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Portable device detects severe stroke in seconds with 92 percent accuracy
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina A new device worn like a visor can detect emergent large-vessel occlusion in patients...
LC-MS/MS Identification and characterization of biodegradation products of Nitroproston
Credit: Dr. Natalia Vladimirovna Mesonzhnik et al., Bentham Science Publishers Nitroproston (11(S),15(S)-dihydroxy-9-keto-5Z,13E-prostadienoic acid 1?,3?-dinitroglycerol ester) is a novel prostagla..
Treatment rates for dangerously high cholesterol remains low
DALLAS, March 26, 2018 -- Less than 40 percent of people with severe elevations in cholesterol are being prescribed appropriate...
Caribou drone study finds ‘enormous variation’ within herd
Credit: Drone footage courtesy Andrew Berdahl et al. Camera footage courtesy Jeff Turner, River Road Films, Ltd. Edited by Nate...
Canadian neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Kinsmen Lab. of Neurological Research VANCOUVER, BC (March 26, 2018): A Vancouver-based research team led by Canada's most cited...
Extending traceable measurements inside the human body
Credit: NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve...
Study tracks impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome on state Medicaid programs
In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before...
Let them eat xylose: Yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients
Credit: Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy (CC BY-SA 3.0) MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 26, 2018) -- Researchers at Tufts University...
Themed issue lays foundation for emerging field of collective movement ecology
On land, in air, and through water, many species of animals move together in groups. Thundering herds of wildebeest migrate...
Looking deeper into brain function
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich To uncover connections between brain regions and specific cognitive functions, neuroscientists have long made extensive use...
Frequent, public drug users may be good candidates for overdose-treatment training
In response to America's opioid crisis, public health departments and community organizations across the country have started to train opioid...
OU study reveals trends of US surface water body area over three decades
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma research study, led by Professor Xiangming Xiao, reveals the divergent trends of...
Captured on film for the first time: Microglia nibbling on brain synapses
Credit: L. Weinhard, EMBL Rome For the first time, EMBL* researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses. Their findings...
How did the guppy cross the ocean?: An unexpected fish appears on a volcanic archipelago
Credit: Marcelo Brito While people tend to describe tropical oceanic islands as 'paradises on Earth' and associate them with calm...
New targeted therapy schedule could keep melanoma at bay
(PHILADELPHIA) -- Skin melanoma, a particularly insidious cancer, accounts for the vast majority skin cancer deaths and is one of...
Tennessee students win national soil judging competition
Credit: UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- While most of the country is focused on basketball this time of year, March means...
Study examines blood lead levels of Flint children before and after water crisis
Flint children's blood lead levels were nearly three times higher almost a decade before the year of the Flint water...
Ultrathin endoscope captures neurons firing deep in the brain
Credit: Shay Ohayon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed an endoscope as thin as a human hair...
Novel blueprint for faster implementation of more evidence-based healthcare solutions
Credit: Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science INDIANAPOLIS -- Scientist-clinicians from the Indiana University Center for Health...
Combination breast cancer therapy targets tumor cells and the blood vessels that feed them
Each day, normal human cell tissues express a protein known as p53 that wages war against potential malignancies. However, between...
