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Weight changes associated with reduced bone strength
BOSTON -- Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research, Boston University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and University of...
How just drops of viper venom pack a deadly punch
Credit: Leandro Avelar A bite from a lancehead snake can be fatal. Species in the family, found throughout Central and...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center scientists to present at ASCO Annual Meeting
(CHICAGO) -- Scientists from the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Jefferson Health will be presenting research and leading discussions...
Researchers: A power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health
A specialized fat molecule, called cardiolipin, that is made within the body's own fat cells, is far more significant to...
Zn-InsP6 complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body
Credit: Kanazawa University 90Sr (t1/2 = 29.1 y) is one of the most important nuclear fission elements. After the nuclear...
Study reveals brain activity patterns underlying fluent speech
When we speak, we engage nearly 100 muscles, continuously moving our lips, jaw, tongue, and throat to shape our breath...
UA study links sleep loss with nighttime snacking, junk food cravings, obesity, diabetes
TUCSON, Ariz. - Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link...
Study offers new hope for the fight against genetically determined obesity
Around two to six per cent of all people with obesity develop obesity already in early childhood; it's in their...
Arthur edits survival guide for anesthesiology residents
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer - Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical...
Finances are a major motivating factor in patient avoidance of diagnostic testing
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM. DES PLAINES, IL--Patient preferences for diagnostic testing differed...
Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how...
New study finds pitcher injuries increase as pitch count rises
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in...
Penn Medicine Neuroscientist receives Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award
PHILADELPHIA-- Shinjae Chung, PhD, an assistant professor of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,...
Irradiating chest lymph nodes in patients with early stage breast cancer improves survival without increasing side effects
Credit: ©EORTC Chicago, USA: Giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar...
Despite fewer looking for work, gains continue for Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - June 1, 2018. Job gains continued for Americans with disabilities in May, although...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent High-Level Commission on non-communicable diseases
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots
COLUMBUS, Ohio--Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand--and much faster than recently...
New in the Hastings Center Report, May-June 2018
Genetic Privacy, Disease Prevention, and the Principle of Rescue Madison K. Kilbride People who undergo genetic testing sometimes discover that...
When doctors assume, patients lose
PHILADELPHIA - Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity, or "SO/GI," data has valuable public health benefits and potential clinical benefits...
