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Reports from several studies have identified a link between height and general cognitive ability, or intelligence, but the mechanisms underlying...

Research leads to medication reduction in aged care facilities

Credit: University of Tasmania Effective intervention can reduce medication overuse in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF's), the latest University of...

Taurine deficiency in sperm causes male infertility, study finds

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba - Sperm are highly specialized cells adapted to achieve a single goal: fertilize an egg....

Study finds new combined risk score more effectively predicts stroke risk in Afib patients

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Doctors know patients with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk of having a...

Noninvasive brain stimulation leads to fine motor improvement after stroke

Stroke is common and accompanied by complex disabilities--such as lower and upper limb disability, speech impairment, and chronic post-stroke pain....

Many patients with rectal cancer may not need chemoradiotherapy

It's unclear whether all patients with advanced rectal cancer need chemoradiotherapy, or whether some can forego the treatment and therefore...

Many older adults discharged from the hospital receive inappropriate prescriptions

In a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of 259 older adults discharged from a general medical hospital, more than...

Chronic medical conditions are common in women with urinary incontinence

New research published in BJU International indicates that women with urinary incontinence often have other chronic conditions. The findings have...

Oral drug treatment helps protect cancer patients from potentially deadly blood clots

Credit: University of warwick Oral drug treatment helps protect cancer patients from potentially deadly DVT and pulmonary embolism Cancer patients...

Should patients in remission stop taking expensive Rheumatoid Arthritis drugs?

Stopping expensive biological drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis in patients who are in remission or who have low disease...

Increased overweight in children of mothers who drank coffee while pregnant

Credit: Photo by Pontus Sundén A study published in the BMJ Open journal shows that even moderate coffee consumption during...

Scientists screen molecules for promise as new prostate cancer drugs

Cancer researchers at the University of Bath have measured systematically how efficient molecules are at suppressing the activity of a...

Genome surgery for eye disease moves closer to reality

SAN FRANCISCO - May 11, 2018 -- Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene...

Key protein in sperm tail assembly identified

Credit: Photo courtesy of S. Llamazares / Gonzalez Lab The group led by ICREA Research Professor Cayetano Gonzalez at the...

Do we subconsciously judge face-likeness?

Genetic analysis for certain childhood brain tumors soon a standard-of-care?

The "Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg" (KiTZ) is a joint initiative of Heidelberg University Hospital and the...

Tiny spiders, big color

There's plenty that's striking about Phoroncidia rubroargentea, a species of spider native to Madagascar, starting with their size - at...

Study upends conventional view of opioid mechanism of action

Credit: Courtesy: Drs. Miriam Stoeber and Damien Jullié. A new discovery shows that opioids used to treat pain, such as...

Is colonialism creating inappropriate regulation of traditional medicine practitioners?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 11, 2018--Two commentaries in JACM (The Journal of Alternative and...

British Ecological Society launches new journal: People and Nature