Month: June 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For decades, aspirin has been widely used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems. Now, a team ...

Credit: Health Affairs College Park, Md. - A new study examining the impact that access to affordable housing has on ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - An international team of scientists has concluded that "highly protected" marine reserves can help mitigate the effects ...

Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) On December 16, 1997, hundreds of Japanese children were brought to hospital suffering from epilepsy-like seizures. ...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trial results presented in an oral abstract session 3:00pm Monday, June 5 at ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University scientists' simulations have unraveled the mystery of a new electrocatalyst that may solve a ...

Credit: Kim Fulton-Bennett © 2015 MBARI MOSS LANDING, CA -- In late spring 2015, the West Coast of North America ...

In 2016, the ASA released an historic statement on statistical significance and p values in an effort to improve the ...

Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health Overconsumption of a Western diet high in fats and refined sugars has contributed ...

Credit: Rice Integrated Systems and Circuits/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 5, 2017) - A wireless, battery-less pacemaker that can be ...

Credit: NIAID A clinical trial of an experimental vaccine to prevent infection with chikungunya virus is now enrolling healthy adult ...

Credit: Laura Randolph, Penn State Whether using embryonic or adult stem cells, coercing these master cells to convert to the ...

Mild hearing loss from exposure to less than one hour of loud noise leads to a reorganization of circuits in ...

Triggering pathological gamblers to envision a future personal experience reduces their preference for an immediate reward over a larger, delayed ...

In honor of University of Illinois microbiologist Sol Spiegelman and his work in recombinant DNA technology, the Carl R. Woese ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends parents keep babies in the same room with them to sleep for the ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that older people with persistent pain show quicker declines in memory as they ...

Credit: Nicole Santo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 5, 2017 - While the proportion of adults with severe obesity using prescription opioids initially ...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Androgen drives many prostate cancers. But the body uses androgen for muscle growth and ...

In news that may bring hope to asthma sufferers, scientists discover a mechanism that provides a possible new target for ...