Students Chasing Sleep Turn to Melatonin, But Should They?
Recent research studies reviewed by the National Sleep Foundation indicated that melatonin can be effective for some types of mild insomnia. This may be good news for college students who find themselves staying up...
Florida Warns of Rare, Brain-eating Amoeba
Rare Freshwater Amoeba attacks Brain of Young Florida Resident A particular type of amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, has made news recently for landing a young Florida resident in the hospital. While knee-boarding with friends in a...
Dyslexia may be a Result of Brain Connectivity
Impaired connections between the brain’s auditory and speech centers may cause dyslexia, according to a study recently published in Science. Bart Boets, a clinical psychologist at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, led a...
New Stem Cell Therapy – Growing Human Blood Vessels for Bioengineered Tissue
Bioengineering techniques that grow transplant tissue have been around for years. However, the process of vascularizing the tissue has proven to be a tough challenge. Without a way for blood vessels to bring nutrients...
National Institutes of Health Collaborate to Find Breakthrough for Asthmatics
The National Institutes of Health recognizes a critical air pollution analysis device for its potential extensive impact on asthma monitoring and...
New Discovery Sheds Light on a Genetic Origin
Carlos Bustamante and his colleagues at Stanford University in California recently published an article shedding new light on the possible genetic origins of men. The researchers sequenced the complete genome of the Y chromosome...
Personalized Medicine Gives New Hope to Lung Cancer Patients
Innovative genetic research is changing the way doctors are treating their patients, especially in the fight against cancer. It is now possible for doctors to look at cancer cases individually by looking at the...