Now and Zen: Lower prenatal stress reduces risk of behavioral issues in kids

Expectant mothers may want to consider adopting today's trend towards stress management, in light of new…

Study: Playing smartphone app aids concussion recovery in teens

Generally, after suffering a concussion, patients are encouraged to avoid reading, watching TV and using mobile…

Could olfactory loss point to Alzheimer’s disease?

Simple odor identification tests may help track the progression of Alzheimer's disease before symptoms actually appear,…

Multicolor MRIs could aid disease detection

Researchers have developed a method that could make magnetic resonance imaging -- MRI -- multicolor. Current…

Elevated testosterone causes bull market trading

Testosterone directly impacts financial decisions that drive prices up and destabilize markets, research has shown for…

Estrogen receptor stem cells found in mammary glands

One of the key questions in stem cell and cancer biology is to understand the cellular…

Roots of schizophrenia: Excess of methionine during pregnancy?

An abundance of an amino acid called methionine, which is common in meat, cheese and beans,…

Starting opioid addiction treatment in the ED is cost-effective

The most cost-effective treatment for people with untreated opioid addiction who visit the emergency department (ED)…

Soil microbes persist through National Mall facelift

It's not every day United States history mixes with microbes in the soil. But when the…

Combination of traditional chemotherapy, new drug kills rare cancer cells in mice

An experimental drug combined with the traditional chemotherapy drug cisplatin, when used in mice, destroyed a…