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Listeria may be serious miscarriage threat early in pregnancy
Credit: CDC/James Archer MADISON, Wis. — Listeria, a common food-borne bacterium, may pose a greater risk of miscarriage in the...
Researcher finds potential way to reduce drug cravings
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas A new preclinical study led by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher shows...
Infants with congenital Zika virus syndrome suffer serious visual…
Credit: Journal of AAPOS San Francisco, CA, September 13, 2017 – Although one of the most serious consequences of the...
What mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on breast cancer…
Bottom Line: The ability of serum obtained from women with breast cancer immediately after finishing two hours of moderate to...
Infants show apparent awareness of ethnic differences, UCLA psychologists report
Credit: Anantha Singarajah/UCLA Psychology Infants less than a year old, who have yet to learn language, appear to notice differences...
CNIC scientists discover how a decades-old drug reduces the size of a…
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered a new mechanism of action...
Volunteering might prevent substance abuse for female student-athletes
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – More than 180,000 student-athletes from 450 colleges and universities compete in Division III...
IBD patients may stay healthier when doctors monitor medications before they lose efficacy
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON – In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the body attacks the lining of the digestive tract....
Microscope using UV instead of visible light emerging as diagnostic tool
Credit: Richard Levenson, UC Davis December 4, 2017 MUSE image of sebaceous glandA microscope using ultraviolet light to illuminate samples...
NIH, Scientific American, Science salute UVA brain discovery
IMAGE: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and director of...
Discovered: Gene associated with schizophrenia risk regulates early…
Credit: Yingwei Mao lab, Penn State University University Park, PA — A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed...
Kent State professor works with NASA Glenn & others to improve Lake Erie’s water quality
Credit: Photo credit: Sunny Dickerson, Bowling Green State University The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks...
Article: Clinicians should address needs of family caregivers of…
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Dec. 5, 2016 – More than 15 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provide care...
Is Europe ready to eliminate viral hepatitis?
The goal for 2030: a world free of hepatitis. Currently, Europe records around 57 000 newly diagnosed acute and chronic...
Girls will be boys: Sex reversal in dragon lizards
Credit: Professor Arthur Georges One of Australia's iconic lizard species is hiding a secret – female central bearded dragon embryos...
Living color: Rainbow-hued blood stem cells shed new light on cancer,…
Credit: Nature Cell Biology 2016, Henninger et al A new color-coding tool is enabling scientists to better track live blood...
UNIST receives funding for $4.5 million ITRC project
Credit: UNIST The farm-based outbreaks of AI are still occurring constantly in a number of countries around the world, including...
Living downwind of coal-fired power plant could increase risk of low birth weight
Credit: (Source: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/petition/Exh%201%20New%20Picture.png). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has studied the effects of coal-fired power plant emissions on p..
Dust mite allergens share rare combo of qualities
Credit: Holly Leddy, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A combination of stability and abundance may be what gives allergy-triggering dust...
