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The numbers are grim: Of the 200,000 Americans diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) each year, 30 to 50 ...

World Association of Eye Hospitals explores innovations in eye care

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The World Association of Eye Hospitals will host its first meeting in the United States June ...

Older adults with asthma are happier when they have more say in their care

Credit: iStock ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (JUNE 5, 2018) - It's clear an increasing number of people want a say ...

Psychedelic drug use associated with reduced partner violence in men

Credit: UBC Okanagan In a new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers from UBC's Okanagan campus have discovered ...

Rules about technology use can undermine academic achievement

Parents who restrict their children's use of new media technologies may be acting counterproductively in the long run, particularly if ...

Zebrafish expose tumor pathway in childhood muscle cancer

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 5, 2018 -A popular aquarium fish may hold answers to how tumors form in ...

Sleep health and yoga intervention delivered in low-income communities improves sleep

Pilot study results indicate that a sleep and yoga intervention has promising effects on improving sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, and ...

Lighting intervention improves sleep and mood for Alzheimer’s patients

A tailored lighting intervention in nursing homes can positively impact sleep, mood and behavior for patients with Alzheimer's disease, according ...

Maternal depressive emotion associated with children’s sleep problems

Maternal depressive mood during the prenatal and postnatal periods is related to child sleep disturbances, according to recent pilot data ...

Blood formation: Researchers engineer human bone marrow tissue

Credit: University of Basel Researchers have developed an artificial tissue in which human blood stem cells remain functional for a ...

Personalized cancer vaccine may increase long-term survival in patients with deadly brain cancer

An international Phase III study led by researchers at UCLA and at Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. has found that a personalized ...

New NSF special report released ahead of World Oceans Day: Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer

Credit: NSF Catch a Wave! Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a look at the science behind the "sweet ...

Inflammatory signals in heart muscle cells linked to atrial fibrillation

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies ...

Checkpoint inhibitor shrinks advanced squamous cell skin cancer

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Clinical trials show that an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrinks the tumors of nearly ...

This monkey can plan out their foraging routes just like a human

Credit: Eve Smeltzer They might not have mastered GPS technology, but vervet monkeys can solve multi-destination routes in the same ...

Did extreme fluctuations in oxygen, not a gradual rise, spark the Cambrian explosion?

BOULDER, Colo., USA: Five hundred and forty million years ago, during the Cambrian period, life suddenly went nuts. "Blossomed" is ...

Try togetherness: Study promotes cooperative weed management to curb herbicide resistance

Credit: Jeffrey Evans URBANA, Ill. - In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp, ...

Researchers study aquatic beetles native only to central Wyoming

Credit: Lusha Tronstad University of Wyoming researchers are shedding light on a rare aquatic beetle native only to central Wyoming. ...

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NCI-MATCH precision medicine clinical trial releases new findings