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A plant extract used for centuries in traditional medicine in Nigeria could form the basis of a new drug to...

GENEVA, Switzerland 20 June 2017 - Last week Clarivate Analytics released the 2017 Impact Factor (IF) in the Journal Citation...

Credit: SIAM Abdominal obesity, or fat that accumulates around one's stomach and abdomen, has long been considered to pose a...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 20, 2017--A public health perspective of the rise in terrorism...

SAN DIEGO, June 20, 2017 -- Johnson & Johnson today named Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, winner...

Credit: Patrick Mansell Compounds from grapes may kill colon cancer stem cells both in a petri dish and in mice,...

Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON -- States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA)...

On the other hand, the effect of growing in a mixed forest is less important for high competitive and shade-tolerant...

Gift cards offered as financial incentives helped to increase viral suppression in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients in a community-based...

WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today named the 2017-2018 class of...

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has identified for the first time what drives...

The first-ever double-blind, randomized clinical trial for an effective treatment for the severely neglected disease mycetoma has enrolled its first...

Credit: Fabian Brambach It seemed rather unusual that the largest tree genus, Syzygium, containing over 1500 species, was only represented...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune cell that could predict which lung cancer patients will benefit most from...

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Overcrowding of intensive care units (ICUs) is a growing problem in American hospitals, often resulting in the...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most living cells have a defined number of chromosomes: Human cells, for example, have 23 pairs. As...

Credit: Dominick Reuter for Tufts University (June 19, 2017)--A survey of United States hospitals, eldercare facilities and therapy animal organizations...

The TAMEST Shale Task Force report is an independent, comprehensive review of scientific research on the impacts of shale oil...

Credit: Lila Vodkin URBANA, Ill. - Today's soybeans are typically golden yellow, with a tiny blackish mark where they attach...

After uncovering the progression of HIV infection in the brain thanks to a new mathematical model developed by a UAlberta...