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A global conflict: Agricultural production vs. biodiversity
Credit: Christoph Scherber Increasing agricultural production usually leads to various negative side effects in agricultural landscapes, such as local decline...
Northeastern researchers identify 36 new genes implicated in cardiac disease
One in four deaths in the United States each year are due to heart disease, according to the Centers for...
Older adult falls lead to substantial medical costs
In 2015, the estimated medical costs attributable to both fatal and nonfatal falls in older US adults was approximately $50...
Mapping a genetic risk
Credit: Photo by Pauline Zulueta, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary The more information you have, the better able...
Racial differences in age at breast cancer diagnosis challenges use of single age-based screening guidelines
Bottom Line: Among women in the U.S. diagnosed with breast cancer, a higher proportion of nonwhite patients were diagnosed at...
The brain’s immune system may be key to new Alzheimer’s treatments
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., March 7, 2018 - Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Research Institute...
Experts issue recommendations to manage unwanted hair growth in women
Washington, DC--All women who have unwanted dark, course hair growing on the face, chest or back should undergo testing for...
Icelandic program seeks to eliminate HCV
A new Journal of Internal Medicine study describes an innovative program to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a public...
Depression, anxiety high in graduate students, survey shows
Graduate students are more than six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety as compared to the general population,...
CHOP urologist and colleagues address unmet global burden of surgical disease in India
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Aseem R. Shukla, MD, a pediatric urologist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), along with...
High-resolution brain imaging provides clues about memory loss in older adults
Credit: Zachariah Reagh As we get older, it's not uncommon to experience "senior moments," in which we forget where we...
Researchers develop optical tools to detect metabolic changes linked to disease
Credit: Irene Georgakoudi, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 7, 2018) -- Metabolic changes in cells can occur at the earliest...
Why people experience seasonal skin changes
A new British Journal of Dermatology study provides information that may help explain why many people experience eczema and dry...
Russian scientists prove the possibility of creating liposomal form of porphyrazine photosensitizer
Credit: Lobachevsky University A team of Nizhny Novgorod researchers led by Dr. V.A. Vodeneev, head of the Laboratory for Optical...
When it comes to fuel efficiency, size matters for hummingbirds
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new U of T Scarborough study has found that when it comes to fuel...
Marker involved in lymphatic system connected to heart failure
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new marker in the blood that is associated with an increased...
Severe electrical storms in the brain — biologists link protein, seizure suppression
Credit: Courtesy of Elsevier SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Seizure suppression is the focus of an original research article by researchers at...
Warm showers and ball exercises may help women during childbirth
A new International Journal of Nursing Practice study demonstrates that during childbirth, women may benefit from warm showers, perineal exercises...
Sexual harassment, gender stereotypes prevalent among youth
PULLMAN, Wash. - Young women enrolled in high schools and colleges told Washington State University researchers that people routinely make...
Discovery fills gap in search for better treatments for Ebola, other viruses
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio University of Alberta researchers have found the Ebola polymerase (enzyme), which may lead to more effective research...
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