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High blood sugar following surgery common, increases risk of complications
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health High blood sugar, also known as hyperglycemia, occurs when the body does not...
Penn study links heart rate to gender gap in criminal offending
In the field of criminology, it is well established that men engage in more crime than women. Now, a new...
Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A three-year survey of the California Current System along the West Coast of...
Peek into your genes: NASA one-year mission investigators identify links to vision problems
Credit: NASA Coinciding with May - Healthy Vision Month, NASA's One-Year Mission investigators are peering into their new findings to...
Combined modality treatment could be first course for muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., May 31, 2017 - A meta-analysis of previously published cancer research...
Half of adults with anxiety or depression report chronic pain
May 31, 2017 - In a survey of adults with anxiety or a mood disorder like depression or bipolar disorder,...
Possible correlation shown between TMI nuclear accident and thyroid cancers
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have shown, for the first time, a possible correlation between the partial meltdown of...
New targeted molecular therapy takes aim at incurable prostate cancer
NEW YORK (May 31, 2017) -- NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine have begun the first clinical trial in the United...
Burden of multiple chronic illness told through new chartbook
Credit: RAND Corp. A new publication illustrates the burden that chronic illnesses impose on American society, demonstrating through charts and...
Mass. General researchers show how Shigella survives the gastrointestinal tract
Credit: Christina S. Faherty, PhD, Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Surviving the treacherous journey through the...
All heart patients have some liver disease after fontan surgery
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Patients who undergo the Fontan operation as children for a complex congenital heart defect are...
Handheld scanner reveals vascularization in psoriasis patients
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A newly developed tissue scanner allows looking under the skin...
Internet withdrawal increases heart rate and blood pressure
Credit: Swansea University Scientists and clinicians from Swansea and Milan have found that some people who use the internet a...
New in the Hastings Center Report May-June 2017
Defending Opioid Treatment Agreements: Disclosure, Not Promises Joshua B. Rager and Peter H. Schwartz To receive controlled pain medications for...
Mayo Clinic, Baxter launch research and development collaboration
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic and Baxter International Inc. today announced a new research and development collaboration to advance innovation across...
Paleobiologists make intriguing new discoveries about dinosaurs’ ancestors
An international group of researchers has discovered that the most ancient dinosaurs' ancestors were quadrupedal. Andrey Sennikov, employee of the...
Scientists discover how some pigs cope in cold climates
A new paper in the Journal of Molecular Cell Biology revealed that pig breeds such as Tibetan pigs and Min...
Penn Orphan Disease Center to develop rare disease patient registries
PHILADELPHIA - The Orphan Disease Center in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will collaborate with...
Storytime a ‘turbocharger’ for a child’s brain
Credit: Cincinnati Children's While reading to children has many benefits, simply speaking the words aloud may not be enough to...
Reading to therapy dogs improves literacy attitudes in second-grade students
Credit: Melody Ko for Tufts University Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes...
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