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Homelessness in infancy linked to poor health outcomes for children and mothers
BOSTON - A new study led by researchers from Children's HealthWatch, a research and policy network headquartered at Boston Medical...
Experimental drug reverses hair loss and skin damage linked to fatty diet, shows new study in mice
In a series of experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins investigators have used an experimental compound to successfully reverse hair loss,...
UCI awarded $9 million grant to determine the long-term effects of cannabis on adolescents
Irvine, Calif. - July 30, 2018 - The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of...
Vanderbilt team finds potent antibodies against three Ebola viruses
Credit: Photo by Susan Urmy Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing...
Being overweight may change young adults’ heart structure, function
DALLAS, July 30, 2018 -- Even as a young adult, being overweight may cause higher blood pressure and thicken heart...
Brain game doesn’t offer brain gain
A new study led by a team of Western University neuroscientists has debunked claims that getting better at a brain...
Study shows how Oropouche virus replicates in human cells
The strategy used by the Oropouche virus to replicate in human cells has been described for the first time by...
Poll: Older adults support opioid Rx limits, need better counseling on use & disposal
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - Nearly a third of older adults have received a prescription for an...
Poor mental health days may cost the economy billions of dollars
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Poor mental health ranks as one of the costliest forms of sickness for U.S. workers and...
Sequencing a malaria mosquito’s motherline
A team led by scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has sequenced and annotated the first...
E-cigarettes and tobacco product use linked to increased risk of oral cancer
Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...
Saliva diagnostics and salivaomics: Will saliva translate to a real diagnostic tool?
Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...
Novel genome-wide association study risk loci for nonsyndromic orofacial clefts
Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...
Hollow trees host massive moth slumber parties
Credit: Florida Museum video by Andrei Sourakov and Rose Roberts GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Unlike social insects such as bees and...
World’s marine wilderness is dwindling
Credit: Belle Co An international study led by University of Queensland scientists has found that only 13 per cent of...
Japan’s iconic extinct mammal: A sleeping treasure in a university collection
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba - In the spring of 2017, Dr Yuri Kimura, from the Department of Geology and...
Can pollution alter wildlife behavior?
Credit: University of Portsmouth A team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth have developed new scientific tests to better...
55- to 70-year-old women and men with prediabetes get stronger bones with football training
Credit: Bo Kousgaard, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark...
Study reveals new geometric shape used by nature to pack cells efficiently
Credit: Luis M. Escudero (Seville University, Spain), Javier Buceta (Lehigh University, USA), Pedro Gomez-Galvez, Pablo Vicente-Munuera and scientists from Andalucian...
Study shows ocean acidification is having major impact on marine life
Credit: Marco Milazzo Carbon dioxide emissions are killing off coral reefs and kelp forests as heat waves and ocean acidification...
