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Risk of infection higher for patients with obesity after bypass surgery: University of Alberta research
Credit: University of Alberta Edmonton--Patients with obesity have a higher risk of infection within 30 days after receiving heart bypass...
Smartphone app directs first responders to cardiac arrest three minutes before ambulance
Vienna, Austria - 19 June 2017: A novel smartphone application (app) has been developed that can direct first responders to...
Alloying materials of different structures offers new tool for controlling properties
CORVALLIS, Ore. - New research into the largely unstudied area of heterostructural alloys could lead to greater materials control and...
BUSM’s Orly Leiva selected to Minority Medical Student Award Program
(Boston) -- Orly Leiva, a fourth-year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been named by the...
Rachel Whitaker receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award
Credit: Photo by Kathryn Faith The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced five new Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) awards to...
New ultrasound scoring system for thyroid nodules to reduce unnecessary biopsies
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Nodules -- a type of abnormality detected by ultrasound -- are extremely common in the...
Researchers sample a DC swamp to study a spineless creature
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Its name is Stygobromus hayi, the Hay's Spring amphipod. It is spineless....
Acetaminophen: A viable alternative for preventing acute mountain sickness
Credit: Buddha Basnyat Philadelphia, PA, June 19, 2017 - Trekking and mountain climbing are quickly growing in popularity, but.one of...
Figuring out the 3-D shape of molecules with a push of a button
Credit: 2D structure: acdx (Wikipedia) 3D structure: MindZiper (Wikipedia) An international team of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University chemist...
UTEP doctoral student discovers 3 chameleon species
Credit: Eli Greenbaum, Ph.D. University of Texas at El Paso doctoral candidate Daniel Hughes has discovered three new species of...
Study reveals factors associated with hospital discharges against doctors’ advice
A new study has found that certain factors are linked with a person's decision to leave the hospital against the...
Probiotics could improve survival rates in honey bees exposed to pesticide, study finds
LONDON, ON - In a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and Western University, researchers have shown that...
Medications underutilized when treating young people with opioid use disorder
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON-- Only one in four young adults and teens with opioid use disorder (OUD) are receiving...
Financial incentives enhance viral suppression among HIV-positive persons in the US
June 19, 2017 -- The use of gift cards significantly increased viral suppression and clinic attendance among HIV-positive patients, according...
Bacterial classification may be more elusive than previously thought
HANOVER, N.H. - June 19, 2017 - New research from Dartmouth College raises questions over how scientists should interpret observed...
Self-medication misuse is high in the Middle East
A new review indicates that there is a massive problem of self-medication misuse in the Middle East. The findings, which...
How ticks get a proper foothold
Credit: Copyright: Dagmar Voigt Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around...
How often do youth with opioid use disorder get buprenorphine or naltrexone?
Dispensing buprenorphine and naltrexone to adolescents and young adults with opioid use disorder has increased over time, although the medications...
Possible enhanced pesticide absorption from fresh food via nanoemulsions
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientist David Julian McClements will lead a team that...
Combining immunotherapies effective against mouse model of cancer
Rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer made up of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles, is the most common soft tissue cancer...
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