Health
More wet and dry weather extremes projected with global warming
Credit: Bob Nichols/USDA Global warming is projected to spawn more extreme wet and dry weather around the world, according to...
High-risk HPV linked to improved survival in cervical cancer
The presence of the human high-risk papillomavirus (HPV) in the diagnosis of invasive cervical cancer is linked to a greatly...
UMass Amherst researchers plan to develop alternative energy source for muscle
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Muscle biophysicist Ned Debold in the kinesiology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's...
Facebook status: sick. How people use the internet to cope with illness
When a person is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she may seek support from a variety of sources:...
MD Anderson and Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals announce strategic alliance to study novel Cyclacel medicin
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced a three-year strategic alliance agreement that...
Day-time naps help us acquire information not consciously perceived, study finds
The age-old adage "I'll sleep on it" has proven to be scientifically sound advice, according to a new study which...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards over $13 million in young investigator grants
NEW YORK (October 4, 2018)--The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued...
Building a public library of bacteria to facilitate drug discovery research
Approximately $1.7 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health will enable a multidisciplinary team of University of...
Would you rather die of liver failure or live with HIV?
This was the ethical dilemma faced by doctors at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre to save a child's life. In...
Teachers’ views on LGBQ students are changing
Over the past decade, the American school environment has become slightly more receptive towards students who identify as being either...
Southwest Virginia residents sought to direct region’s battle against cancer
A new University of Virginia Cancer Center initiative will empower Southwest Virginia residents to lead projects to better detect and...
Gastric banding as effective as metformin in slowing prediabetes, type two diabetes
What People with prediabetes or new-onset type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding, a type of bariatric surgery for weight...
Appetite-suppressant lorcaserin decreases risk of developing diabetes and induces remission of high blood sugar in obese and overweight patients
New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Berlin,...
Duvelisib has marked response, survival benefit in difficult-to-treat leukemia and lymphoma
Credit: Sarah Cannon (WASHINGTON, October 4, 2018) -- For some patients with difficult-to-treat leukemia and lymphoma, the investigational oral medicine...
Rethinking lethality in youth suicide attempts
Washington, DC, October 4, 2018 - First suicide attempts are more lethal than previously realized, reports a study of children...
AI could predict cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s Disease in the next five years
A team of scientists has successfully trained a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to make accurate predictions regarding cognitive decline...
Weight loss drug shows positive effect on diabetes
Boston, MA -- At the 2018 Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Brigham and Women's Hospital...
Report outlines cancer risk among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States
ATLANTA -October 4, 2018- The cancer burden in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory with a 99% Hispanic population, is substantially...
Gas stations vent far more toxic fumes than previously thought
Credit: Markus Hilpert/Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health A study led by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman...
