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Nov 12, 2018--Only a tiny fraction of patients hospitalized for COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, participate in a pulmonary...

Patients with common heart failure more likely to have lethal heart rhythms

NOV. 10, 2018 - Researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai discovered that a non-treatable form of lethal heart...

Key takeaways from three landmark heart studies

NOV. 11, 2018 - Today, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the research group led by Sumeet Chugh, MD,...

Researchers identify risk factors of advanced liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients

Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2018) - Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) pediatric gastroenterologist, Michael Narkewicz, MD,...

Beneficial gut bacteria metabolize fiber to improve heart health in mice

MADISON - Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy...

From beaker to solved 3-D structure in minutes

Credit: Caltech In a new study that one scientist called jaw-dropping, a joint UCLA/Caltech team has shown that it is...

Insufficient sleep in children is associated with poor diet, obesity and more screen time

DARIEN, IL - A new study conducted among more than 177,000 students suggests that insufficient sleep duration is associated with...

Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change

Credit: Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, University of Leeds A team of more than 100 scientists has assessed the impact of global...

Novel strategy appears to protect retina when disease reduces oxygen

Credit: Phil Jones, AU Campus Photographer An enzyme known to help our liver get rid of ammonia also appears to...

New integrated analytical approach reveals molecules involved in disease

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Technological advances have enabled scientists to obtain massive amounts of data on different information-carrying...

One in 5 homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age is related to intimate partner violence

Ann Arbor, November 8, 2018 - Approximately 20 percent of homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age in...

Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on Earth

Credit: Eric Sucar/University of Pennsylvania In the dramatically changing conditions of ancient Earth, organisms had to evolve new strategies to...

Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviors

Layered transition metal dichalcogenides or TMDCs--materials composed of metal nanolayers sandwiched between two other layers of chalcogens-- have become extremely...

Tumor immune cells could aid cancer therapies, study shows

A pioneering technique designed to spot differences between immune cells in tumours could speed the development of cancer treatments, research...

Announcing Glenn /AFAR 2018 Research Grants for Junior Faculty

NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA - The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for...

Announcing 2018 Glenn Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research

NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for...

Dissecting digital cadavers

Credit: University of Houston With the click of a button, Vivien Coulson-Thomas removes the cadaver's skin. Another click and she...

Announcing 2018 Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Awards in Aging

NEW YORK, NY--The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), with support from the Irene Diamond Fund, is pleased to announce...

Watching nanoparticles

Credit: Michal Vadai When Michal Vadai's experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat. Vadai, a...

Levitating particles could lift nuclear detective work