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Cannabinoid compounds may inhibit growth of colon cancer cells
Medical marijuana has gained attention in recent years for its potential to relieve pain and short-term anxiety and depression. Now,...
IT startup launches software to encourage physician-family conversations about epilepsy
Digital Health Solutions' newest module focuses on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, or SUDEPCredit: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- Physicians can...
Team developing virtual reality technology for training and assessment of colorectal surgeons
Project is supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Mark McCarty Colorectal surgery...
Yoga regimen reduces severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
New research in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience supports adding yoga as an adjunctive therapy to treat this chronic inflammatory disease...
A taste for fat may have made us human, says study
Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop...
Blacks with high socioeconomic status less likely to seek mental health care
The rate of unmet need for mental health care is significant among Blacks, reducing quality of life and causing disability....
Gasp! First audio map of oohs, aahs and uh-ohs spans 24 emotions
Those spontaneous nonverbal exclamations we make speak volumesAudio map of vocal bursts across 24 emotions. Ooh, surprise! Those spontaneous sounds...
Doctors dramatically reduce racial disparities in early-stage lung cancer treatment
UNC School of Medicine's Samuel Cykert, MD, led a five-year, multi-institutional trial aimed at reducing the disparity in treatment and...
CTO Summit 2019 will feature live cases and hands-on training for chronic total occlusions
CRF will host scientific meeting February 28 - March 1, 2019 in New York City WHAT: The CTO Summit 2019...
Experts propose revising the criteria for diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
What is known about the 'prodromal' phase of Parkinson's disease and how measurement and better understanding may enable earlier treatment,...
Fruit and vegetables may be important for mental as well as physical well-being
Consuming more fruit and vegetables can improve your mental well-being, according to a new study. A key feature of this...
The vibrating universe: Making astronomy accessible to the deaf
UC Riverside astronomers develop educational workshop converting astronomical phenomena into vibrations that can be felt rather than heard Astronomers at...
How men continually produce sperm — and How that discovery could help treat infertility
Using a leading-edge technique, researchers define the cell types in both newborn and adult human testes, opening a path for...
Editor-In-Chief of Current Microwave Chemistry receives ICS Life Time Achievement Award
Dr. Bimal K. Banik, currently the Editor-In-Chief of Current Microwave Chemistry and Current Organocatalysis receives the Life-Time Achievement Award 2018...
Daily and Mace win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award for their 'visionary' work in ecology
The BBVA Foundation recognize Gretchen Daily and Georgina Mace, two 'visionary' ecologists who have devised indispensable tools to compute 'the...
Researchers publish largest description of ST3GAL5 (GM3 Synthase) deficiency
Researchers have combined the largest description of ST3GAL5 (GM3 synthase) deficiency using detailed natural history data from 104 individuals of...
Educational outreach, public policy changes needed to reduce health hazards at nail salons
A study by Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health found that educational outreach and change in public policy are...
Growing the tallest is not always the best option
Chloroplast retrograde signalling discovered to be key to attenuate the elongation response to shade in plantsCredit: Jaume Martinez-Garcia Plants need...
Group B streptococcus test for pregnant women: advantage of universal screening unclear
Informative studies are lacking for the comparison with the currently used risk-based strategy Serological group B streptococci (GBS) are common...
New anti-CRISPR proteins discovered in soil and human gut
Scientists from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU) have found four new anti-CRISPR proteins that are distributed across...
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