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Residential segregation is linked to many racial disparities in health, including cancer, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Now, a new...

Study examines prenatal depression in 2 generations of pregnant mothers

Bottom Line: A study of two generations of women in England examined how common depression during pregnancy (prenatal depression) is...

New research effort to understand role of APOE mutation in Alzheimer’s disease

If you had your genome sequenced and the report says you have the APOEε4 mutation, it does not mean you...

Keeping kidney stones at bay during space flights

Credit: UW Medicine A new, painless, non-invasive procedure that harnesses ultrasound technology to reposition kidney stones, in an effort to...

Sticking with the wrong choice

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- July 13, 2018- The behavior of people who remain committed to a choice, even when it is clear...

UA center receives $6.9 million grant to continue environmental health research in arid climates

Credit: Alli Benjamin, APR The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, headquartered at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, has...

NSU M.D. college researcher receives NIH grant to study tissue regeneration

Credit: Nova Southeastern University Vladimir Beljanski, Ph.D., clinical research assistant professor, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of...

Nosocomial neonatal meningitis with Acinetobacter baumannii on myelomeningocele

Imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis is a hospital-acquired infection, the treatment of which constitutes a real therapeutic challenge. In this article,...

The Virtual Brain neuroinformatics platform joins the EU’s Flagship Human Brain Project

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) are pleased to announce that 'The Virtual Brain' neuroinformatics...

National Academies target opioid abuse and infectious disease consequences

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) today released proceedings of a March 12 workshop exploring the rise...

Study describes enzyme’s key role in immune response to Chagas disease parasite

In an article published recently in the journal Nature Communications, researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo (USP) in...

Breast cancer follow-up imaging varies widely, study finds

Follow-up imaging for women with non-metastatic breast cancer varies widely across the country, according to a new study led by...

How fast can acute stroke treatment become to still be reliable?

Every day roughly three new stroke suspects are rushed by ambulance to Helsinki University Hospital Emergency Department to be considered...

Yale researchers identify target for novel malaria vaccine

Credit: Richard Bucala New Haven, Conn. -- A Yale-led team of researchers have created a vaccine that protects against malaria...

Researchers trace Parkinson’s damage in the heart

MADISON, Wis. -- A new way to examine stress and inflammation in the heart will help Parkinson's researchers test new...

Fragile X: New drug strategy corrects behavior/biochemical measures in mouse model

Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of...

Rats trail behind shrews, monkeys, and humans in visual problem solving

Credit: Mustafar et al., eNeuro (2018) Rats take a fundamentally different approach toward solving a simple visual discrimination task than...

Understanding the social dynamics that cause cooperation to thrive, or fail

Credit: Amiyaal Ilany Examples of cooperation abound in nature, from honeybee hives to human families. Yet it's also easy enough...

New research: Financial incentives create critical waterbird habitat in extreme drought

News Release: July 12, 2018 - Projections by climate scientists suggest that severe droughts may become more frequent over the...

Longer contracts leverage the free fuel in solar power at little O&M cost