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Special issue of Journal of Nursing Scholarship confronts climate…
Credit: NOAA Satellites A special issue of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship explores climate change, global health, and the role...
Calcium in arteries influences heart attack risk
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – August 8, 2017 – Patients without calcium buildup in the coronary arteries had significantly lower...
New book examines health challenges for the rapidly urbanizing planet
Toronto – By the year 2100, eight out of ten people in the world will reside in cities – a...
Glowing cancer tool illuminates benign, but dangerous, brain tumors…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – An experimental imaging tool that uses a targeted fluorescent dye successfully lit up the benign...
New study: Estimated burden of healthcare-associated infections
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Robert Koch Institute, and the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National...
Two gifts totaling $150 million add up to bright future for research at Children’s…
Credit: Children's Mercy / BSA Lifestructures Kansas City, Mo. – Jan. 11, 2018 – Two of Kansas City's iconic families...
World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot…
Credit: Microsure MAASTRICHT, Oct. 2, 2017 – Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to...
Landmark Alzheimer’s prevention trial to evaluate third drug
Credit: Robert Boston An international team led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has selected a third...
History of incarceration linked to subsequent homelessness, study…
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, March 1, 2017 — People who have been incarcerated in Canada are more...
Keychain detector could catch food allergens before it’s too late
Credit: The American Chemical Society For kids and adults with food allergies, a restaurant outing can be a fraught experience....
New termite species condemned to 100 years of solitude with a second chance
Credit: Robin Casalla While the last species of the termite genus Proneotermes has been discovered more than a hundred years...
UNIST unveils the genomic mechanism of African clawed frogs
Credit: UNIST Scientists from around the world, including South Korea, Japan, and United States have, for the first time, decoded...
The human brain recalls visual features in reverse order than it…
Credit: Ning Qian/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK — Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have contributed to solving a paradox of...
Why don’t Americans have a name for the color ‘light…
Credit: Angela Brown COLUMBUS, Ohio – If a Japanese woman were to compliment a friend on her flattering pale-blue blouse,...
New HSS study finds hope in understanding and better treating scleroderma
Credit: HSS Scleroderma is a terribly debilitating disease with no effective treatments and the mortality rates are still upwards of...
Uncovering the early origins of Huntington’s disease
Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University With new findings, scientists may be poised...
Pennsylvania hospital neurosurgeons perform first focused ultrasound…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – John Lukens recently became the first patient in Pennsylvania to receive MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment...
Global task force tackles problem of untreatable cancers and disease…
Many cancer therapies are highly toxic, and even when they appear to work, a significant percentage of patients will experience...
Regions with stricter firearm laws experience fewer pediatric gun-related injuries
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO — Regions of the United States with stronger firearm legislation had lower rates of...
Researchers observe reduction in sexual violence among high school…
Credit: University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 8, 2017) — University of Kentucky...
