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In a study of men with an average age of 71 years, lifestyle factors such as never smoking, maintaining a...

Breast-feeding peer support services are lacking in many UK regions

Peer support is recommended by the World Health Organization for the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding, but in a survey...

Mindfulness-based therapy may reduce stress in overweight and obese individuals

In a randomized clinical trial of women who were overweight or obese, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) increased mindfulness and decreased...

Some patients with dementia may experience delayed-onset PTSD

Delayed-onset post-traumatic symptoms in the elderly may be misdiagnosed as falling under the umbrella of behavioural and psychological symptoms of...

Lymph node metastases may not always be the source of cancer’s spread to other organs

A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found that the traditional model for the spread of carcinoma,...

Researchers publish new findings on influence of high-fat diet on colorectal cancer

Thursday, July 6, 2017, Cleveland: Poor diet is associated with 80% of colorectal cancer cases, but the exact pathways by...

A new molecular scissors act like a GPS to improve genome editing

Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), led by the Spanish researcher Guillermo Montoya, have discovered...

Media registration open for the Advanced Breast Cancer Conference

Media can register now to attend the Advanced Breast Cancer Fourth International Consensus Conference (ABC4) in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday 2...

Visualizing whole-body cancer metastasis at the single-cell level

Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBic) and the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) have developed a method...

Flexible and cost-effective fabrication of nature inspired structural colors

Throughout nature, colors generally arise from two sources: pigment colors and structural colors. For application purposes, pigments or dyes that...

Changes in brain regions may explain why some prefer order and certainty

Credit: Patricia Marroquin/UCLA Why do some people prefer stable, predictable lives while others prefer frequent changes? Why do some people...

QUT develops golden bananas high in pro-vitamin A

Credit: Patria Janides, QUT The decade-long research, led by Distinguished Professor James Dale, involved extensive laboratory tests at QUT as...

International cancer research conference organised by A*STAR and NCCS

Singapore, 5 July 2017 - One of the largest cancer research conferences in the world, the 17th International p53 Workshop,...

Entasis Therapeutics and the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) to develop a new treatment for drug-resistant gonorrhea

Zoliflodacin, a novel first-in-class oral antibiotic and one of the only treatments in development to address the rapidly-growing threat of...

Surveying sea floor animals for offshore renewable energy

CORVALLIS, Ore. - There is growing interest in developing offshore wind and wave energy facilities in the Pacific Northwest. But...

Traumatic brain injury in veterans — differences from civilians may affect long-term care

July 6, 2017 - Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) differ from civilians with TBI in some key ways--with potentially...

Dartmouth researchers receive large NIH grant for cooperative lung cancer research

Credit: Norris Cotton Cancer Center LEBANON, NH - Significant research funding in the form of a five-year, $12.1 million U19...

A steady pulse

For perhaps the first time ever, the world's oceans have a health record -- and it's revealing clues about what...

Kent State researchers study link between Pokémon GO and a healthier lifestyle

(Kent State University) Kent State University researchers found that playing a popular physically-interactive, smartphone based game, like Pokémon GO, may...

Falls lead to declines in seniors