Managing high blood pressure in diabetics may prevent life-threatening organ damage
Credit: Rutgers School of Nursing The most effective way to prevent life-threatening complications of extreme hypertension in African-Americans with diabetes...
Flavored capsule cigarettes pose a threat to smokefree goals
Credit: University of Otago New research from ASPIRE2025, a University of Otago research theme, challenges tobacco companies' claims they are...
OU sociologist examines attitudes toward LGT individuals in new study
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma sociologist, Meredith G. F. Worthen, examines how measures of social contact and...
How to help protect yourself from vaccine administration injury
A study by researchers at the University of Waterloo reiterates the need for health care professionals, including pharmacists, to take...
Symposium explores new ways for pediatricians to harness technology for best patient care
ORLANDO, Fla. - Innovations in technology offer convenience to patients, allow physicians to monitor patients from afar and offer promise...
Standard Bariatrics receives FDA indication for #1 bariatric surgical procedure
Credit: Standard Bariatrics Cincinnati, Ohio - October 22, 2018 - Standard Bariatrics, an innovator of surgical devices, has received a...
Irish Famine victims’ heavy smoking led to dental decay, new research reveals
Credit: Jonny Geber Irish Famine victims were heavy smokers which caused badly rotten teeth, researchers from the University of Otago...
Standard Bariatrics receives FDA indication for No. 1 bariatric surgical procedure
Credit: Standard Bariatrics Cincinnati, Ohio - October 22, 2018 - Standard Bariatrics, an innovator of surgical devices, has received a...
Mechanics of birds’ nests subject of NSF research
Credit: Dr. Hunter King, The University of Akron Some of the best engineering, it turns out, is done by bird...
Pancreatic cancer genetic marker may predict outcomes with radiation therapy
(PHILADELPHIA) - Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat and is a leading cause of cancer-related...
Reclamation allocates $3.9 million for research projects to support water management
Credit: Alex Stephens, Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $3.9 million through its Science and Technology Program...
Radiation/cisplatin combination established as standard of care for HPV+ oral cancer
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Combinations of radiation and chemotherapy drugs have been shown to cure HPV-related head and...
Spotlighting differences in closely-related species
Credit: Ellen Kirstine Lyhne, DTU There are millions of fungal species, and those few hundred found in the Aspergillus genus...
Special journal issue looks for new clues about old life
Credit: Scott Evans Riverside Calif. --Hundreds of millions of years before there was a chicken or an egg to debate,...
Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Andrew Elmore FROSTBURG, MD (October 22, 2018)Â--Researchers have found that global changes, including...
Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels’ shells
Credit: Westcott Phillip Elevated concentrations of strontium, an element associated with oil and gas wastewaters, have accumulated in the shells...
Pelvic lymph node radiation provides significant benefit for prostate cancer patients
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- The first report of a large international clinical trial shows that, for men who...
Radiation therapy outcomes better for African-American than Caucasian prostate cancer patients
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- While popular beliefs and population data suggest that African-American men are at higher risk...
Men with low-/intermediate-risk prostate cancer benefit from fewer, higher-dose radiation treatments
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a safe and effective treatment for men with...
High-dose, high-precision radiation therapy safe, effective for solitary kidney cancer patients with only one kidney
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Treatment of renal cell carcinoma with stereotactic radiation therapy is as safe and effective...
