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Chlamydia screening drops after change in cervical cancer screening guideline
A 2012 cervical cancer screening guideline change is associated with reduced testing for cervical cancer and chlamydia and reduced identification...
Patients whose emergency surgery is delayed are at higher risk of death
Delays for emergency surgery were associated with a higher risk of death for patients in hospital -- and higher costs...
Nature-inspired material uses liquid reinforcement
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Materials scientists at Rice University are looking to nature -- at the discs in human spines...
Age and obesity conspire to damage the tiny blood vessels that feed the heart, causing heart failure
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 10, 2017) - Age and obesity appear to create a perfect storm that can...
Big, shape-shifting animals from the dawn of time
Credit: Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill Why did life on Earth change from small to large when it did? Researchers from the...
DxNA LLC announces 510(K) submission of GeneSTAT analyzer and GeneSTAT coccidioides assay
St. George, Utah -- July 10, 2017 -- DxNA LLC, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced the 510(k) submission to...
Ten new awards from the National Science Foundation
Credit: Leonid Moroz Ten new awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $14 million will enable biologists to develop...
Researchers hope new biomarkers will lead to sports pitch-side test for brain injury
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified inflammatory biomarkers which indicate whether the brain has suffered injury. The team,...
Lutein and zeaxanthin isomers benefits during high screen exposure
Morristown, N.J., July 10, 2017 - An exciting new peer reviewed publication based on ongoing research on macular carotenoids from...
Survey reveals widespread bias in astronomy and planetary science
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In an online survey about their workplace experiences, 88 percent of...
Malaria drug protects fetal mice from Zika virus, NIH-funded study finds
Hydroxychloroquine, a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat malaria and certain autoimmune diseases in pregnant women,...
Training/support have ongoing impact on delivery of alcohol intervention
In primary care settings, training and support of clinicians has a lasting effect on the proportion of adult patients given...
Who should treat patients with opioid use disorder?
In a Point/Counterpoint, two doctors debate whether or not family physicians should provide medication-assisted treatment to their patients with opioid...
Disruptive technology for the treatment of hemophilia
An international team of hematologists including Guy Young, MD, of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has found that in patients with...
Oil spill impacts may perturb entire food webs
Oil spills not only have a direct impact on species and habitats, but may also set off a cascade of...
Dr. John Buster inducted into ACOG Hall of Fame
Credit: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island John E. Buster, MD, of Providence, a reproductive endocrinologist with Women &...
Dissolvable device could make closing surgical incisions a cinch
Like many surgeons, Dr. Jason Spector is often faced with the challenge of securely closing the abdominal wall without injuring...
New technology to manipulate cells could help treat Parkinson’s, arthritis, other diseases
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- A groundbreaking advancement in materials from Northwestern University could potentially help patients requiring stem...
Doctor cautions against denial of the opioid epidemic
When a family physician moved to a new rural community, she was unprepared for the constant flow of patients seeking...
On-site ecstasy pill-testing services may reduce user risks at concerts and raves
Johns Hopkins scientists report that data collected over five years by volunteers who tested pills free of charge at music...
