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Does new cash-out option in sports betting increase risk for problem gamblers?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 24, 2017--The increasingly popular cash-out feature in online sports betting...
Zika virus spread undetected for many months, NIH-supported study finds
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Genetic analysis of samples collected as the Zika virus (ZIKV) spread throughout the Americas after its introduction...
New online database has answers on mitochondrial disorders
Credit: Cristina Nadalutti and Jack Griffith EAST LANSING, Mich. - Providing answers -- or at least more information -- to...
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...
Religious devotion as predictor of behavior
Robert Lynch, a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology, says the level of devotion one feels toward religious beliefs can predict how...
AGS raises serious concerns on cuts to geriatrics in 2018 budget proposal
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) voiced deep concern for proposed cuts to geriatrics health...
Near real-time genomic sequencing maps introduction and spread of Zika virus in US
A new study by a multi-national research team, including scientists from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases...
Recreational cannabis, used often, increases risk of gum disease
New York, NY (May 24, 2017)--Columbia University dental researchers have found that frequent recreational use of cannabis--including marijuana, hashish, and...
South Sudan wildlife surviving civil war, but poaching and trafficking threats increase
Credit: (c)P.Elkan/WCS JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, May 24, 2017 -- The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current...
Fossil beetles suggest that LA climate has been relatively stable for 50,000 years
Credit: Joyce Gross Research based on more than 180 fossil insects preserved in the La Brea Tar Pits of Los...
Parents’ divorce increases risk of health disorders in children
The children's well-being is usually one of the biggest concerns when a couple gets a divorce. Scientists at the universities...
Two types of empathy elicit different health effects, Penn psychologist shows
When a close friend shares bad news, our instinct is to help. But putting ourselves in a friend's shoes, imagining...
Helping plants pump iron
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (May 24, 2017) Just like people, plants need iron to grow and stay healthy....
Nearly 500 supporters joined ATS rally on Capitol Hill: Lab coats for lungs
Credit: ATS WASHINGTON, DC - May 24, 2017 - In an ATS 2017 International Conference first, respiratory health professionals and...
Neutrons provide the first nanoscale look at a living cell membrane
Loading video... Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 24, 2017 -- A research team from the Department...
New report finds quarter of adults with autism on disability services don’t have work or activities
A quarter of adults with autism who use developmental disability services are not working or participating in other structured activities...
Largest psoriasis meta-analysis to date yields new genetic clues
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) The identification of 16 additional genetic markers will help researchers get closer to understanding...
Three types of work stress increasing in the US, according to SUNY downstate researchers
Brooklyn, NY - Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center's School of Public Health have determined that two stressful work characteristics,...
Grant to fund research of microplastics in Delaware Bay
Credit: Julie Steinberg/ University of Delaware Microplastics -- small pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long -- are an...
University of Montana student earns NASA Earth and Space science fellowship
Credit: courtesy photo MISSOULA - University of Montana doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth...
