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Officers on afternoon shift report being more fatigued
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Police officers on the afternoon shift are twice as likely to report being...
Safety of gene transfer to treat heart failure supports further clinical development
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged...
New low-cost material for lighting and diagnostics produces white light imitating sunlight
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a synthetic material based on the natural hackmanite mineral which produces...
New research provides practical cooking tips for your red wine sauce
Credit: Cecilie Varming Jacobsen Postdoc at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen Pia Snitkjaer has carried...
Sequential options prompt future thinking, boost patience
When faced with a tempting choice, it can be hard to stop and think through the potential consequences, but new...
Sleep disturbances predict substance use among college athletes
Preliminary results of a new study show that sleep disturbance is strongly related to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and...
Invasive alien plant control assessed for the Kruger National Park in South Africa
Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a...
Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH study suggests
Children born to women who had gestational diabetes and drank at least one artificially sweetened beverage per day during pregnancy...
Enrollment in early intervention services may be influenced by administering agency
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Children under age 3 who have or are at risk of a developmental...
New possible target for cancer treatment
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that cancer cells and normal cells use different 'gene switches' in order to...
A star is born: Lesser-known brain cell takes center stage
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 6, 2017) Neurons have long enjoyed the spotlight in neuroscience--and for good reason: they are...
Anti-nausea drug could help treat sleep apnea
An old pharmaceutical product may be a new treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, according to new research presented today by...
Publicly funded cancer trials save more than 3 million years of life
Credit: JAMA Oncology PORTLAND, OR - People diagnosed with cancer gained 3.34 million years of life thanks to cancer clinical...
Effect of treatment trials on survival of patients with cancer in US population
Joseph M. Unger, Ph.D., M.S., of the SWOG Statistical Center and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., and...
Time to initiating cancer therapy is increasing, associated with worsening survival
Monday, June 5, 2017, Chicago, Ill.: After reviewing nearly 3.7 million patient records, Cleveland Clinic researchers have shown that newly...
Study: Collateral damage from cosmic rays increases cancer risks for Mars astronauts
The cancer risk for a human mission to Mars has effectively doubled following a UNLV study predicting a dramatic increase...
Black, white men view impacts of prostate cancer treatment differently, study finds
CHICAGO - When it comes to making decisions about which prostate cancer treatment to choose, black and white men prioritize...
Targeted therapies show initial effectiveness in subset of papillary thyroid cancer
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two immunotherapy drugs currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of...
AACR pubs 1st set of screening recs from childhood cancer predisposition workshop
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has published its first set of consensus screening recommendations for children...
Attacking metastatic tumors in the brain
(Bethesda, MD, June 05, 2017) Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology at the...
