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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 9, 2018--Trillions of tiny microbes and bacteria live in your gut, each with their own set of...

American College of Rheumatology: CMS decision an affront to America’s sickest Medicare patients

ATLANTA - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today expressed its extreme disappointment with a new Centers for Medicare and...

New UNH research identifies need for Title IX tune up on college campuses

DURHAM, N.H. -- A mystery shopper approach uncovered a need for more education about Title IX regulations and sexual assault...

Study: Brain proteins, patterns reveal clues to understanding epilepsy

Credit: Martin420/Wikimedia Commons New therapies could be on the horizon for people living with epilepsy or anxiety, thanks to a...

Community health centers can help boost rates of colorectal cancer screening

An innovative program in community health centers to mail free colorectal cancer screening tests to patients' homes led to a...

Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s colorectal cancer screening program saves lives

Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California are 52 percent less likely to die from colorectal cancer since the health care...

Epigenetic reprogramming of human hearts found in congestive heart failure

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Congestive heart failure is a terminal disease that affects nearly 6 million Americans. Yet its...

A video game can change the brain, may improve empathy in middle schoolers

Credit: Center for Healthy Minds/University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- A space-exploring robot crashes on a distant planet. In order...

Penalty kick research hits the spot

New research from the University of Portsmouth could help Premiership footballers ahead of the new season, which starts tonight (10...

Bilingual children to benefit from grant given to UA to improve speech assessments

An associate professor at the University of Arizona has received a $2.5 million federal grant for research involving an issue...

Scientists uncover new details in how sense of smell develops

August 10, 2018

Credit: Lu Yang Dogs, known for their extraordinarily keen senses of smell, can be trained to use their sensitive sniffers...

New RNA & DNA-sequencing platform matches thousands of drugs to late-stage cancer patients

(New York, NY - Aug. 8, 2018) -- A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple...

NSF award to shine more light on proteins

Credit: Yong Wang / Penn State A better method to "see" proteins for improved medical diagnoses may be possible thanks...

Research reveals effective method to control algae growth on Hawaiian coral reefs

Credit: DLNR/DAR Researchers with the State of Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology...

Computational platform optimizes multiple myeloma treatments

Masturah Bte Mohd Abdul Rashid and colleagues have developed a new platform that optimizes drug combinations for the treatment of...

New discovery sheds light on proteins critical in mood and behavior disorders

New York, NY (August 8, 2018)--Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) have found new evidence of how certain...

Cancer cells send out ‘drones’ to battle immune system from afar

Credit: The labs of Wei Guo, PhD, and Xiaowei Xu, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA - Cancer cells are...

Could edible chemotherapy encased in milk particles someday end infusions?

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences You can't eat chemotherapy. That's because your...

Scientists create biodegradable, paper-based biobatteries

Credit: Seokheun 'Sean' Choi BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The batteries of the future may be made out of paper. Researchers at...

EPA could change how it calculates the financial effects of regulations