2015

January

• Brain study sheds light on how children with autism process social play

• In infants, pain from vaccinations shows up in brain activity

• Dragnet for epilepsy genes

• Scientists extend telomeres to slow cell aging

• New ‘systems genetics’ study identifies possible target for epilepsy treatment

• How malaria-spreading mosquitoes can tell you’re home

• Pro-marijuana ‘tweets’ are sky-high on Twitter

• Rare neurological disease shines light on health of essential nerve cells

• You are what you eat - How gut bacteria affect brain health

• Family voices and stories speed coma recovery

• Researchers find new links between obesity and cardiovascular disease

• New strategies to identify and help women victims of intimate partner violence

• Antibiotic use by travelers may add to global spread of superbugs

• Four in 10 American children live in low-income families, new report shows

• Study shows how Ebola becomes lethal as it spreads

• Oranges versus orange juice: Which one might be better for your health?

• Seeing is not remembering

• Older minds need physical and mental activity

• Gym time won’t cancel out too much sitting

• Pizza days boost kids’ calorie and fat intake

• Major cause of blindness linked to calcium deposits in the eye

• Early knee arthritis symptoms first felt when using stairs

• Time to rethink the inner-city asthma epidemic?

• Researchers make breakthrough on new anesthetics

• Couples more likely to get healthy together

• Early parental program improves long-term childhood outcomes

• Rare mutations do not explain ‘missing heritability’ in asthma

• To beet or not to beet? Researchers test theories of beet juice benefits

• Michigan autoworkers fare worse when it comes to the heart

• Study identifies geographic clusters of underimmunization in Northern California

• Is it possible to reset our biological clocks?

• Brain recalls old memories via new pathways

• Genes and environment contribute to personal and peer drinking during adolescence and beyond

• Bacteria could contribute to development of wound-induced skin cancer

• Statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women

• Restoring vision to the blind

• An avocado a day keeps the cardiologist away

• Mom’s exercise habits good for blood pressure in kids

• Skin microbes trigger specific immune responses

• Men’s diets are related to local offerings, unlike women’s

• Poor vitamin D status linked to longer respiratory support in ICU patients, study finds

2014

December

• Cancer treatment potential discovered in gene repair mechanism

• Enzyme’s alter ego helps activate the immune system

• Text messaging reminders increase second dose influenza vaccinations in children

• Comparing analgesic effect of manual vs laser acupuncture for lateral epicondylalgia

• Binge drinking disrupts immune system in young adults, study finds

• High-fat diet, obesity during pregnancy harms stem cells in developing fetus

• Project pinpoints 12 new genetic causes of developmental disorders

• Optogenetics captures neuronal transmission in live mammalian brain

• Resistance to anti-viral drug may be more likely in cystic fibrosis patients

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