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Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall...

New study links poor sleep quality to atrial fibrillation

Philadelphia, June 26, 2018 - Poor sleep quality appears to be an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation, report scientists...

Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those with progressive lung disease

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 26, 2018 - Antidepressant use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is...

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center earns Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) has granted a three-year accreditation and...

USC researchers find kids sneak smoking substitute into school

A tobacco replacement to help grownups quit smoking has landed in the hands of children sucking on nicotine vapors to...

Scientists take a journey into the lungs of mice infected with influenza

MADISON - In the 1966 novel, Fantastic Voyage, written by biochemist and author Isaac Asimov, a crew of people become...

UCR team among scientists developing guidebook for finding life beyond earth

Credit: NASA/DSCVR RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- If you're looking for a manual on the hunt for alien life, you're in...

Commonly used HIV drug worldwide not associated with increased risk for suicide in Uganda

Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next...

Researchers find prostate cancer drug byproduct can fuel cancer cells

Credit: Cleveland Clinic June 25, 2018, Cleveland: A genetic anomaly in certain men with prostate cancer may impact their response...

Control of quantum state of optical phonon in diamond induced by ultrashort light pulses

Credit: Kazutaka.G.Nakamura Ultrashort Light-pulse-induced vibrations of atoms in a lattice, called optical coherent phonons, have been controlled in various materials....

Efficient, eco-friendly production of fine chemicals

The chemical industry produces not just valuable vitamins, pharmaceuticals, flavours and pesticides, but often a large amount of waste, too....

Aimee Shen of Tufts Medical School granted PATH award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund

BOSTON (June 25, 2018)--Aimee Shen, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology and microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine is...

Nanomaterials could mean more algae outbreaks for wetlands, waterways

Credit: Photo by Steven Anderson, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- The last 10 years have seen a surge in the...

Eye-in-the-sky to save olive trees

Credit: Juan A. Navas-Cortes A new airborne remote-imaging method that scans entire orchards can identify olive trees infected by a...

UTA physicist Benjamin Jones awarded $750,000 from DOE early career research program

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded UTA assistant professor of physics Benjamin Jones $750,000 to develop a sensor for...

In melanoma, radiosurgery may combine well with immunotherapy, especially PD-1 inhibitors

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Doctors often treat melanoma with drugs that unblind the immune system to cancer. And...

Insilico to present the advances in AI for healthcare at the Africa Healthcare Extension Summit

Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, June 25, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of...

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D., receives Benedict Cassen Prize for Molecular Imaging Research

Credit: Stanford University School of Medicne PHILADELPHIA - Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, known for his pioneering work in multimodality...

Smart probe detecting cancer cells may improve survival rates

A new Tel Aviv University study explores a novel smart probe for image-guided surgery that may dramatically improve post-surgical outcomes...

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