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O’Donnell Brain Institute helps US effort to research learning, memory
DALLAS - Nov. 2, 2018 - UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute will help in a national effort to understand the...
Internists note that final CMS payment rule improves on proposed changes to E/M codes
Washington, DC (November 2, 2018) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) appreciates that the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...
Study finds hospital communication-and-resolution programs do not expand liability risk
Boston, MA -- To be more transparent and to promote communication with patients after medical injuries, many hospitals have implemented...
Genetic factors tied to obesity may protect against diabetes
Experts believe that where on the body people store surplus fat, whether round their middle or round the liver, may...
NASA pushes exploration of oceans in our solar system
Credit: NASA handout/Britney Schmidt/Dead Pixel VFX/Univ. of Texas at Austin NASA has navigated our solar system with spacecraft and landers,...
Cancer drug insight tactic could spell double trouble for tumors
Credit: Mar Carmena and Emma Peat A new way of identifying potential cancer drugs could streamline the development of therapies,...
Reducing US coal emissions through biomass and carbon capture would boost employment
While the need for solutions for the impending consequences of rising global temperatures has become increasingly urgent, many people have...
Quantum on the edge: Light shines on new pathway for quantum technology
Credit: Sebastian Zentilomo/University of Sydney Scientists in Australia have for the first time demonstrated the protection of correlated states between...
Bee diversity and richness decline as anthropogenic activity increases, confirm scientists
Credit: Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Alvaro Edwin Razo Leon Changes in land use negatively affect bee species richness and diversity, and cause...
Zebrafish larvae help in search for appetite suppressants
Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed...
Study buckles down on child car seat use in ride-share vehicles
Credit: VTTI Traveling with young children can be a challenge. As ride-share apps continue to surge in popularity, transporting children...
Zebrafish larvae help in search for appetite suppressants
Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed...
Updated European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in women
The clinical significance of osteoporosis lies in the painful, debilitating fractures that arise, which are a major cause of long-term...
Making a map of the brain
For decades, scientists have viewed the brain as a veritable black box - and now Catherine Dulac and Xiaowei Zhuang...
For early cervical cancer, open hysterectomy is safer than minimally invasive surgery
NEW YORK, NY (October 31, 2018)--A new study shows that women with early-stage cervical cancer who underwent minimally invasive hysterectomy...
A shortcut in the global sulfur cycle
Credit: NASA Sulphur is found in many different compounds throughout the world - not only in the atmosphere, but also...
New study to decode what makes people immune to influenza
November 1, 2018 - The key to lasting protection against influenza may be in your bones. The cells that naturally...
Minimally invasive surgery associated with worse survival for women with cervical cancer compared to open hysterectomy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center When comparing standard-of-care surgical options for women with early-stage cervical cancer, two studies led by...
‘Cryptic’ interactions drive biodiversity decline near the edge of forest fragments
When humans cut contiguous tropical forests into smaller fragments, ecologists say, forests along the edges of those fragments tend to...
Relapsed leukemia flies under immune system’s radar
Credit: Matt Miller Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the blood, often are treated with stem...
