An island haven for frogs in a sea of extinctions
An international team of researchers has a plan to keep New Guinea's frogs safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungusCredit: Stephen...
LGBTQ adolescents experiencing weight-based bullying found to have increased substance use
Teens experiencing weight-based bullying also reported poorer mental health and lower perceived health Hartford, CT - Weight-based victimization among sexual...
Quality — not quantity — of sleep linked to better health in teens
Credit: University of British Columbia With summer break and longer days ahead, parents of young teens may be wondering whether...
International clinical trial of new drug for men with advanced prostate cancer yields strong result
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - Today the New England Journal of Medicine published the first results of a phase III...
No benefit from pazopanib in advanced kidney cancer after surgery to remove metastases
The results of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group's phase three trial, E2810, are being orally presented at the 2019 annual...
A more accurate, low-cost 39 GHz beamforming transceiver for 5G communications
-Credit: IEEE Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and NEC Corporation, Japan, present a 39 GHz transceiver with...
NCI-MATCH trial finds the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib effective
Findings from Arm H show that in a heavily pre-treated cohort of 17 distinct tumor types -- several rare --...
Tuning the topological insulator Sb2Te3: Just add iron
Iron-doping of the topological insulator Sb2Te3 results in useful electronic and magnetic propertiesCredit: FLEET/UOW Iron-doping of the topological insulator Sb2Te3...
Featured research findings from Nutrition 2019
Conference press materials now available Press materials are now available for Nutrition 2019, the flagship meeting of the American Society...
POLO trial for advanced pancreatic cancer: a new standard of care
Olaparib doubled progression-free survival for patients with BRCA mutationsCredit: Robert Kozloff, UChicago Treatment with the drug olaparib significantly reduced the...
Combination checkpoint blockade effective in pre-surgical setting for early-stage lung cancers
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab meet primary endpoint of MD Anderson NEOSTAR Phase II trialCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center CHICAGO - Neoadjuvant,...
NRG Oncology trial sets new standard regimen for women with uterine carcinosarcomas
Results from the phase III NRG Oncology clinical trial GOG 0261 comparing paclitaxel plus carboplatin (PC) to paclitaxel plus ifosfamide...
Suggested benefit in PCV chemoradiotherapy for both IDH-mutant WHO-defined molecular subgroups
Analyses of NRG Oncology/RTOG 9802 Suggests both IDH-mutant WHO-defined molecular subgroups of high-risk low-grade gliomas may benefit from the addition...
Patients who received PBI without chemotherapy experienced less fatigue, slightly poorer cosmesis
Patients who received partial breast irradiation without chemotherapy experienced less fatigue, slightly poorer cosmesis on NRG Oncology trial Patient-reported outcome...
Losing muscle to fat: misdirected fate of a multipotent stem cell drives LGMD2B
Credit: Children's National Research led by faculty at Children's National published online June 3, 2019, in Nature Communications shows that...
People living with HIV face premature heart disease and barriers to care
American Heart Association scientific statement DALLAS, June 3, 2019 -- Effective antiretroviral therapy has changed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
A fast all-visible-light molecular switch with 100 nm band separation
De novo design allows for breakthrough in molecular photocontrolCredit: Wiktor Szymanski, University of Groningen Medical Center. A consortium of scientists...
Lower-amp ECT appears effective against suicidal thoughts
Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 3, 2019) - Nearly half the amplitude typically used in...
Despite safety standard, laundry packet exposures increase in older children, adults
Researchers say current safety standard isn't doing enough to protect our most vulnerable populations A new study conducted by researchers...
Countries’ essential medicines lists vary greatly from one another & WHO’s model list
Published in the World Health Organization Bulletin, the research analyzes 137 countries that use essential medicines lists to inform government...
