Vietnam veterans and agent orange exposure — new report
Hypertension Upgraded in Latest Biennial Review of Research on Health Problems in Veterans That May Be Linked to Agent Orange...
NASA finds a cloud-filled eye in Tropical Cyclone Gaja
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Gaja continued to organize in the Bay...
Can you repurpose this unique Navy drone?
Credit: Kaleb R. Staples/Navy Meet the Nomad. It travels in a launch tube, a pair of rotors folded neatly along...
Ulcers from diabetes? New shoe insole could provide healing on-the-go
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Diabetes can lead to ulcers that patients don't even feel or notice...
Five nanosecond decision-making
Credit: Dietmar Becker Computer scientists develop algorithms that control everything from unmanned aerial vehicles to desktop computers to the cellphones...
Cotton-based hybrid biofuel cell could power implantable medical devices
Credit: Georgia Tech/Korea University A glucose-powered biofuel cell that uses electrodes made from cotton fiber could someday help power implantable...
Can artificial intelligence help victims of abuse to disclose traumatic testimony?
When children are victims of crimes, the legal testimony they provide is known as forensic interviews. However, since victims are...
Kansas State University biologist studies trauma survival differences between men, women
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A person's sex hormones may play a role in trauma survival, according to...
New website maps CA power plants, emissions, people
Credit: PSE Healthy Energy OAKLAND, CA - Which power plant in your region is the worst polluter and who lives...
Researchers to study drivers of asthma in Puerto Rico
Credit: National Jewish Health Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), National Jewish Health and Centro de Neumología...
Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutation identified for Leigh Syndrome
Credit: Marsha Barnett Over 30 years ago, Marsha and Allen Barnett lost their sons to a puzzling childhood disease that...
Making moves and memories, are they connected?
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine It is known that certain areas of the brain are responsible for certain functions of...
Faecal transplant may protect premature babies from fatal bowel disease
Each year 5-10 per cent of all the children born in the world are born prematurely. At this stage, their...
Bloomberg American Health Initiative releases special public health reports supplement
With U.S. life expectancy now on the decline for two consecutive years, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative is releasing a...
Drug candidate may recover vocal abilities lost to ADNP syndrome
Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein syndrome (ADNP syndrome) is a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delays, intellectual disability and autism spectrum...
Protein central to immune system function new target for treating pulmonary hypertension
Credit: VCU A protein with a role in sensing cell damage and viral infections is a new target for the...
New guidelines for early detection and treatment of sarcopenia
Newcastle University experts are chairing a national session on new guidelines for the early detection and treatment of sarcopenia -...
New inflammation inhibitor discovered
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new...
Agile Implementation reduced central line-associated blood stream infections by 30 percent
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - A new study has found that Agile Implementation, an easy to localize and apply change...
Insomniac prisoners sleeping better after one-hour therapy session
Three-quarters of prisoners struggling to sleep have reported major improvements to their sleep and wellbeing after receiving cognitive behavioural therapy...
