Commonly prescribed heartburn drug linked to pneumonia in older adults
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Technology used to map Mars now measuring effect of treatment on tumors
Credit: Paul Tar A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed...
What if you could know that your mild cognitive impairment wouldn’t progress
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Aging: The natural stress reliever for many women
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Significant advances detected in knowledge about renal cancer
Credit: Ed Uthman Cell, the most prestigious international journal in the field of biology, is today publishing a set of...
Heart disease may only be a matter of time for those with healthy obesity
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - April 24, 2018 - People who are 30 pounds or more overweight may want to slim down...
Five ways to help cancer patients avoid the emergency room
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations are debilitating for patients with cancer and far too...
Natural barcodes enable better cell tracking
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Reconstructing what makes us tick
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Effect of a home-based exercise program with wearable activity monitor, telephone coaching on walking endurance for peripheral artery disease
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Use of 2 anti-clotting medications following bypass surgery improves outcomes for grafted veins
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Future wearable device could tell how we power human movement
Credit: Renee Meiller/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- For athletes and weekend warriors alike, returning from a tendon injury too soon often...
Surgery recovery program slashes opioid use, benefits patients, cuts costs, study finds
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Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles
Credit: Bill Hopkins Most of us know that our biological sex is decided by the pairing of X and Y...
In Huntington’s disease, heart problems reflect broader effects of abnormal protein
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Leading genetics study method may need reconsideration, significant distortions discovered
Many conclusions drawn from a common approach to the study of human genetics could be distorted because of a previously...
Rheumatology leaders respond to Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance proposed rule
Washington, D.C. - In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American College of Rheumatology...
A wearable device intervention to increase exercise in peripheral artery disease
A home-based exercise program, consisting of wearable devices and telephone coaching, did not improve walking ability for patients with peripheral...
UNC-Chapel Hill and partners awarded $58.1 million to accelerate research discoveries
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded $58.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to...
High immune function tied to stunted growth
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