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Taking the jab (and the chill) out of vaccination
Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have taken an important first step towards solving two problems that hinder access...
Barbershop-based healthcare study successfully lowers high blood pressure in African-American men
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (MARCH 12, 2018) -- African-American men successfully lowered their high blood pressure to healthy levels when...
Study links type of blood pressure medication to increased variability and higher risk of death
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Two types of blood pressure medications -- alpha blockers and alpha 2 agonist --...
GW researcher awarded $2.4 million to study the role of the brain in obesity-induced hypertension
WASHINGTON (March 12, 2018) -- Obesity is a problem that affects about 30 percent of the population in the United...
Using artificial intelligence to investigate illegal wildlife trade on social media
Credit: Enrico Di Minin Illegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity conservation and is currently expanding...
A game changer: Metagenomic clustering powered by supercomputers
Credit: Georgios Pavlopoulos and Nikos Kyrpides, JGI/Berkeley Lab Did you know that the tools used for analyzing relationships between social...
A new cross-coupling simplifies the synthesis of drug-like molecules
LA JOLLA, CA - March 12, 2018 - Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have designed a new molecule-building...
New research shows why babies need to move in the womb
Credit: Professor Paula Murphy, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have just discovered why babies need to move in the womb to...
Study tackles neuroscience claims to have disproved ‘free will’
For several decades, some researchers have argued that neuroscience studies prove human actions are driven by external stimuli -- that...
Plants overcome hunger with the aid of autophagy
Credit: Masanori Izumi Researchers at Tohoku University have found that plants activate autophagy in their leaf cells to derive amino...
SLU researchers discover structure of protein associated with inflammation, Parkinson’s
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti. ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, Saint Louis...
Female researchers publish childcare recommendations for conference organizers
Many women in science are raising concerns over the fact that parents with young children are often excluded from fully...
Dengue fever linked to increased risk of stroke
A new study has found that people with dengue fever have a higher risk of stroke, especially in the first...
Study finds flatfoot reconstruction effective for older patients
When someone develops adult-acquired flatfoot deformity (AAFD), they are offered either a reconstruction or foot fusion depending on the severity...
Mexico well ahead of US in LGBT rights
Credit: Sally McCay Caroline Beer has spent her career researching comparative data between Latin American countries and the United States...
Gerontologists tackle social isolation, increasingly a public health concern
Social connectivity and meaningful social engagement must be promoted as integral components of healthy aging, according to a new collection...
Crisis or self-correction: Rethinking how the media cover science
One of the recurring media narratives about the nature of science today is that it is "broken" or "in crisis."...
Patients in primary care networks had fewer visits to ED, shorter stays
Patients receiving care from physicians in primary care networks were less likely to visit emergency departments, according to a new...
More deaths, strokes seen with perioperative beta blocker one year after surgery
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- During the 12 months after undergoing noncardiac surgery, patients with or at risk for heart...
Blood thinner significantly reduces the risk of death after non-cardiac surgery
Hamilton, ON - Researchers in Hamilton have discovered that a blood-thinning drug, dabigatran, significantly reduces the risk of death, heart...
