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Scientists hit pay dirt with new microbial research technique
A better method for studying microbes in the soil will help scientists understand large-scale environmental cyclesCredit: Susan Brand and Marilyn...
More energy needed to cope with climate change
The world is dependent on energy both for human wellbeing and society's continued development. Energy use is however also one...
UTSA uses permeable pavements and grass to cool cities and clean the water
Credit: Photo by Jonas Weckschmied (San Antonio, June 24, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College...
Nutrition is the missing ingredient in home health today, new study shows
Real-world data from Advocate Health Care and Abbott shows prioritizing nutrition care for home health patients helped keep them out...
New reports provide guidance for obesity care
SILVER SPRING, Md.--Advocates for obesity prevention and treatment have designed two new resources for medical educators, healthcare providers and community...
Small shops, heavy advertisers less likely to ID for tobacco
Study has implications for Tobacco 21 enforcement, researchers say COLUMBUS, Ohio - Young people are less likely to be carded...
Suicide, accidents, and hepatitis: The leading causes of death for Veterans in their first year of PTSD treatment
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine identifies and stratifies the mortality risks by age group, providing...
Study finds micronutrient deficiencies common at time of celiac disease diagnosis
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Micronutrient deficiencies, including vitamins B12 and D, as well as folate, iron, zinc and copper, are common...
Oral steroids put patients with inflammatory disease at high risk of infection
Oral steroid use in patients with the inflammatory diseases polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of...
Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burdens
Survivors of childhood brain tumors who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time of diagnosis may experience cognitive...
New hypothesis links habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases
Auburn research study presents the 'Coevolution Effect' to explain the connection between habitat fragmentation and disease spillover into human populationsCredit:...
Be prepared: Prioritising invasive species for strategic prevention (Durban, South Africa)
Credit: Şerban Procheş While exploring the way alien species invade cities around the world, South African PhD student Ashlyn L....
Frozen sperm retains its viability in outer space conditions
Human sperm samples exposed to microgravity are just as active and concentrated as on Earth Vienna, 24 June 2019: Zillionaires...
The solution to antibiotic resistance could be in your kitchen sponge
San Francisco, CA - June 23, 2019 - Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) have discovered bacteriophages,...
Understanding C. auris transmission with the healthcare environment
San Francisco, CA - June 23, 2019 - Researchers have now shown that patients who are heavily colonized with Candida...
Prolonged transmission of a resistant bacterial strain in a Northern California hospital
How whole genome sequencing helped scientists demonstrate connections among bacterial strains identified over multiple years San Francisco, CA - June...
Virtual reality takes a leap into taste
Credit: Diogo Matias, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown The fly hasn't eaten for an entire day and it's starving. Finally,...
Plant-based diet leads to Crohn’s Disease remission, according to case study
Eating a plant-based diet may be an effective treatment for Crohn's disease, according to a case study published in the...
Combination of drugs may combat deadly drug-resistant fungus
BIDMC researchers use unique method to test multiple combinations for efficacy BOSTON - As health officials in New Jersey, Illinois...
A new drug target for chemically induced Parkinson’s disease
Researchers believe an enzyme targeted to the neuronal mitochondria may be responsible for converting compounds from alcohol, tobacco, and certain...
