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Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found a correlation between a strong immune response in...

BMC to test childhood anxiety therapy treatment with $13.5 million funding

Boston Medical Center has been approved for a $13.5 million award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to test...

Pediatric and law experts define abusive head trauma

WILMINGTON, DE (May 24, 2018) - Abusive head trauma (AHT), a medical diagnosis of infants and young children who suffer...

Loyola Medicine survey finds 16 percent of burn patients test positive for PTSD

MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola Medicine survey has found that 15.8 percent of adult burn patients screened positive for post-traumatic...

African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to be at risk for depression than whites

A new study published in the May 2018 issue of Preventive Medicine shows that African Americans and Latinos are significantly...

UMass Amherst chemists, team develop new blood test to quickly detect liver damage

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Chemist Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at University College...

People with dementia more likely to go missing

May 25, 2018

Credit: QUT The tendency of people with dementia to wander and become lost has led QUT researchers to recommend a...

Study suggests obese children who meet milk guidelines have less risk of metabolic syndrome

May 25, 2018

Credit: UTHealth Obese children who consume at least two servings of any type of cow's milk daily are more likely...

Montana State professor wins Fulbright, $3.12 million for work with indigenous communities

May 25, 2018

Credit: Montana State University photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University professor who conducts research with indigenous...

Lung cancer incidence in young women surpasses that in young men

A collaborative study between the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute finds rates of lung cancer, historically higher...

In helping smokers quit, cash is king, e-cigarettes strike out

PHILADELPHIA - Free smoking cessation aids, such as nicotine patches and chewing gum, are a staple of many corporate wellness...

Change the face of nanoparticles and you’ll rule chemistry!

Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry! Depending on the lighting, the surface...

A promising target in the quest for a 1-million-year-old Antarctic ice core

Credit: Laura Kehrl/University of Washington Ice cores offer a window into the history of Earth's climate. Layers of ice reveal...

Cheeseburger or salad? How music volume impacts your decision

May 27, 2018

TAMPA, Fla. (May 23, 2018)- Music can be the ultimate mood setter. Faster beats ignite excitement, while slower songs help...

Self-consistency influences how we make decisions

When making decisions, our perception is influenced by judgments we have made in the past as a way of remaining...

Study highlights environmental cost of tearing down Vancouver’s single-family homes

Credit: Credit: David Niddrie Rising property values in Vancouver have resulted in the demolition of an unprecedented number of single-family...

Determining effective methods of irrigation as water becomes increasingly scarce

College Station, Texas--A recent study out of Texas A&M University focused on the practical applications of the global concern that...

Long-term study shows crop rotation decreases greenhouse gas emissions

May 27, 2018

Many farmers grow corn and soybean in rotation to avoid the continuous corn yield penalty, but now there's another reason...

In the beginning was the phase separation

Credit: Andreas Battenberg / TUM The question of the origin of life remains one of the oldest unanswered scientific questions....

New portable malaria screening instrument developed