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May 15, 2013 11:06 AM EDT

Pop-Tarts New Flavors: Peanut Taste Could Pose Risk for Those with Allergies, Not Healthier

These new varieties of Pop-Tarts may be even more sugary than before.

May 15, 2013 10:48 AM EDT

Angelina Jolie Undergoes Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy with Discovery of Gene Mutation BRCA1

When actress Angelina Jolie found she was a carrier of the breast cancer gene mutation BRCA1, she underwent bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Will this inspire others with breast cancer to do the same?

May 15, 2013 09:24 AM EDT

Occupants of Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms Still at Risk for Third-Hand Smoke

According to a new study published online in Tobacco Control, all non-smoking hotel rooms operating a partial smoking ban fail to protect their occupants from tobacco smoke, as the smoke from other rooms tends to travel from room to room. Even if the room does not have any smoking activity, the effe...

Flu in Pregnancy Linked to Fourfold Risk for Bipolar Disorder

May 15, 2013 08:14 AM EDT

Flu in Pregnancy Linked to Fourfold Risk of Bipolar Disorder

A study links flu in pregnancy to a fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood. This study published in the JAMA Psychiatry adds to growing evidence of shared underlying causes and illness processes with schizophrenia which in some studies have been linked t...

Women’s Immune Systems Age Slowly Than Men: Study

May 15, 2013 07:40 AM EDT

Women’s Immune Systems Age Slower than Men: Study

A new study says that the reason women live longer than men is because they have better immune systems. According to a study published in the journal Immunity and Ageing, women's immune systems age more slowly when compared to men.

Massage Therapy Reduce Stress in Preterm Infants

May 15, 2013 06:09 AM EDT

Massage Therapy Reduces Stress in Preterm Infants

Researchers from the University of Louisville School of Nursing have found that massage therapy helps preterm infants reduce stress by promoting ANS development.

Weight Training and Cardio Keeps the Doctors Away: Study

May 15, 2013 05:03 AM EDT

Weight Training and Cardio at Old Age Keeps Doctors Away: Study

A latest study published in the journal PLOS ONE states that lifting weights and doing cardio reduces the number of hospital visits in seniors. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia in collaboration with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

Neuronal cell cultures through a confocal microscope

May 14, 2013 11:59 PM EDT

New Cellular Oxygen Probe Helps to Better Understand Cell Death

The ability to measure concentrations of oxygen inside living human cells is a key requirement to help advance our understanding and treatment of a range of serious medical conditions.

May 14, 2013 11:41 PM EDT

A New Weapon in The Fight Against Cancer

A group of European research partners attempted to tackle the difficult task of finding a way to detect and capture 'circulating tumour cells' (CTCs), a crucial task in the fight against cancer, and succeeded.

Nanotube technology leading to new era of fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics

May 14, 2013 06:16 PM EDT

Scientists Made a Tiny Self-Powered Biodevice Swimming Inside of Body

Bioelectronic devices have huge scientific and practical importance for basic science as well as for possible applications in medicine, the high-tech industry, the military, etc. Scientists are working on the integration of biomaterials with electronic elements, such as electrodes, chips and transis...

A*STAR scientists make groundbreaking discovery on stem cell regulation

May 14, 2013 02:05 PM EDT

Can Clay Grow Bone? Synthetic Silicate Nanoplatelets Induce Stem Cells to Make It

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors.