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COLOGNE. Almost four in every 10 new cases of cancer in Germany are attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors. These...

Now is the time to answer questions about climate engineering disease impacts

Radical solutions to climate change might save lives, but a commentary in the October 2018 issue of the journal Nature...

Early Parkinson’s patients waiting too long to seek medical evaluation

Credit: Robert A. Hauser, M.D., University of South Florida The time between diagnosis and the institution of symptomatic treatment is...

Building a flu factory from host cell components

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Perhaps inspired by the annual 3 to 5...

Child Mind Institute study: Wearables could inform selective mutism research, diagnosis, treatment

NEW YORK, NY (September 24, 2018) - In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, a team...

Medicaid expansions linked to slower rises in overdose deaths

PHILADELPHIA -- The United States in recent years has increased healthcare access by broadening Medicaid coverage, but some worry that...

Model System Researchers identify factors linked to mortality after traumatic brain injury

East Hanover, NJ - September 28, 2018 - Model system researchers have examined the factors associated with mortality among individuals...

Research aims to develop innovative drugs for heart failure and diabetes

The University of Birmingham has been awarded £1.78 million by the Wellcome Trust for research aimed at finding new therapies...

Acne stigma linked to lower overall quality of life, Irish study finds

Credit: TrueMedia Many people with acne are negatively impacted by perceived social stigma around the skin condition, a new study...

Finding new combination therapies for neuroblastoma

A phase 2 clinical trial has found that combining a novel compound called alisertib with chemotherapy has anti-tumor activity in...

UM research to focus on muscles of bird flight

Credit: Bret Tobalske MISSOULA - There are two primary types of muscles. Skeletal muscles allow one to raise a limb...

New invasive bryozoan arrives in Alaskan waters

Credit: Melissa Frey, Royal BC Museum, Canada Alaska has a near-pristine marine ecosystem--it has fewer invasive species in its waters...

UCI awarded $3.4 million ‘Cancer Moonshot’ grant to study potential breakthrough in cancer

Credit: University of California, Irvine Irvine, Calif. - September 27, 2018 - UCI School of Medicine researchers have been awarded...

Amazon mangrove forest stores twice as much carbon per acre as region’s famous rainforest

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have determined for the first time that Amazon's waterlogged coastal mangrove forests, which are being clear...

Large stretches of coral reefs can be rehabilitated

Credit: Christine Sur/UC Davis Even after being severely damaged by blast fishing and coral mining, coral reefs can be rehabilitated...

Decades in the making — A breakthrough in the hunt for a vaccine against foal pneumonia

A vaccine against deadly foal pneumonia might finally be within reach, thanks to Morris Animal Foundation-funded research conducted at two...

Following the path of chemicals through the soil

Credit: Janne Hansen Maybe the genetic test report your doctor ordered says your DNA contains many "variants of unknown significance."...

How a sleeping cancer awakens and metastasizes

Credit: Egeblad lab, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have...

New gene variants associated with chronic back pain

Chronic back pain is the number one cause of years lived with disability worldwide. In a new study, Pradeep Suri...

New study hints at potential antibiotic breakthrough