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Pediatric telemedicine services can work well under the right conditions
Doctors who provide pediatric care over the telephone - known as "telemedicine" - face a range of challenges that do...
Smart wristband with link to smartphones could monitor health, environmental exposures
Credit: Abbas Furniturewalla Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created a smart wristband with a wireless connection to smartphones that will...
Lessons from flies: genetic diversity impacts disease severity
Credit: University of Utah Health New research offers clues as to why some diseases are highly variable between individuals. The...
Scientists develop unique materials to repair damaged organs and tissue
Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Tissue engineering is the future of medicine. Under Project 5-100, the Polymer...
Created line of spinal cord neural stem cells shows diverse promise
Credit: Mark Ellisman and Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UC San Diego Researchers at University of...
Researchers solved mystery of clownfish coloration
Credit: The photos have been collected from online stock photography websites Unsplash and Pixabay, and reusing them does not require...
Probiotic use is a link between brain fogginess, severe bloating
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 6, 2018) - Probiotic use can result in a significant...
Is too much screen time harming children’s vision?
SAN FRANCISCO - Aug. 6, 2018 - As children spend more time tethered to screens, there is increasing concern about...
PET tracer identifies estrogen receptor expression differences in breast cancer patients
Credit: HH Nienhuis et al., University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands RESTON, VA -- In metastatic breast cancer, prognosis and...
Solving its insolubility, researchers discover method to deliver curcumin to cancer cells
Credit: Heather Coit, University of Illinois College of Engineering In India and other countries in Southeast Asia, curcumin is often...
Soft multi-functional robots get really small…and spider-shaped
Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access natural and man-made environments,...
Doxorubicin disrupts the immune system to cause heart toxicity
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug widely used in ovarian, bladder, lung, thyroid and stomach cancers,...
Vaping draws strong support — from bots
Social media accounts run by internet robots may be driving much of the discussion around the health threats posed by...
Heart association to support grad student’s research into sudden cardiac death
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute The American Heart Association awarded Patrick Calhoun, a biological sciences graduate student, a predoctoral...
Children are highly vulnerable to health risks of a changing climate
August 6, 2018 -- Young children are far more vulnerable to climate-related disasters and the onus is on adults to...
Early trauma may be risk factor for anxiety and depression in adults with head/neck cancer
Among individuals with head and neck cancer (HNC), those who experienced childhood trauma were more likely to have advanced cancer,...
Tobacco ‘power wall’ linked to adolescents’ views about e-cigarettes
Adolescents who view advertising for tobacco products on the tobacco "power wall" in convenience stores report being more willing to...
Gene recombination deactivates retroviruses during invasion of host genomes
Credit: Zoo Vienna, Daniel Zupanc Working with the example of koalas, the researchers have now identified key stages in the...
Mice individuality is influenced by their relations
Credit: Nicolas Torquet/NPS Individuality is not exclusive to humans. Though this idea was previously rebutted by biologists, today it is...
Novel vaccine approach proves powerful against Zika virus
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A uniquely designed experimental vaccine against Zika virus has proven powerful in mice, new research has found....
