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Credit: Matias, Lottem et al./CCU An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the...

Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications

June 26, 2018, CLEVELAND: Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous...

Marshall School of Medicine research team defines possible anti-aging intervention

Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall...

New study links poor sleep quality to atrial fibrillation

Philadelphia, June 26, 2018 - Poor sleep quality appears to be an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation, report scientists...

Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those with progressive lung disease

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 26, 2018 - Antidepressant use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is...

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center earns Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) has granted a three-year accreditation and...

USC researchers find kids sneak smoking substitute into school

A tobacco replacement to help grownups quit smoking has landed in the hands of children sucking on nicotine vapors to...

Scientists take a journey into the lungs of mice infected with influenza

MADISON - In the 1966 novel, Fantastic Voyage, written by biochemist and author Isaac Asimov, a crew of people become...

UCR team among scientists developing guidebook for finding life beyond earth

Credit: NASA/DSCVR RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- If you're looking for a manual on the hunt for alien life, you're in...

Commonly used HIV drug worldwide not associated with increased risk for suicide in Uganda

Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next...

Researchers find prostate cancer drug byproduct can fuel cancer cells

Credit: Cleveland Clinic June 25, 2018, Cleveland: A genetic anomaly in certain men with prostate cancer may impact their response...

Control of quantum state of optical phonon in diamond induced by ultrashort light pulses

Credit: Kazutaka.G.Nakamura Ultrashort Light-pulse-induced vibrations of atoms in a lattice, called optical coherent phonons, have been controlled in various materials....

Efficient, eco-friendly production of fine chemicals

The chemical industry produces not just valuable vitamins, pharmaceuticals, flavours and pesticides, but often a large amount of waste, too....

Aimee Shen of Tufts Medical School granted PATH award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund