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Smartphones offer promise in better gauging rural life, researchers find
The use of smartphones enhances self-reporting of weather incidents, school attendance, illness, and other aspects of daily life in rural...
Testing stem cells as possible treatment for heart failure
Credit: Sarah Pack Stem cells are being tested at the Medical University of South Carolina as a possible treatment for...
Patients eager to test device that could ease heart failure symptoms
Credit: Anne Thompson Jimmy McMillan doesn't know if it's science or wishful thinking that's making him feel better, but he's...
Repeatedly thinking about work-family conflict linked to health problems
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage...
Environmental policy center to convene Great Lakes mayors
Credit: UIC The Freshwater Lab, a University of Illinois at Chicago-based environmental research and policy center, has been awarded two...
Getting doctors and nurses to work together at patient bedsides
The structure of health care systems helps determine how doctors and nurses collaborate during hospital rounds, according to Penn State...
International consortium receives $36.9 million grant to fight typhoid
Baltimore, MD, November 10, 2016 - Typhoid fever, a bacterial infection that causes high fever and other disabling symptoms, remains...
Penn-led team receives DARPA support to develop ‘next generation’ social science
A scientific team led by the University of Pennsylvania has received an award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...
UM researchers document ancient and methane-derived carbon in stoneflies
MISSOULA - New research by scientists at the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station has documented the first example...
Scientists reveal how a common virus triggers blood cancer
Credit: University of Sussex Scientists at the University of Sussex, trying to uncover how the common Epstein-Barr virus causes blood...
Moffitt researchers predict melanoma responses through mathematical modeling
TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2016) -- Scientists have significantly improved their understanding of cancer and have developed numerous therapies that...
TGen’s Dr. Von Hoff is named a ‘Giant of Cancer Care’
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Nov. 10, 2016 -- Dr. Daniel Von Hoff, Physician-In-Chief and Distinguished Professor at the Translational Genomics...
Disability, reduced social participation associated with chronic conditions in middle-age
Hamilton, ON (Nov. 9, 2016) -- Middle-age adults living with a combination of arthritis, heart disease or diabetes, and depression...
Key protein in prostate cancer energy production identified
PHILADELPHIA--(Nov. 9, 2016)-- Scientists at The Wistar Institute have demonstrated how a protein called TRAP1 - an important regulator of...
Ludwig researchers show how a targeted drug overcomes suppressive immune cells
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research NOVEMBER 9, 2016, NEW YORK - A Ludwig Cancer Research study shows that an experimental drug...
Will unanticipated genetic mutations lead to subsequent disease?
A study published Nov. 9 in the journal Science Translational Medicine is the first to show that mutations in certain...
DNA sequencing determines lymphoma origin, prognosis, Stanford researchers say
Sequencing tiny bits of DNA circulating in the blood of patients with lymphoma can accurately identify the cancer subtype and...
Regular intake of sugary beverages, but not diet soda, is associated with prediabetes
BOSTON (Nov. 9, 2016) -- Adult Americans who regularly consumed sugar-sweetened beverages (roughly one can of soda per day) had...
Blood test may help identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine and the Omni-Net Birth Defects...
The golden drool: Study finds treasure trove of info in saliva of foraging bears
Credit: Photo by Jennifer Allen CORVALLIS, Ore. - The rivers and streams of Alaska are littered in the summer and...
