Reducing stress, optimizing coping strategies may diminish need for opioids following ankle surgery
ROSEMONT, Ill. (July 5, 2017)--Helping patients to better manage stress and improve coping strategies related to pain may minimize the...
Chances of surviving malaria may be higher when host consumes fewer calories
Credit: Maria Mota Laboratory, iMM Lisboa University Park, PA -- The chances of surviving a malaria infection may be higher...
Stand Up To Cancer and PBS LearningMedia program student searched for answers at TGen
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- July 5, 2017 -- Teleia Taumanu, a senior at Mesa's Red Mountain High School, is doing something...
Early-life pain may lead to obesity risk, especially in females, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Inflammatory pain at birth changes how the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated...
Working together to reduce infection in extreme weather events
Lead researcher Dr Aparna Lal from The Australian National University (ANU) said health researchers were often left out of planning...
Diabetes increasing at alarming rates in sub-Saharan Africa
Boston, MA - Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic that could have devastating health...
Lessons in ecosystem services management, from Indonesian mangroves to Oregon estuaries
Ecological researchers care deeply about the health of the systems they study, but do not always know how to put...
Introducing ‘Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes’
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic is pleased to announce the launch of Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes.
Combo immunotherapy may herald new standard of care for kidney cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 05, 2017 - Combination therapy with two immunotherapy drugs produces an unprecedented doubling of...
New brain cancer drug targets revealed
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and The Cleveland Clinic designed a way to screen brain tumor...
New guideline on pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy — Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy presents evidence-based recommendations
July 5, 2017 - Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is a common condition that causes pain and physical impairment, most frequently...
An experimental technique analyzes the functioning of human sperm before being inseminated
Credit: CRG The research, presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual conference, which ends today...
The big ecological roles of small natural features
Orono, Maine -- Ecologists and conservationists have long recognized that keystone species have major ecological importance disproportionate to their abundance...
Hot imagery of wintering bats suggests group behavior for battling white-nose syndrome
Credit: Paul Cryan, USGS. Public domain Hot new imagery from temperature-sensing cameras suggests that bats who warm up from hibernation...
Kinect scan of T. rex skull addresses paleontological mystery
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Last year, a team of forensic dentists got authorization to perform a 3-D scan of...
Krill hotspot fuels incredible biodiversity in Antarctic region
CORVALLIS, Ore. - There are so many Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean that the combined mass of these tiny...
‘Substance P’ in tears — a noninvasive test for diabetes-related nerve damage?
July 5, 2017 - Levels of a nerve cell signaling molecule called substance P--measured in tear samples--might be a useful...
Marine parasites: Different strokes for different folks
Credit: C. Nagler, LMU Munich The bigger the host, the better for its guests. That certainly holds for parasitic barnacles....
ASHG honors Nicholas Katsanis with 2017 Curt Stern Award
Credit: Duke University BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Nicholas Katsanis, PhD, Director of...
Brain changes accompany development of metamemory from childhood to adolescence
Being able to assess our own memories helps us to avoid errors and prompts us to collect more information to...
