Studies and Analyses

innovations-report maintains a wealth of in-depth studies and analyses from a variety of subject areas including business and finance, medicine and pharmacology, ecology and the environment, energy, communications and media, transportation, work, family and leisure.

Smart neurons: Single neuronal dendrites can perform computations

The study, published today (Sunday) in Nature and carried out by researchers based at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at UCL, the MRC Laboratory…

X-Rays Overused in ICU: Ultrasound Safer, Just as Effective

“We found that the use of ultrasound to diagnose patients greatly reduced radiation exposure for patients without negatively affecting their health,” said…

Oral Bacteria Create a ‘Fingerprint’ in Your Mouth

Scientists identified a total of almost 400 different species of microbes in the mouths of 100 study participants belonging to four ethnic affiliations:…

Genetic variants associated with bronchodilator responsiveness

A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) reveals several new gene variants that are associated with how people living with chronic obstructive…

Cancer Wasting Due in Part to Tumor Factors That Block Muscle Repair, Study Shows

A new study reveals that tumors release factors into the bloodstream that inhibit the repair of damaged muscle fibers, and that this contributes to muscle loss…

Lower Blood Sugars May Be Good for the Brain

The study involved 141 people with an average age of 63 who did not have diabetes or pre-diabetes, which is also called impaired glucose tolerance. People who…

Page
1 147 148 149 150 151 1,653