Hurricane Maria study warns: Future climate-driven storms may raze many tropical forests
Storm did damage with no recorded precedent, a tree census showsCredit: Kevin Krajick/Earth Institute, Columbia University A new study shows...
Attractive businesswomen viewed as less trustworthy ‘femmes fatales’
'Highly attractive women can be perceived as dangerous'Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University researcher says...
Lehigh University researcher Nader Motee honored with 2019 SIAG/CST Best SICON Paper Prize
Expert in complex engineering networks recognized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for fundamental contributions to spatially distributed systems...
Despite general support for police use of body-worn cameras, impacts may be overestimated
Police use of body-worn cameras is growing rapidly in the United States. New research that looked at 70 studies of...
Does story time with an e-book change how parents and toddlers interact?
Study suggests that parents and children talk and interact less with electronic books compared to print books ANN ARBOR, Mich....
Are preventive drugs overused at the end of life in older adults with cancer?
A new study reveals that preventive medications--such as those to lower blood pressure or cholesterol, or to protect bone health,...
What does it mean to be a man in America?
New book explores issue through lens of trans menCredit: University of Minnesota Press What does it mean to a man...
Income inequalities in Indigenous groups linked to mental health issues
Indigenous peoples in Canada have high rates of psychological distress, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, and these mental health issues...
Understanding gene interactions holds key to personalized medicine, scientists say
Gene interaction networks hold clues to disease susceptibility and treatment responseCredit: Raamesh Deshpande When the Human Genome Project was completed,...
Peptide shows promise for protecting kidneys from nephritis
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 25, 2019) - A synthetic peptide appears to directly disrupt...
Overland migration of Arctic Terns revealed
Data from a landmark study of the world's longest migrating seabird reveals how overland migration is an integral part of...
Obesity speeds up the start of puberty in boys, study finds
NEW ORLEANS--Girls are not the only ones who go through puberty early if they have obesity. Boys with obesity enter...
Cost savings from growth hormone insurance strategies not passed on to patients
NEW ORLEANS--Increasingly aggressive insurance strategies have lowered the total costs and insurance costs of growth hormone drugs, but those savings...
Patients bear increased financial burden for growth hormone treatment despite FDA approval
Using insurance data, study shows that cost to patients and their families has increased over time Philadelphia, March 24, 2019--Despite...
Exercise adds up to big brain boosts
March 24, 2019 - Anyone who trains for a marathon knows that individual running workouts add up over time to...
Autoimmune diseases are related to each other, some more than others
NEW ORLEANS-- Researchers using the world's largest twin registry to study seven autoimmune diseases found the risk of developing the...
Particulate air pollution linked with reduced sperm production in mice
NEW ORLEANS--Exposure to tiny air pollution particles may lead to reduced sperm production, suggests new research in mice to be...
BPA exposure during pregnancy can alter circadian rhythms
NEW ORLEANS--Exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy, even at levels lower than the regulated "safe"...
Females respond poorly to ketogenic weight loss diet in an animal model
NEW ORLEANS--The ketogenic diet recently has been touted for weight loss and improving blood sugar control, but a new study...
Genetic rickets improves more with burosumab than standard care, study finds
NEW ORLEANS--Burosumab, a new injectable medicine to treat X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), an inherited form of rickets, demonstrates superior improvements in...
