Month: April 2017

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - April 25, 2017 - Adding cisplatin to the standard gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel drug treatment provided a very high rate ...

The risk of colorectal cancer increased significantly when colonoscopy was delayed by more than nine months following a positive fecal ...

Credit: Nate Steiner Plants need nitrogen to grow, and intensive agriculture requires the input of nitrogen compounds. However, classical, nitrate-based ...

Feeling down is a common side effect of being diagnosed with cancer. Anxiety, guilt, and distress often come hand-in-hand with ...

A new Position Statement, jointly published by seven international and European organizations, identifies fracture-related risk factors in patients treated by ...

A unique womb-like environment designed by pediatric researchers could transform care for extremely premature babies, by mimicking the prenatal fluid-filled ...

The traditional interface for remotely operating robots works just fine for roboticists. They use a computer screen and mouse to ...

Credit: Wang, Yu and Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25, 2017 -- One key goal for renewable energy in the United ...

Credit: Chris Nelson from Zhao et al., 2016, Cell 166, 1016-1027. CHICAGO --- An international team of scientists, led by ...

Efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels are advancing on various significant fronts. Such initiatives include research focused on ...

Credit: Yi Shen / ETH Zurich Around 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from iron deficiency, with women worse affected than ...

Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System A new technique developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will ...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 25, 2017) - Cervical cancer is often deadly when it recurs and physician scientists ...

Newton, Mass. (April 25, 2017) - Parents getting ready to send their kids off to college next fall might want ...

A chemotherapy drug used to treat brain cancer may increase vulnerability to depression by stopping new brain cells from growing, ...

Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Potentially inappropriate medications, the future of Advance Care Planning (ACP), and improved emergency care ...

Neuroscientists have long noted that if certain brain cells are destroyed by, say, a stroke, new circuits may be laid ...

Progress in stem cell research and its translation to the clinic will be the focus of the International Society for ...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 25, 2017 -- Sports drink commercials love talking about them, but what are ...

The annual potential of solar energy far exceeds the world's energy consumption, but the goal of using the sun to ...