microgreens" are tender young plants grown from the seed of certain herb, vegetable, and grain crops that can be clipped at the stem and eaten fresh within 2 weeks of germinating.

Jun 6, 2017

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Tourette-like tics vanish in mice treated with histamine

Yale scientists produced increased grooming behavior in mice that may model tics in Tourette syndrome and discovered these behaviors vanish when histamine—a neurotransmitter most commonly associated with allergies—is ...

Jun 6, 2017

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Chikungunya vaccine trial underway

The National Institutes of Health-funded Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit at Baylor College of Medicine will be one of the sites for a clinical trial testing the safety and immune responses to a vaccine against chikungunya ...

Jun 6, 2017

Test for HDL cholesterol function could transform the way healthcare providers predict risk for heart disease

A groundbreaking study published today in AACC's Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine shows that a new test could improve diagnosis and treatment of heart disease by measuring how effectively a patient's high-density lipoprotein ...

Jun 6, 2017