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Marijuana use among college students on rise following Oregon legalization, study finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. - College students attending an Oregon university are using more marijuana now that the drug is legal for...
Distant fish relatives share looks
James Cook University scientists have found evidence that even distantly related Australian fish species have evolved to look and act...
Improved accuracy when testing cancer drugs
Credit: Portrait: Cecilia Hedström A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy,...
New imaging technique may help identify joint inflammation in children earlier
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)...
Why we get diarrhea
Credit: Image courtesy of the Turner laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Researchers want to know: does diarrhea serve a...
SLU researchers find key to muscle regeneration
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Saint Louis University researchers report in Molecular Metabolism new findings that the nuclear...
A new mutation in kidney disease
Credit: Yamamoto et al., Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (2017), doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfx083 Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1) is a rare...
UK’s voluntary pledge to provide calorie content information for alcoholic drinks fails to make significant progress
Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 2017 - Alcoholic beverage producers and retailers in the UK are failing to provide consumers with...
Online cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is effective for military
Cognitive behavioral therapy, which traditionally includes regular, and often weekly, visits to a clinician, is recommended by the American College...
Dressmakers found to have needle-sharp 3-D vision
Haute couture can be credited for enhancing more than catwalks and red carpets. New research from the University of California,...
Creighton physicist’s work unveils new ability of immune cells
Credit: Andrew Ekpenyong, PhD Omaha, Neb., (June 14, 2017) -- A major discovery about a set of immune cells, published...
Significant gaps in infection prevention impact long-term care residents
Portland, Ore., June 14, 2017 - While nearly 400,000 residents of long-term care facilities die as a result of healthcare...
Want to feel stronger and thinner? Get some exercise
Credit: UBC Okanagan Just one 30-minute bout of exercise makes women feel stronger and thinner, according to a new UBC...
Earning a living in a changing climate — the plant perspective
Credit: Trinity College Dublin. There are many ways to make a living in a suitable climate but far fewer in...
Gender dictates camouflage strategy in this newly identified praying mantis group
Credit: Henrique Rodrigues Adult females and males in a newly identified genus of Latin American praying mantises have evolved sharply...
Protein network signals found to drive myeloid leukemias
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers have uncovered how mutations in a protein network drive several high-risk leukemias, offering new...
More amyloid in the brain, more cognitive decline
A new study from the Center for Vital Longevity at The University of Texas at Dallas has found that the...
More than a third of heater-cooler devices used in open heart surgery may be contaminated with deadly bacteria
Portland, Ore., June 14, 2017 - Thirty-three of 89 (37 percent) heater-cooler units assessed between July 2015 and December 2016...
Study finds 1 in 5 hospitalized adults suffer side effects from prescribed antibiotics
A study examining the impact of antibiotics prescribed for nearly 1500 adult patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital found...
The glue that keeps cells together
Credit: (Picture: Susanne Fenz) Controlled adhesion and division are crucial for our body's cells. This is the case, for instance,...
