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Learning to ask older adults better questions about their memory
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Healthcare providers and researchers rely on screening questions to detect patients who may be at risk...
Researchers link residential characteristics with productivity one year after brain injury
Credit: Kessler Foundation Model system researchers have examined the factors that influence productive activity one year after traumatic brain injury...
Study examines for risk factors associated with initiation of substance use
Not all individuals who initiate use of a substance such as nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine eventually develop a substance...
Scientist receives $708,044 grant from Florida Department of Health to study metastasis
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Metastasis - the spread of cancer - often is considered the deadliest aspect of solid tumors....
New NYUAD research finds 3-D printers offer alternate method to create microfluidic probes
Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi August 8, 2018, Abu Dhabi: NYU Abu Dhabi Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Mohammad...
Research tip: Caregivers lack medications, knowledge to manage Baltimore children’s asthma
In a new study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that fewer than half of interviewed caregivers for Baltimore preschool children with...
Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction, study finds
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction, according to new research led by the University at...
Can community exercise prevent bone loss from weight loss in older adults?
In a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study of older adults with obesity who were cutting calories, an intervention...
Drug identified that could reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension
Scientists at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago took a major...
Pennsylvania’s youth more accepting of marijuana, but not using it more, report shows
With Pennsylvania now among the majority of states in legalizing medical marijuana, a new report shows that young people's attitudes...
Best of both worlds: Combining two skeleton-building chemical reactions
Scripps Research scientists have developed a powerful new strategy for synthesizing molecular skeletons of chemicals used in drugs and other...
Can medical marijuana help treat intractable epilepsy?
A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology review examines the potential of medicinal cannabis--or medical marijuana--for helping patients with intractable...
A new earless pygmy toad discovered on one of Angola’s most underexplored mountains
Credit: Dr. Ishan Agarwal A new species of African pygmy toad was discovered during an expedition in 2016 to Angola's...
New antibody analysis accelerates rational vaccine design
Credit: Image courtesy Hangartner, Ward labs, Scripps Research LA JOLLA, Calif. - Aug. 8, 2018 - A team at Scripps...
Inducing labor can help prevent cesarean births
GALVESTON, Texas -- A new national study has found that inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help...
Women and men experience different benefits from low-calorie diets
A low-calorie diet causes different metabolic effects in women than in men, a new Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism study suggests....
Parents’ smoking and depression linked to increased ADHD risk in children
A new study has identified adults' smoking and depression as family environmental factors associated with the development of attention-deficit hyperactivity...
Skills and learning improved by closed-loop electrical brain stimulation during sleep
Credit: HRL Laboratories HRL Laboratories, LLC, in collaboration with University of New Mexico (UNM), have published the first study showing...
Dental care may benefit patients scheduled for cancer surgery
Preoperative oral care by a dentist may help reduce postoperative complications in patients who undergo cancer surgery, according to a...
Two new UTA School of Social Work professors win international award
Credit: UT Arlington Two professors joining The University of Texas at Arlington this fall were announced as the winners of...
