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Snake bit? UCI chemists figure out how to easily and cheaply halt…
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., March 7, 2017 – Chemists at the University of California, Irvine have developed...
Care received at end of life varies drastically by state
Credit: Pat Duty People with serious illness or frailty in Oregon are more likely to have their end-of-life care wishes...
A method to measure diagnostic errors could be key to preventing disability and death from…
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In an effort to reduce patient misdiagnoses and associated poor patient outcomes from lack of prompt...
Common brain changes found in children with autism, ADHD and OCD
TORONTO, July 27, 2016 – A team of Toronto scientists has found similarities in brain impairments in children with autism...
New study supports link between Omega-3 supplementation and reduction in depression
According to the World Health Organization, depression is a major cause of disease burden worldwide, affecting an estimated 350 million...
Increased education could help adolescents limit caffeine consumption
PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 8, 2016 – Caffeine is the most available and widely used psychoactive substance in the world and...
Researchers use fruit flies to understand how body responds to…
Credit: Atit A. Patel and Daniel N. Cox of Georgia State University ATLANTA-The tiny fruit fly can help humans investigate...
Study overturns seminal research about the developing nervous system
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Neuron FINDINGS New research by scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of...
CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center advances combination…
IMAGE: This is Dr. Glen Weiss, Director of Clinical Research and Medical Oncologist, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at...
Can a brain scan early in stress predict eventual memory loss?
"My workload has shot up after my last promotion, I know that I'm stressed out," says a management executive from...
Russian and US scientists collaborate to map migration paths of Arctic breeding birds
Credit: Zak Pohlen (WCS) Conservation of intertidal habitat– 65 percent of which has been lost over the last 50 years–...
Aspirin-like pain reliever diflunisal blocks hearing protein
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A Rice University study has found that the aspirin-like drug diflunisal blocks the action of prestin,...
Newport Hospital’s rehab program wins third consecutive Press Ganey Guardian of…
Credit: Lifespan NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport Hospital has again been named a Guardian of Excellence Award recipient by Press Ganey...
UIC to continue study of risky behavior by sexual-minority women
Credit: UIC College of Nursing The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a $3.25 million federal...
Extreme temperatures threaten desert songbirds with death by…
Credit: Tom Kennedy, UNM According to NASA, 2016 was the hottest year on historical record. Globally, the increase amounted to...
York chemists lead breakthrough in carbon capture
Starbons, made from waste biomass including food peelings and seaweed, were discovered and first reported 10 years ago by the...
A trend reversal in childhood obesity — a decline in the BMI in 8-year-old boys
Credit: Sahlgrenska Academy/University of Gothenburg After decades of increasing childhood obesity, things are now going in the opposite direction. A...
Nerve cells warn brain of damage to the inner ear
Some nerve cells in the inner ear can signal tissue damage in a way similar to pain-sensing nerve cells in...
UT Southwestern researchers identify new mechanism of tuberculosis infection
DALLAS – July 21 2016 – Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a new way that tuberculosis bacteria...
New golden frog species discovered in Colombia
Credit: Credit: Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher This news release is available in Spanish. A team of scientists including a Smithsonian Tropical Research...
