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By analyzing reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conclude that...

In era of #MeToo, majority of employees say their employers fail to take new steps addressing sexual harassment

WASHINGTON -- The spotlight on workplace sexual harassment since fall 2017 has led to high-profile resignations, terminations and lawsuits. And...

Joint resolution: A link between Huntington’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis

Credit: UC San Diego Health Using new analytic tools, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and...

Wildfires may cause long-term health problems for endangered orangutans

Credit: Beth Barrow Orangutans, already critically endangered due to habitat loss from logging and large-scale farming, may face another threat...

Understanding vitamin D trends in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

New research charts vitamin D levels and variations in genes that determine vitamin D status in UK children diagnosed with...

The big ethical questions for artificial intelligence in healthcare

AI in healthcare is developing rapidly, with many applications currently in use or in development in the UK and worldwide....

Move it and use it: Exergaming may help those at risk of Alzheimer’s or related dementias

Credit: Union College Communications Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's, showed significant improvement with...

New hope for patients with depression and anxiety

There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid condition affecting approximately...

Researchers identify the most accurate risk prediction models for selecting whom to screen

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

Study hints at new target to improve immune therapy in triple-negative breast cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Therapies that recruit the immune system to attack tumors are revolutionizing cancer care. Among...

Uncertainty in long-run economic growth likely points toward greater emissions, climate change costs

URBANA, Ill. - For scientists, estimating the extent of and cost of damages from climate change over the next 100...

Early BPA exposure may influence cardiac function, according to new study in neonatal rats

Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - (May 14, 2018) - More than 8 million pounds of bisphenol A (BPA)...

Hungry, hungry hippos

The average hippo weighs more than 3,000 pounds and consumes about 100 pounds of vegetation daily. This naturally results in...

Altered body odor indicates malaria even if microscope doesn’t

Credit: Jim Gathany / CDC Typhoid Mary may have infected a hundred or more people, but asymptomatic carriers of malaria...

Deadly cancers show early, detectable differences from benign tumors

DURHAM, N.C. - Do metastatic cancer tumors "break bad" or are they "born bad"? This question is an essential mystery...

Simple equation directs creation of clean-energy catalysts

New guidelines laid down by Nebraska and Chinese researchers could steer the design of less costly, more efficient catalysts geared...

Researcher studies importance of synchrony in ecological systems such as food webs

Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- A recent $426,609, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a new...

Scientists find missing factor in gene activation

Credit: Kadonaga Lab, UC San Diego Until human genes are activated, they are blocked by structures known as nucleosomes, components...

A new drug shows preclinical efficacy in Rett syndrome

Credit: IDIBELL A new article published in the Cell Reports describes how a new drug is able to reduce the...

Study shows how bacteria guide electron flow for efficient energy generation