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Tree species richness in Amazonian wetlands is three times greater than expected
Credit: Bruno Garcia Luize/ IB-UNESP Throughout the alluvial plains of Amazonia, there are immense forests that are flooded for almost...
The youngest smoke more
Credit: Eivind Senneset "Since 1970, campaigns against smoking seem to have been largely successful, but the message has not been...
Kelp forests function differently in warmer oceans
Credit: Albert Pessarrodona The dynamics of kelp forests in the North-East Atlantic will experience a marked change as ocean warming...
An avatar uses your gait to predict how many calories you will burn
Credit: EPFL 2018 Humans instinctively adopt the gait that requires the least amount of energy given the walking conditions. Without...
New online tool for clinicians could predict long-term risk of breast cancer returning
A new, simple web-based calculator that could better predict the long term risk of breast cancer returning in other areas...
Decline in uninsured hospitalizations for cardiovascular events after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with a decline in the proportion of uninsured...
How low is too low? Study highlights serious risks for intensive blood pressure control
Kaiser Permanente research published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found if patients with hypertension taking prescribed medications...
Female basketball players face disproportionate racial bias: New study
New research has uncovered a recurring pattern of referee bias in women's college basketball. The Howard Journal of Communications study...
From guts to glory: The evolution of gut defense
Credit: Keisuke Nakashima A new Nature Communications paper has journeyed to the inside of our insides, as a team from...
New immunotherapy inhibits tumor growth and protects against metastases
Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology have taken important steps forward in the development of a cancer-targeting immunotherapy....
Researchers discover epigenetic reason for drug resistance in a deadly melanoma
(New York, NY - August 24, 2018)--Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a previously unknown reason for drug resistance in a...
Researchers stop cell suicide that worsens sepsis, arthritis
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with...
UMass Amherst research discovers new channel-gating mechanism
Credit: UMass Amherst/Jianhan Chen AMHERST, Mass. - Computational biophysicists are not used to making discoveries, says Jianhan Chen at the...
New nusinersen drug delivery method identified for spinal muscular atrophy patients
STRASBURG, PA- A new report has identified an alternative method to deliver nusinersen to patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)...
Disappearing into thin air
A major advance towards targeting cancer without harming healthy tissue has been discovered by University of Bristol researchers. The team...
Uninsured major cardiac-related hospitalizations declined in first year after ACA
New Brunswick, NJ - States that expanded eligibility for their Medicaid program in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Risk adjusting for race and poverty bolsters rankings of some hospitals
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- Sociodemographic risk adjustment of...
Why polluted air may be a threat to your kidneys
Credit: Michigan Medicine There is good evidence that polluted air increases the risk of respiratory problems such as asthma --...
Flirting flies: More than just winging it
Credit: Angela O'Sullivan Studies of the song of the fruit flies reveal new findings of how the neurons in the...
MSU scientists closer to solving arthritic condition in teens
Credit: Kurt Stepnitz, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A new Michigan State University study has found that a...
