The origins of fine-particle pollution in Guangzhou, China
Credit: Nan Wang Haze pollution is an integrated result of emissions, chemical reactions and regional transport under unfavorable weather conditions....
More woodland management needed to help save dormice
Managing woodlands to a greater extent could help stop the decline of Britain's dormice, new research suggests. Dormouse numbers are...
Scientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 26, 2018) - The squeeze high blood pressure puts on...
Majority of teenagers need food safety education
A new study from the University of Waterloo highlights a low level of awareness among youth around the proper precautions...
UCI researcher receives CIRM funding for stem cell-based retina therapy to treat blindness
Credit: UCI, Seiler Lab University of California, Irvine stem cell researcher Magdalene J. Seiler, PhD, has received a $4.8 million...
US flight attendants at elevated risk of several forms of cancer
Boston, MA - U.S. flight attendants have a higher prevalence of several forms of cancer, including breast cancer, uterine cancer,...
US flight crew have higher cancer rates than general population
Flight crew have higher rates of specific cancers than the general population, according to a study in the open access...
USC researchers find kids sneak smoking substitute into school
A tobacco replacement to help grownups quit smoking has landed in the hands of children sucking on nicotine vapors to...
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center earns Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) has granted a three-year accreditation and...
Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those with progressive lung disease
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 26, 2018 - Antidepressant use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is...
New study links poor sleep quality to atrial fibrillation
Philadelphia, June 26, 2018 - Poor sleep quality appears to be an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation, report scientists...
Marshall School of Medicine research team defines possible anti-aging intervention
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall...
Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications
June 26, 2018, CLEVELAND: Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous...
Serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Matias, Lottem et al./CCU An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the...
Novel micropacemaker takes new approach to faulty heart rhythms
Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California have demonstrated the feasibility of implanting a micropacemaker...
Poliovirus therapy for recurrent glioblastoma has three year survival rate of 21 percent
Credit: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- A genetically modified poliovirus therapy developed at Duke Cancer Institute shows significantly improved...
Women know what they want; men get pickier with age
Credit: QUT Women under 40 seeking a partner online are more particular than men, especially when it comes to education,...
Journal of Hymenoptera Research links Crocodile Dundee, Toblerone, Game of Thrones & Alien
Credit: Ryan D. Ridenbaugh A myriad of species and genera new to science, including economically important wasps drawing immediate attention...
Anger overlooked as feature of postnatal mood disorders: UBC study
Credit: Lou Bosshart/UBC Women in the postpartum period should be screened for anger in addition to depression and anxiety, new...
Protein catch-22: Unravelling the roles of ataxin-2 in health and disease
Credit: NCBS Over thousands of people took the Ice Bucket Challenge, a sensation in the summer of 2014. Nominated participants...
