Health
Global three-day conference on emerging arboviruses and insecticide resistance opens in Singapore
SINGAPORE, 1 October 2018 - The resistance of mosquito borne arboviruses such as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are...
Unveiling the mechanism protecting replicated DNA from degradation
Credit: Takuya Abe Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Italy have succeeded...
Video of zebrafish neural development wins top prize in Nikon Small World competition
Credit: Video created by Henry He, a researcher at the Morgridge Institute for Research and doctoral student in the Dresden...
China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research over the past two decades
Credit: ©Science China Press In the period of 1995 to 2015, China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research, according...
Building a flu factory from host cell components
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Perhaps inspired by the annual 3 to 5...
Child Mind Institute study: Wearables could inform selective mutism research, diagnosis, treatment
NEW YORK, NY (September 24, 2018) - In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, a team...
Sensitive babies become altruistic toddlers
Our responsiveness to seeing others in distress accounts for variability in helping behavior from early in development, according to a...
Medicaid expansions linked to slower rises in overdose deaths
PHILADELPHIA -- The United States in recent years has increased healthcare access by broadening Medicaid coverage, but some worry that...
Cosmetic surgeons offering incomplete information for breast augmentation customers
Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Research at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has found that websites by cosmetic...
Model System Researchers identify factors linked to mortality after traumatic brain injury
East Hanover, NJ - September 28, 2018 - Model system researchers have examined the factors associated with mortality among individuals...
GSA joins global call to action on fragility fractures
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Research aims to develop innovative drugs for heart failure and diabetes
The University of Birmingham has been awarded £1.78 million by the Wellcome Trust for research aimed at finding new therapies...
Final decisions in Germany’s Excellence Strategy
Funding decisions have now been made in Germany's Excellence Strategy, a programme designed to strengthen top-level research at universities in...
Acne stigma linked to lower overall quality of life, Irish study finds
Credit: TrueMedia Many people with acne are negatively impacted by perceived social stigma around the skin condition, a new study...
Teens who’ve tried marijuana have used it in more than one form
Most teens who've tried marijuana have used the drug in more than one form, including cannabis products that are smoked,...
Minority medical residents face burden of bias during training
New Haven, Conn. -- Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans constitute one-third of the U.S. population, but only 9% of practicing...
Kidney disease biomarker may also be a marker for COPD
Credit: ATS Sept. 25, 2018--A commonly used biomarker of kidney disease may also indicate lung problems, particularly COPD, or chronic...
How do minority resident physicians view the role of race/ethnicity in training experiences?
Bottom Line: Workplace experiences of minority resident physicians in training are described in a new study. Why The Research Is...
Diagnostic protocol effective in identifying ED patients with acute chest pain
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Sept. 28, 2018 - A relatively new accelerated diagnostic protocol is effective in identifying emergency department patients...
To what extent are adolescents using multiple types of cannabis?
Bottom Line: Most 10th-graders who had ever used cannabis had used more than one type of the drug, including cannabis...
