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Study demonstrates role of vitamin D in controlling glycemia CLEVELAND, Ohio (January 30, 2019)--The benefits of vitamin D in promoting...

Your body image is impacted by those around you

Spending time with people who are not preoccupied with their bodies can improve your own eating habits and body image,...

New strategy expands the benefits of Internet-delivered CBT

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have experimented with a new adaptive treatment strategy for Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT)...

Prairie strips transform farmland conservation

Converting low-profit land brings big returnsCredit: Lynn Betts Modern agriculture's large monoculture fields grow a lot of corn and soybeans,...

Rutgers researchers contribute to visual guide to identify invasive self-cloning tick

Asian longhorned ticks threaten livestock, but scientists need help telling them apart from two near-identical speciesCredit: Andrea Egizi and co-authors....

Care following opioid overdoses in West Virginia falls short

Only about 10 percent received recommended treatment following an opioid overdose, study suggests Only a small fraction of people who...

Oversized meals have been shown to be a factor in obesity

A study conducted in Brazil, China, Finland, Ghana, India and the United States found 94 percent of meals served in...

Children looking at screens in darkness before bedtime are at risk of poor sleep

Pre-teens who use a mobile phone or watch TV in the dark an hour before bed are at risk of...

Emerging evidence of an impending Parkinson's disease pandemic identified

Experts discuss reasons for the increasing number of patients with Parkinson's disease and the challenges that need to be overcome...

Searching for human remains: Study suggests methodology to improve results

Narrow searcher spacing and double passes increases chances (Boston)--In an effort to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement...

Research Resource Identifiers improve proper use of cell lines in biomedical studies

A large text-mining project suggests that including Research Resource Identifiers in scientific papers lowers incidences of problematic cell-line use Using...

Large molecules from dietary fiber can change gut environment through physical forces

New research on how solid particles group together in the small intestine could aid our understanding of how nutrients and...

Does the 'buddy system' approach to weight loss work?

A new research study says, yes, but it's not that simple Key Takeaways: Peer dynamics can help or hinder individual...

SU2C awards 2019 Laura Ziskin Prize in Translational Research