Meal delivery drivers bringing food to homebound seniors can be an effective early-warning system for health and safety problems, according…
Goat milk formula could benefit infant gut health
Research suggests goat milk infant formula has similar prebiotic properties to breast milk and could play a role in supporting…
Music develops the spoken language of the hearing-impaired
Researchers have compiled guidelines for international use for utilizing music to support the development of spoken language. The guidelines are…
Infant mortality is higher for low-skilled parents
Infants of women with a short-term education are more likely to die within the first year of life. In more…
Dementia study links gene with damage to brain connections
Insights into how a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease disrupts brain cells have been revealed by scientists.
Children living in countryside outperform children living in metropolitan area in motor skills
Residential density is related to children’s motor skills, engagement in outdoor play and organized sports. Finnish children living in the…
Multiple sclerosis: Endogenous retrovirus HERV-W key to nerve tissue damage
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) affecting brain and spinal cord. Medical researchers…
Men ask most of the questions at scientific conferences; we can choose to change that
Even in a majority-women audience at an academic conference, men ask questions most of the time, researchers report. After analyzing…
Malaria hijacks your genes to invade your liver
Researchers have identified more than 100 ‘hijacked’ human genes that malaria parasites commandeer to take up residence inside their victim’s…
Nutritional cues regulate pancreatic tumor’s ‘cell drinking’
Desperate for nutrients, rapidly growing pancreatic tumors resort to scavenging ‘fuel’ through an alternative supply route, called macropinocytosis. Blocking this…