Factors orthopaedic surgeons should consider when prescribing opioids
Orthopaedic surgeons are the third-highest physician prescribers of opioids, writing more than 6 million prescriptions a year. Because over-dispensing of...
FAU receives $1.5 million to train veteran nursing students to care for other veterans
Project funded by HRSA will serve veterans in rural, underserved communitiesCredit: Florida Atlantic University Florida is home to approximately 1.5...
Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists announces 2019 National Laureates
An ecologist from Stony Brook University, a theoretical physicist from University of Colorado Boulder and a chemical biologist from Harvard...
Natural ingredients in supplements, nutraceuticals get a new type of barcode
Increasingly, shoppers are choosing nutraceuticals, cosmetics and herbal remedies with natural ingredients, and these products are readily available in many...
Making music from proteins (video)
Credit: Video Credit - American Chemical Society Composers string notes of different pitch and duration together to create music. Similarly,...
Translating proteins into music, and back
By turning molecular structures into sounds, researchers gain insight into protein structures and create new variationsCredit: Zhao Qin and Francisco...
Researchers discover more than 50 lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers have discovered 56 previously uncharted subglacial lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet bringing the total known number of lakes...
Snails show that variety is the key to success if you want to remember more
A change is as good as a rest when it comes to remembering more, according to new research by neuroscientists...
New unprinting method can help recycle paper and curb environmental costs
Rutgers-led study shows the benefits of removing toner with pulses of intense xenon lightCredit: Rajiv Malhotra/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Imagine if...
Organic farming enhances honeybee colony performance
Bees are valuable to humans not only because they produce honey, but also because they pollinate wildflowers and food crops....
Binge watching TV increases heart health risks more than a desk job among African Americans
Journal of the American Heart Association report DALLAS, June 26, 2019 -- Binge watching TV may be a greater risk...
Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children
Interacting with a robotic teddy bear invented at MIT boosted young patients' positive emotions, engagement, and activity level A new...
Environmental destruction linked to African population raises questions about family sizes
Credit: Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project Africa is projected to be home to nearly 3 billion people by 2100, but rapid...
Your Favorite Home Cook Needs One of These Fun Gifts
Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on measure and its relationship to how...
Heart risk raised by sitting in front of the TV, not by sitting at work, finds study
NEW YORK, NY (June 26, 2019)--Sitting for long periods of time has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease...
We need to talk about chloramphenicol — how does this antibiotic cause damage to eukaryotes?
For the first time scientists demonstrate the molecular events underlying the effects of chloramphenicol on eukaryotic cells A group of...
Researchers reveal lack of evidence for drugs prescribed to treat chronic pain in children
Decisions to prescribe children drugs to treat chronic pain are not guided by sufficient, high quality evidence, according to an...
Lessons from Columbine: New technology provides insight during active shooter situations
Credit: Eric Dietz/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Run, hide, fight. It has become a mantra for how to act...
Injury more likely due to abuse when child was with male caregiver
Over 1,700 children die from child abuse each year in the U.S., and far more sustain injuries that result in...
From simple tools to high-level buy-in, how doctors can help cancer patients quit tobacco
Penn study shows Moonshot-funded program is making an impact PHILADELPHIA - A simple set of decision-support tools combined with institutional...
