Medical Wellness

New microscope decodes complex eye circuitry

The properties of optical stimuli need to be conveyed from the eye to the brain. To do this efficiently, the relevant information is extracted by…

Researchers find drug that stops progression of Parkinson's disease in mice

In a major breakthrough in the battle against Parkinson's disease, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a drug that…

Massachusetts reform hasn't stopped medical bankruptcies: Harvard study

The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after…

Scientists find key mechanism of childhood respiratory disease

Researchers have identified a critical part of the process by which one of the world's most common and dangerous early childhood infections, respiratory…

Sleepy connected Americans

The 2011 Sleep in America® poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) finds pervasive use of communications technology in the hour before bed….

New instrument keeps an 'eye' on nanoparticles

The UCSB research team has developed a new instrument capable of detecting individual nanoparticles with diameters as small as a few tens of nanometers. The…

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