Boston - Prenatal tobacco exposure is known to have negative short-term impacts including preterm birth, low birth weight and subsequent ...

Fear of death is a fundamental part of the human experience--we dread the possibility of pain and suffering and we ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 1, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...

The startling extent to which man-made pollution is devastating China's vital ecosystem's ability to offset damaging carbon emissions has been ...

(Technische Universität Dresden) The selection committee of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has followed the nomination of TU Dresden and ...

Credit: Courtesy of Jiaying Zhu. Stanford, CA--Plants are stationary. This means that the way they grow must be highly internally ...

In the mammalian auditory system, sound waves impinging on the tympanic membrane of the ear are transduced into electrical signals ...

Experts, charities, the media and government confuse the public by speaking "different languages" on climate change, a new study says. ...

Orlando, FL (June 1, 2017) - Emerging human studies on mango consumption have found potential health benefits associated with the ...

Credit: J. Gregory, Mount Sinai Health System Baby teeth from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less of ...

Credit: Western University New Western University research shows that neurons in the part of the brain found to be abnormal ...

A new study published online in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests a new approach to treating patients with sepsis, ...

Don't miss ESMO 2017: the place to be for the latest news in oncology! The count of submitted abstracts this ...

WASHINGTON - Efforts to control brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) should focus on reducing the risk of transmission ...

Hoboken, NJ--June 1, 2017--John Wiley and Sons Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) announced today that it has been selected by the American ...

(Boston)-- Experiencing stress-related mental health issues following deployment exposures increases risk of reduced well-being in other life domains in the ...

Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory, Cyteir Therapeutics and collaborating institutions have found a way to protect beta cells from destruction ...

CHAPEL HILL, NC - Physicians paid by pharmaceutical companies for meals, talks and travel had higher odds of prescribing those ...

Adults who smoke marijuana often cut back after becoming parents -- but they don't necessarily quit. The influence of a ...

The precise impact of the microglia in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's remains unclear. In the brain, microglial ...