Health
£1 million toolkit to calculate economic value of urban greenspace
(University of Exeter) £1 million is being invested in an online toolkit designed to empower cities and developers to accurately...
Special series examines the use of pasteurized donor human milk for vulnerable infants
While the health effects of breastfeeding are well-recognized and apply to both mothers and children, some mothers may not be...
Let it go: Mental breaks after work improve sleep
WASHINGTON -- If you've had a bad day at work thanks to rude colleagues, doing something fun and relaxing after...
Bias keeps women with higher body weights away from the doctor — Drexel study
A study out of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health linked past experiences with bias and discrimination and avoidance...
The role of ‘extra’ DNA in cancer evolution and therapy resistance
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. Response to standard-of-care treatment is poor, with a...
Nation’s oldest and largest conservation tillage event marks 30th Field Day
MILAN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day on...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute launches NuProbe to facilitate global precision medicine
Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (BOSTON) -- NuProbe Global will commercialize the Wyss Institute's DNA nanotechnology-based variant-detecting method as...
Young athletes interested in healthy protein, not French fries
The greasy food being served at hockey rinks isn't really what young hockey players want, according to a study from...
BU: Guns used in cross-border crimes originate from states with more lax laws
Opponents of gun control have frequently pointed to high rates of gun violence in cities such as Chicago to argue...
City College-bred fruit flies, parasites, in space odyssey
Credit: NASA Hurtling around Earth, at 17,500 mph some 248 miles in space, is a small swarm of City College...
Trees with grassy areas soften summer heat
Credit: (Picture: F. Rahman/ TUM) Trees cool their environment and "heat islands" like Munich benefit from it. However, the degree...
Caregivers can help assess whether older adults are dealing with delirium
Delirium is a sudden change in mental status that often occurs when older adults are in the hospital or after...
Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy makes a window into the nanoscale
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory In a new paper published last week in Science Advances, a team of scientists and...
Eating more fish could prevent Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shines more light on the...
Acute aortic dissection should be suspected with pulse or neurologic deficit and hypotension
In the appropriate clinical setting, suspicion for acute aortic dissection should be raised when patients present with findings that have...
New mobile app addresses depression in pregnant and postpartum women
Credit: Bengisu Tulu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has launched a mobile...
Doctors prescribe opioids at high rates to those at increased overdose risk
The number of first-time prescriptions for opioid drugs has not risen since about 2010, according to UCLA researchers. However, patients...
Nanomedicine: Drugs can be made ‘smarter’
A new method has been developed to make drugs 'smarter' using nanotechnology so they will be more effective at reaching...
Application of mesenchymal stem cells stimulates nervous tissue regeneration
The research team used model spinal cord injuries in rats for their purposes. As a result, it was found out...
Size, structure help poziotinib pose threat to deadly exon 20 lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A drug that failed to effectively strike larger targets in lung cancer hits a bulls-eye...
