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Access to federally qualified health centers does not translate into lower rates of ED use
Credit: LAUREN MALONEY, MD, STONY BROOK MEDICINE DES PLAINES, IL -- There is no association between access to federally qualified...
Climate change: Scientists tap nature, space and society
(ETH Zurich) Three scientists share their research from the natural, physical, and social sciences on novel responses to climate change...
Researcher receives major grant to study gene's potential for suppressing tumor cells
Credit: University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City -- Lung cancer is a notoriously difficult type of cancer to treat because, in...
Grocery-store based nutrition education improves eating habits
Adults with hypertension benefit from counseling that reinforces information received from primary care providers, according to a new study published...
New model predicts how ground shipping will affect future human health, environment
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The trucks and trains that transport goods across the United States...
Could energy overload drive cancer risk?
It's well-known that obesity, diabetes and chronic inflammation are major risk factors for cancer. But just how cancer evolves in...
Do we have an epidemic? Enhancing disease surveillance using a health information exchange
The key? Changing public health reporting from passive to proactiveCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - How do public health officials know...
FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2019 awarded to Sara Linse
Heidelberg, 11 February 2019 - EMBO and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) announce Sara Linse of Lund University,...
Is our personality affected by the way we look? (Or the way we think we look?)
Research team at the University of Göttingen disproves previous assumptionsCredit: AG Nachhaltigkeit To what extent is our personality an adaptation...
Acoustic waves can monitor stiffness of living cells
Technique sheds light on cells' health and development; may be useful for precision medicine CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have...
Tuberculosis: Inhibiting host cell death with immunotherapy
Credit: University Hospital Cologne Tuberculosis treatment still entails the intake several antibiotics over a period of many months and is...
Researchers develop flags that generate energy from wind and sun
Credit: Dr. Mostafa Nabawy, The University of Manchester Scientists have created flags that can generate electrical energy using wind and...
Spinal cord is 'smarter' than previously thought
Research shows our spinal cords contribute to sophisticated hand function We often think of our brains as being at the...
NIH researchers home in on genes linked to age-related macular degeneration
Findings point to potential treatment strategiesCredit: National Eye Institute National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in...
Gene involved in colorectal cancer also causes breast cancer
The search for new genetic causes of cancer continues Rare mutations in the NTHL1 gene, previously associated with colorectal cancer,...
Motor enzyme protects genome through several mechanisms
Credit: Mattias Pettersson A helicase, Pfh1, can thanks to several different mechanisms protect the genome from DNA obstacles and damages...
RUDN biochemists found a way to stop the immortality of cancer cells with oligonucleotides
RUDN biochemists found a way to reduce the activity of telomerase (the enzyme of cell immortality) 10 timesCredit: Natalia Deryugina...
Many Arctic lakes give off less carbon than expected
Credit: David Butman/University of Washington The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. One consequence...
Immunotherapy can be effective in treating people with recurrent glioblastoma
UCLA-led research could be step toward new therapy for hard-to-treat brain cancer A UCLA-led study suggests that for people with...
New role for death molecule
To unravel programmed cell death pathways, investigators examine a molecule deemed unimportant, and find new functionCredit: John Dowling, Jefferson (Philadelphia...
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