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Credit: Photo by Nadia Whitehead / UA College of Medicine - Tucson. The best-known treatment for Parkinson's disease isn't perfect....

Researchers identify characteristics of over the counter skin lightening users

(Boston)--The desire for unblemished, clear skin permeates all cultures and societies, making the practice of skin lightening to minimize spots...

UCI-led study finds therapy dogs effective in reducing symptoms of ADHD

Irvine, Calif., July 17, 2018 - In a first of its kind randomized trial, researchers from the UCI School of...

Prolonged opioid use before knee or hip replacement surgery increases risk of poor outcomes

July 18, 2018 - Patients who take prescription opioids for more than 60 days before total knee or hip replacement...

TGen-led study shows DNA methylation related to liver disease among obese patients

Credit: TGen PHOENIX, Ariz. -- July 18, 2018 -- DNA methylation is a molecular process that helps enable our bodies...

Physicians who visit patients post-hospitalization give more comprehensive discharge plans

(Boston)-- When resident physicians visit the homes of their former hospital patients they are better able to assess patient needs...

Snake venom treatment investigated as antibiotic alternative for eye infections

An innovative University of Liverpool research project that will investigate whether compounds used to treat snake venom and bee stings...

Using adrenaline in cardiac arrests results in less than 1 percent more people leaving hospital alive

July 19, 2018

Credit: University of Warwick A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use...

Sunscreen reduces melanoma risk by 40 per cent in young people

A world-first study led by University of Sydney has found that Australians aged 18-40 years who were regular users of...

Overuse of antibiotics not what the doctor ordered

July 19, 2018

Credit: QUT With increased use of antibiotics worldwide linked to growing antibiotic resistance, a world-first study co-authored by a QUT...

2018 ESA Regional Policy Award recognizes Representative Walter J. Leger III

Credit: Louisiana House of Representatives Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, the Ecological Society of America (ESA) will...

Study shows 5,000 percent increase in native trees on rat-free palmyra atoll

Credit: Island Conservation New research published in PLOS ONE this week demonstrates dramatic positive benefits for native trees following rat...

$1.54 million NIH grant to identify ways to improve cardiac function in heart failure

Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT - Preventing heart failure is a major challenge in the management of cardiovascular...

Getting to a 75 percent sugar reduction: How researchers discovered sweet spot for Stevia

Credit: Dr. John Fry JULY 17, 2018 (Brussels, Belgium) -- A team of 27 scientists working with a major stevia...

Sap-sucking bugs manipulate their host plants’ metabolism for their own benefit

Credit: Christoph Bru?tting Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, show for the first time that free-living,...

Study: Childhood abuse linked to greater risk of endometriosis

Credit: Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE (July 17, 2018) -- A large prospective study has found that sexual and physical...

University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center status renewed

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the U.S. federal government's principal agency that funds cancer research, has renewed the University of...

Social isolation: Animals that break away from the pack can influence evolution

Credit: Nathan W. Bailey For some animals -- such as beetles, ants, toads, and primates -- short-term social isolation can...

New cost-effective instrument measures molecular dynamics on a picosecond timescale

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2018 -- Studying the photochemistry, or chemical results of light, has shown that ultraviolet radiation can...

Newly discovered shark species honors female pioneer