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It sometimes can be hard to find toothpastes, soaps and other toiletries without antibiotics. Their popularity has caused an increase...

Geneticist Dr. Judith G. Hall earns Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award from ACMG Foundation

Credit: ACMG Foundation Esteemed medical geneticist Judith G. Hall, MD, FACMG, is the recipient of the 2018 ACMG Foundation for...

Medscape’s annual physician compensation report finds modest increase in physician pay

NEW YORK, April 11, 2018 - Salaries for U.S. physicians edged higher this past year, with compensation increasing modestly for...

Baby fish led astray by high CO2 in oceans

Baby fish will find it harder to reach secure shelters in future acidified oceans -- putting fish populations at risk,...

Having one eye better than the other may explain ants’ left bias

Credit: Edmund Hunt Unlike Derek Zoolander, ants don't have any difficulty turning left. New research from the University of Bristol...

Wildfire smoke associated with more ER visits for heart, stroke ailments among seniors

DALLAS, April 11, 2018 -- Smoke from wildfires may send people - particularly seniors - to hospital emergency rooms (ERs)...

Severity of menopause symptoms could help predict heart disease

CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 11, 2018)--Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in women. A study of 138 menopausal women...

There’s a better way to screen for cervical cancer

A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that high-quality cervical...

US public companies have increasingly shorter lifespans, IU research says

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- At a time when more Americans are living longer, the companies where many people spend their working...

Faba fix for corn’s nitrogen need

Credit: Masoud Hashemi. Researchers have good news for growers. Farmers raising a nitrogen-hungry crop like sweet corn may save up...

New glaucoma treatment could ease symptoms while you sleep

Credit: Clare Kiernan, University of British Columbia Eye drops developed by UBC researchers could one day treat glaucoma while you...

Researchers find doubling shelter cats’ space radically reduces upper respiratory disease

Feline upper respiratory infection in shelter cats can be dramatically decreased by doubling cage sizes and providing cats with two...

Absence of a transcription factor halts tooth development in mid-stride

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Amjad Javed, Ph.D., and University of Alabama at Birmingham colleagues have found a key role...

Even short travel can spread colistin-resistant bacteria

Osaka - The emergence of antibiotic resistance among dangerous pathogens is increasingly problematic worldwide. Many strains of infectious bacteria have...

Study confirms link between traumatic brain injury and dementia

The risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's, was significantly higher in people who had experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than...

Nanoparticles for lung cancer pass next test

(PHILADELPHIA) -- The most common type of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), continues to be difficult to treat,...

Two Colorado studies find resistance mechanisms in ALK+ and ROS1+ cancers

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Targeted treatments have revolutionized care for lung cancer patients whose tumors harbor ALK or...

Scientists record brain activity of free-flying bats

Credit: Dave Schmelick and Len Turner/Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a way to study the brain...

Berkeley engineers build smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator

Credit: Rikky Muller In 2016, University of California, Berkeley, engineers demonstrated the first implanted, ultrasonic neural dust sensors, bringing closer...

Scientists learn how to avoid a roadblock when reprogramming cells