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Elderly patients on dialysis have a high risk of dementia
Older kidney disease patients who are sick enough to require the blood-filtering treatment known as dialysis are at high risk...
A diverse diet may not be the healthiest one
DALLAS, August 9, 2018 -- Encouraging people to eat a wide variety of foods to ensure they meet all their...
New study views cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes
TAMPA, Fla. - Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new...
Despite ACA, lesbian, gay and bisexual adults still have trouble affording health care
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, has reduced the number of Americans without health...
Synapses of the reward system at stake in autistic disorders
Credit: © UNIGE Autism spectrum disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders, one of the main characteristics of which...
Texas A&M to lead NSF-funded water insecurity research network
Credit: Flavia Bonolo Dantas, Texas A&M Geography graduate student Water insecurity is a reality for vulnerable households everywhere from Flint,...
Ebola virus experts discover powerful, new approach for future therapeutics
Credit: Photo by Don Boomer, Scripps Research A one-two punch of powerful antibodies may be the best way to stop...
North American diets require more land than we have: Study
Credit: University of Guelph If the global population adopted recommended North American dietary guidelines, there wouldn't be enough land to...
Why do some microbes live in your gut while others don’t?
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 9, 2018--Trillions of tiny microbes and bacteria live in your gut, each with their own set of...
New RNA & DNA-sequencing platform matches thousands of drugs to late-stage cancer patients
(New York, NY - Aug. 8, 2018) -- A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple...
NSF award to shine more light on proteins
Credit: Yong Wang / Penn State A better method to "see" proteins for improved medical diagnoses may be possible thanks...
Research reveals effective method to control algae growth on Hawaiian coral reefs
Credit: DLNR/DAR Researchers with the State of Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology...
Computational platform optimizes multiple myeloma treatments
Masturah Bte Mohd Abdul Rashid and colleagues have developed a new platform that optimizes drug combinations for the treatment of...
New discovery sheds light on proteins critical in mood and behavior disorders
New York, NY (August 8, 2018)--Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) have found new evidence of how certain...
Cancer cells send out ‘drones’ to battle immune system from afar
Credit: The labs of Wei Guo, PhD, and Xiaowei Xu, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA - Cancer cells are...
Could edible chemotherapy encased in milk particles someday end infusions?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences You can't eat chemotherapy. That's because your...
Scientists create biodegradable, paper-based biobatteries
Credit: Seokheun 'Sean' Choi BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The batteries of the future may be made out of paper. Researchers at...
EPA could change how it calculates the financial effects of regulations
The way that the Environmental Protections Agency determines the costs and benefits of regulations is under scrutiny and could soon...
Earth now and 2.5 billion years ago: New study of air helps understanding both
Sulfur isotope has helped reveal surprising information about both the origins of life on Earth and modern sources of air...
Mission: Possible — mapping dangerous terrain
Ensuring military forces have up-to-date information about a potentially hostile region offers obvious advantages, but current methods for doing that...
