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PULLMAN, Wash. - Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music media's degradation of women are...

CT angiography appears better at predicting future risk for patients with chest pain

An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial -...

PETA science consortium donates $400K in animal-free test equipment

London -- Today, the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. announced that it is providing equipment to laboratories working on human-relevant...

The One Health Company teams with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

PHILADELPHIA, June 12, 2017 -- The One Health Company is pleased to announce a new relationship with the Johns Hopkins...

GW receives $3 million grant to test hookworm vaccine efficacy in Phase II clinical trial

WASHINGTON (June 12, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) received a $3 million U01 grant from the...

Fasting plasma glucose and insulin are determinants of dietary weight loss success

San Diego, CA and Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11, 2017 - Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, together with colleagues from...

Investigators examine the relationship between pain and opioid abuse

The drug overdose epidemic is largely driven by opioids, which continue to be prescribed for chronic pain despite recommendations to...

Chemical composition and microhardness of human enamel treated with fluoridated whintening agents

Aesthetic treatments are always widely sought by dental patients, especially dental whitening, in order to get whiter smiles. The big...

PET imaging of atherosclerosis reveals risk of plaque rupture

Credit: Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering DENVER, Colo. - A new study shows...

Targeted photodynamic therapy shown highly effective against prostate cancer

Credit: Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and the Clinic for...

Neuro-receptor PET could provide an early warning for alcoholic relapse

Credit: UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium DENVER, Colo. - Alcohol abuse disorder is a devastating and complicated disease affecting millions of people...

New grants for traumatic brain injury research announced by Julian Bailes, MD, at SNMMI17

Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - At the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting, Julian E. Bailes,...

Home monitoring of blood sugar did not improve glycemic control after 1 year

Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not treated with insulin did not improve...

Worldwide consensus on the terminology that supports research into sedentary behavior

OTTAWA, ON - June 10, 2017 - A worldwide network of scientists examining the links between sedentary lifestyles and health...

Three-year study says new contact lens therapy slows myopia progression in children by 59 percent

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 10 June 2017 -- A pioneering contact lens therapy has considerable potential to impact the rising prevalence of...

Mass. General study finds potential mechanism for BCG vaccine reversal of type 1 diabetes

Interim results from a FDA-approved clinical trial testing the generic vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes...

Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment?

Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, NC - In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have...

UNIST engineers robotic device helping stroke survivors recover