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Birds have time-honored traditions, too
Credit: Photo by Robert Lachlan. DURHAM , N.C. -- What makes human cultural traditions unique? One common answer is that...
Do bats adapt to gates at abandoned mines?
Abandoned mines can serve as roost sites for bats, but because the mines pose serious risks to humans, officials often...
Innovative autonomous system for identifying schools of fish
Credit: @IMDEA Networks Institute The University of Haifa (Israel) and two teams from the IMDEA Networks Institute have developed an...
Whether wheat weathers heat waves
Credit: Piotr Trebicki A heat wave sweeps through a city and people swelter, running indoors to find air conditioning. But...
Guidelines address self-management of hospitalized diabetes patients
It is important that patients with diabetes be involved in decisions concerning the management of their condition while they are...
A collaborative development of a dengue vaccine candidate successful in preclinical study
In-Cell-Art (ICA), a biotechnology company specialized in nanocarrier technologies, BioNet-Asia (BNA), an innovative vaccine developer, and the research team led...
Workplace health clinics can lower health care spending
Opening onsite health clinics to provide comprehensive primary care to teachers and their families can lower a school district's health...
Surgery in space
With renewed public interest in manned space exploration comes the potential need to diagnose and treat medical issues encountered by...
Coconut oil prolongs life in peroxisomal disorders
Credit: © Margret Bülow/Julia Sellin "Lorenzo's Oil" was to help a seriously ill boy suffering from a peroxisomal disorder (adrenoleukodystrophy/ALD)....
Scientists unravel DNA code behind rare neurologic disease
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 20, 2018 - Scientists conducting one of the largest full DNA analyses of a...
Parent-child therapy helps young children with depression
Credit: Matt Miller Children as young as 3 can be clinically depressed, and often that depression recurs as kids get...
Self-care and social ties can help men recover from the suicide of a loved one
Credit: University of British Columbia Recovering from the suicide of a friend, partner or family member can be emotionally challenging...
What a pain: The iPad neck plagues women more
Credit: (R. Marsh Starks/ UNLV Creative Services) Is your iPad being a literal pain in the neck? The answer is...
Should pharmacists be allowed to write prescriptions?
Prescribing of medications has traditionally been restricted to physicians, but there is growing support to allow pharmacists to do so...
New study sheds light on the growing phenomenon of radicalized European youths
Credit: European Psychiatry Philadelphia, June 20, 2018 - A study published in European Psychiatry reports on factors underlying the current...
New therapeutic opportunity for the treatment of resistant malignant melanoma
(University of Liege) Researchers have revealed that malignant melanoma can reprogram their protein synthesis machinery and become addicted to a...
The role of vitamin D in a healthy pregnancy
For a pregnancy to proceed to term, early modulation of the immunologic response is required to induce tolerance to the...
Life-saving stroke educational program goes global
PHILADELPHIA - In an effort to improve stroke recognition and reduce life-threatening pre-hospital delays worldwide, an international team lead by...
Potential to replace race as a risk factor for kidney-transplant failure
Credit: Children's National Health System Right now, more than 100,000 adult and pediatric patients in the U.S. are waiting for...
Can older adults safely donate kidneys?
With increasing organ demand, living kidney donation from older donors has become more common. A new Clinical Transplantation study indicates...
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