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Background radiation in UAE’s agricultural topsoil found to be lower than global average
A team of researchers in the United Arab Emirates have revealed the presence of a significantly lower level of background...
High prices are just one reason Americans spend more on healthcare than Europeans
PHILADELPHIA -- High drug prices as well as the excessive use of imaging and surgical procedures, and excessive administrative burdens...
Study shows bias in use of alcohol screening after traumatic brain injury
March 13, 2018 - "Has this patient been drinking?" It's a critical question for neurosurgical nurses and other professionals when...
Patients with multiple conditions receive higher level of care in affluent areas
Patients with multimorbidity--two or more long-term medical conditions--have complex health care needs, often requiring higher levels of care than other...
Eight faculty-led projects funded under UCI Confronting Extremism initiative
Irvine, Calif., March 13, 2018 -- From a massive open online course countering science skepticism to intimate culinary workshops fostering...
SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting
Brussels-The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe (SETAC Europe) 28th Annual Meeting will be held 13-17 May in Rome,...
Stress of open-heart surgery significantly reduces vitamin D levels, but supplementation helps
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute The stress of open-heart surgery significantly reduces patients' vitamin D levels, but aggressive supplementation...
Trial for gout drug meets primary endpoint, raises safety
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- Febuxostat, a gout drug that has been in use for nearly a decade, was found...
Oncotarget To be indexed in highly esteemed meta database
Oncotarget announced that its peer-reviewed research publications will be indexed in Meta, a world-renowned database of scientific literature, alongside other...
Patients living longer with Duchenne muscular dystrophy pose new challenge for caregivers
Diagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy--one of nine major types of muscular dystrophy that affects...
News from Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
How a losing a skin protein can lead to cancer Dystrophic epodermolysis bullosa, or DEB, is a rare, inherited skin...
Life in the fast flow: Tadpoles of new species rely on ‘suction cups’ to keep up
Credit: Umilaela Arifin Indonesia, a megadiverse country spanning over 17,000 islands located between Australia and mainland Asia, is home to...
Canakinumab doesn’t prevent prediabetes from progressing to diabetes
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- The anti-inflammatory drug canakinumab had no effect on rates of newly diagnosed diabetes in people...
Precision oncology in advanced cancer patients improves overall survival
Credit: Lincoln D. Nadauld, email: [email protected] The use of advanced molecular diagnostic technologies, such as Next-Generation Sequencing based gene panel...
Researchers find bone density scans can also help identify cardiovascular disease
BOSTON -- Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research, University of Western Australia, University of Sydney, and Edith Cowan...
Babies fed soy-based formula have changes in reproductive system tissues
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infants who consumed soy-based formula as newborns had differences in some reproductive-system cells and tissues,...
ARPA-E showcases advances in bioenergy production, drought tolerance
Water Efficient Sorghum Technologies (WEST) will showcase new advances that dramatically reduce water requirements for crops, while also increasing productivity,...
Why some older people are rejecting digital technologies
Fear of making mistakes and wider concerns about their social responsibility are among reasons why older people are rejecting digital...
Preclinical characterization of therapeutic antibodies
Credit: Bhairavi Tolani, email: [email protected] David M. Jablons, email: [email protected] Even though the Shh pathway is mainly quiescent in adults,...
Researchers identify key step in viral replication
Credit: Nature Microbiology/Dermody Lab PITTSBURGH, March 12, 2018 - Viruses are intracellular parasites that cause disease by infecting the cells...
