Gustavo Nino, M.D., honored with national award from American Thoracic Society
Credit: Children's National Gustavo Nino, M.D., a pulmonologist who directs the Sleep Medicine program at Children's National, was honored by...
Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered by telemedicine is effective for insomnia
Telemedicine is as effective as face-to-face delivery of insomnia therapy SAN ANTONIO - Preliminary findings from two analyses of an...
Study illustrates gaps in knowledge and lack of support for girls during puberty
Challenges for girls in school settings provide wake-up call for action June 10, 2019 -- A study led by Marni...
USC study: Exposure to videos of race-based violence online may be spurring mental-health issues
Research suggests that viewing viral videos of police shootings and detained immigrants is associated with depressive and PTSD symptoms in...
What’s your poison? Scrupulous scorpions tailor venom to target
Scorpions adapt their stinging, stingers and sting contents to minimize the costs of venom use Replenishing venom takes time and...
‘Green Revolution’ in RNAi tools and therapeutics
Plant-derived silencing RNAs inhibit HBsAg expression in mice "Green revolution" in the early 1950s, the extensive cultivation of Dwarf Rice...
When it comes to food, one size doesn’t fit all: world’s largest scientific nutrition research project reveals even identical twins have different responses to food
Novel findings presented at the American Society of Nutrition and the American Diabetes Association conferences BOSTON and LONDON - June...
Clarifying the economic value of adjusting the power consumption
Development of analysis and control technologies focusing on time-varying power generation costs Since the output of renewable energy such as...
Engineers use graph networks to accurately predict properties of molecules and crystals
Credit: Chi Chen/Materials Virtual Lab Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new deep learning models that...
What if dark matter is lighter? Report calls for small experiments to broaden the hunt
Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley scientists are already pursuing new experiments to probe for low-mass dark matter particlesCredit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley...
How to improve care for patients with disabilities? We need more providers like them
Increasing workforce diversity is critical for addressing healthcare disparitiesCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine It is common for patients to prefer seeking...
Three public health interventions could prevent 94 million premature deaths
Key takeaways: Lowering blood pressure, reducing sodium intake, and eliminating trans fat could prevent 94 million early deaths around the...
Undetected diabetes linked to heart attack and gum disease
People with undetected glucose disorders run a higher risk of both myocardial infarction and periodontitis, according to a study published...
Supportive families and schools help prevent substance use among trans youth: UBC study
Credit: University of British Columbia Strong family and school connections are helping prevent transgender youth from smoking cigarettes and using...
Chickenpox vaccination lowers risk of pediatric shingles
Kaiser Permanente-led study of more than 6 million children showed routine varicella vaccine considerably lessened likelihood of painful shingles disease...
Waning potency of pertussis vaccine a significant contributor to recent whooping cough outbreaks
New Kaiser Permanente study suggests under-vaccination is only one factor contributing to whooping cough outbreaks Oakland, Calif. -- In a...
Body fat distribution linked to higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer
In the first prospective study of directly measured body fat distribution and prostate cancer risk, investigators found that higher levels...
Survey: Majority of current gun owners support the sale of personalized guns
Despite support for the technology, current gun owners are not likely to purchase these guns themselves if they were available...
Canadian pediatric emergency department crowding not linked to death, serious adverse outcomes
Visiting a crowded pediatric emergency department in Canada may increase the likelihood of being hospitalized but is not linked to...
Marijuana and fertility: Five things to know
For patients who smoke marijuana and their physicians, "Five things to know about ... marijuana and fertility" provides useful information...
