Medicaid paid for 45 percent of the 4 million births in the United States in 2010, an amount that has been rising over time, according to a report out today. The study, published in the September 2013 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Women's Health Issues, offers the most comprehensive...

The pain and itching associated with shingles and herpes may be due to the virus causing a "short circuit" in the nerve cells that reach the skin. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/pu-...

Treatment with two common drugs reduced viral replication and lung damage when given to monkeys infected with the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. The condition is a deadly pneumonia that has killed more than 100 people, primarily in the Middle East.The new findings show that a...

Paying doctors for how they perform specific medical procedures and examinations yields better health outcomes than the traditional "fee for service" model, where everyone gets paid a set amount regardless of quality or patient outcomes, according to new research conducted by UC San Francisco and...

Researchers have identified a previously unrecognized type of pathology in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. These tangle-like structures appear at early stages of Alzheimer's and are not found in other neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease.The appearance of these...

A physician and scientist at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School has found an important clue why the search for the cause of multiple sclerosis has been slow -- it appears that most research on the origins of MS has focused on the wrong part of the brain. Look more to the gray matter and less to the...

Scientists have developed a strain of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus that could be used as a vaccine against the disease, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Fuente :...

NASA's black-hole-hunter spacecraft, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has "bagged" its first 10 supermassive black holes. The mission, which has a mast the length of a school bus, is the first telescope capable of focusing the highest-energy X-ray light into detailed pictures....

Lying more than 110 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Antlia (The Air Pump) is the spiral galaxy IC 2560, shown in a new image from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. At this distance it is a relatively nearby spiral galaxy, and is part of the Antlia cluster -- a group of...

What's usually considered old garbage might be a promising asset for our energy supply, according to researchers. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/6...

Los cerebros de todos los varones no reaccionan igual ante sus niños. Un estudio realizado a partir de escáneres cerebrales indica que los hombres con menor volumen testicular están más implicados en los cuidados paternales. Los autores señalan que el tamaño de las gónadas tiene que ver con la...

Un estudio con participación española recoge el material genético de las mitocondrias de un úrsido de hace 400.000 años encontrado en el yacimiento de la Sima de los Huesos en Atapuerca (Burgos). El siguiente objetivo de los investigadores es encontrar el ADN humano más antiguo. Fuente :...

A wearable, picture-taking health monitor has received a recent facelift. Now, in addition to documenting what a person eats, the eButton prototype can accurately match those images against a geometric-shape library, providing a much easier method for counting calories. Fuente :...

A nanoparticle shaped like a spiky ball, with magnetic properties, has been uncovered in a new method of synthesizing carbon nanotubes by physicists. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/C...

Researchers have demonstrated a new mechanism for extracting energy from light, a finding that could improve technologies for generating electricity from solar energy and lead to more efficient optoelectronic devices used in communications. Fuente :...

New research has put the possibility of bomb-detecting lasers at security checkpoints within reach. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/z...

Most patients who report statin intolerance, including muscle aches and other side effects from the cholesterol-lowering drugs, can actually tolerate drugs from this class on subsequent trials. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/P...

A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science and RNA sequencing, according to an international team of researchers. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/C...

Public announcements in noisy places -- such as railway stations, airports, or sports venues -- could become quieter and clearer in future, thanks to new research. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/g...

Many parents may have noticed their children seemed on edge during their first week of school. They may have been agitated, withdrawn or more focused on themselves, rather than what was going on around them. Such behaviours are classic symptoms of high anxiety, says Université de Montréal...

Plusieurs parents ont peut-être remarqué que leurs enfants ont les nerfs à fleur de peau pendant la première semaine de classe. Ils semblent agités, retirés ou centrés sur eux-mêmes plutôt que de s’intéresser à leur environnement. Il s’agit en effet de symptômes classiques d’anxiété élevée, affirme...

Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) provide the first phenotypic evidence a mutated gene causes one form of progressive retinal atrophy in papillon dogs. Progressive retinal atrophy is analogous to one of the leading cause of inherited blindness in humans and the findings may lead to new...

In summer excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount, Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar made a stunning discovery: two bundles of treasure containing thirty-six gold coins, gold and silver jewelry, and a 10-cm gold medallion with a menorah (Temple candelabrum), shofar...

"" The Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, with more than 1.200 entries, is the first encyclopedia devoted to the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine. An international advisory board consisting of the leadership and past leadership of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the...

Gene motion is revealed to play a role in gene regulation and could be important in all areas of biology. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/O...

A new analysis confirms the need for greater use of annual mammography in women ages 40-49. It also confirms that, even with new therapeutics and protocols for treating breast cancer, regular mammography screening is still the best way to significantly reduce breast cancer deaths. Fuente :...

A research team has used a recently developed technology they call TSUNAMI to create the first animal model of the adult-onset version of spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating motor-neuron illness. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/k...

The second World Happiness Report further strengthens the case that well-being is a critical component of economic and social development. The report describes how measurements of well-being can be used effectively to assess the progress of nations. Fuente :...

Music has an uncanny way of bringing us back to a specific point in time, and each generation seems to have its own opinions about which tunes will live on as classics. Young adults today are fond of and have an emotional connection to the music that was popular for their parents' generation,...