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Credit: University of Texas at Austin Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths are more likely to end up...

With widespread legalization & increasing use, more care, education a research needed about how each marijuana formulation may affect &...

Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 11, 2019) - When a car crash or explosion results...

Latest U.S. estimates indicate that since 1989, hundreds of thousands of women's lives have been saved by mammography and improvements...

Specific genes relevant to how partners provide and receive support from each otherCredit: Binghamton University, State University of New York...

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Suicide among younger people is often so spontaneous that it can be prevented if...

Light pollution affects the skies over most of the world's key wildlife areas, new research shows. The study, by the...

A new study that directly compares new heated tobacco devices with vaping and traditional cigarettes shows that all three are...

Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University The RockEDU Science Outreach team at The Rockefeller University has announced the launch of RockEDU...

Credit: Bureau of Land Management Under climate change, plants and animals will shift their habitats to track the conditions they...

NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 8, 2019)--Athletes know a vigorous workout can release a flood of endorphins: "feel-good" hormones that boost...

Analyses of Plasmodium vivax parasite RNAs help understand transmission and antimalarial treatment response BALTIMORE, MD., Feb. 8 - Scientists at...

Most plants have developed mechanisms to prevent self-fertilization and its detrimental effects of inbreeding depression. Traits promoting selfing in plants...

Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The pipeline of research supporting care as we age is about to look a...

New research conducted at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, identifies a gene that could provide a new target for developing medication...

Attention drawn to lack of female-specific researchCredit: Vanderbilt University Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to...

'Great gift to industry': Rice University chemists discover way to simplify synthesis of valuable precursor for drugs, other compoundsCredit: Jeff...

Paper is call for action for delivering health care to seniors, said accompanying editorial In older people, symptoms of pain,...

The first study in the world to take a detailed look at scar tissue in human pancreatic cancer has revealed...

Lilia Cortina, PhD, and Vicki Magley, PhD, have been honored with the Raymond A. Katzell Award from the Society for...