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What makes a mother risk her life to protect her children
Credit: Shira Lottem/ Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown From birds to mammals, from fish to reptiles, the immediate reaction to...
Body contouring is only for the rich and insured
Only a small percentage of obese patients who have undergone bariatric surgery to help them control their weight follow up...
Clinical trial shows traditional treatment is better for iron-deficiency anemia
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although current treatments for iron-deficiency anemia can be effective, they commonly fail because pediatric patients...
UMD bioengineers develop new technologies to drive next-generation therapies for MS
COLLEGE PARK, MD. (June 13, 2017) -- Researchers in the University of Maryland (UMD) Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) Jewell...
Autism risk linked to fever during pregnancy
Fever during pregnancy may raise the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the child, according to a study led...
Opioid epidemic hits nearly all age groups in both rural and urban US areas
Credit: FAIR Health In rural areas around the country, in the period 2007 to 2016, private insurance claim lines with...
Study provides further support for genetic factors underlying addictions
(Boston) -- Impairment of a particular gene raises increases susceptibility to opioid addiction liability as well as vulnerability to binge...
Charred flowers and the fossil record
Credit: Geology, Victoria A. Hudspith and Claire M. Belcher Boulder, Colo., USA: One of the main types of fossil used...
Pediatric nurses miss care more often in poor work environments, Penn study finds
In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcome and Policy Research...
Where cigarette smoking’s damage is done… down to your DNA
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga (UNC Health Care) Scientists have known for decades that smoking cigarettes causes DNA damage, which leads to...
New cancer drug makes commonly prescribed chemo drug more effective when given together
GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers have found a way to increase the effectiveness of a widely used cancer drug while decreasing...
Targeted radionuclide treatment for neuroendocrine tumors improves quality of life
DENVER, Colo. - Malignant neuroendocrine tumors, commonly called NETs, are easy to miss and associated with discouraging survival rates and...
Personalized PRRT improves radiation delivery to neuroendocrine tumors
Credit: Michela Del Prete and colleagues, CHU de Québec - Université Laval Denver, Colo. - Neuroendocrine cancer is exceedingly difficult...
Researchers find cellular sweet spot in skin-cancer battle
A team of researchers has pinpointed a sugar modification in cells that spurs the spread of skin cancer. Its findings,...
How bile duct cancer develops and how it can be prevented
Two different types of cancer can develop in the liver. The more common malignant tumors are hepatocellular carcinomas, which arise...
Mysterious gene transcripts after cancer therapy
Tumor suppressor genes protect cells from malignant transformation. If they are turned off as a result of chemical modifications in...
Study discovers proteins which suppress the growth of breast cancer tumors
Credit: University of Birmingham Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that a type of protein could hold the...
Vaping cannabis may expose users to carcinogenic compounds
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2017--New research shows that the agents commonly mixed with...
Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, receives SNMMI Paul C. Aebersold Award in nuclear medicine
Credit: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine DENVER, Colo. - Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, director of nuclear medicine and...
MD Anderson and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. establish alliance to further develop new radiation technology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. (CRnR) today announced a collaboration to further develop...
