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Findings from Marshall University researcher reveal insights into brain circuitry
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - New research from a team led by Marshall...
Adolescent health undervalued and under-invested across the globe
Melbourne's Murdoch Children's Research Institute, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, has discovered that adolescent health programs across the developing...
Experts highlight ebola vaccine progress and suggest next steps
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Despite promising advances, important scientific questions remain unanswered in the effort to develop a safe and effective...
Mechanism of fibrosis development discovered
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable lung disease of...
Association of radiation therapy plus lumpectomy in reduced risk of dying in women with DCIS
Bottom Line: Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared...
New type of bed net could help fight against malaria
A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research published in The...
Initiation of potentially inappropriate drugs linked to higher fracture, mortality risk
A recent study published in The European Journal of Health Economics finds that the initiation of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM)...
Men take care of their spouses just as well as women (new research suggests)
Men respond to their spouse's illness just as much as women do and as a result are better caregivers in...
MSU scientists unraveled the influence of aging on kidneys regeneration ability
Credit: Courtesy of Egor Plotnikov. Autophagy is a process of destruction and processing of damaged cell components by the cells...
Tough life in the savannah? Chimpanzee foods are mechanically more demanding than previously thought
Credit: Adam van Casteren Chimpanzees are generally known as the ripe fruit specialist among the great apes but also incorporate...
Francisella tularensis infections from foods unlikely
In Germany, 41 cases of tularemia were reported in 2016. The infections are mainly due to direct contact with infected...
Breastfeeding in Germany from a scientific viewpoint
Is breastfeeding really better? The intense debate on this question has been going on for decades -- and is often...
Novel blood test predicts kidney cancer risk and survival five years prior to diagnosis
A critical biomarker of kidney disease may help predict clear cell kidney cancer - the most common form of kidney...
Over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements and their effect on lab test results
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and dietary supplements are widely used and popular, with US households spending an average of almost USD...
For many, ‘flexible work boundaries’ become ‘work without boundaries’
Credit: Lehigh University Personal relationships and home life suffer for those tied to their work emails round-the-clock, according to a...
Early type 1 diabetes shortens women’s lives by 18 years
Credit: Charlotta Sjostedt Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of ten years die an average of nearly...
New study finds fake, low-quality medicines prevalent in the developing world
Credit: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that...
Making weight: Ensuring that micro preemies gain pounds and inches
(Children's National Health System) A quality-improvement project to standardize feeding practices for micro preemies helped to boost their weight and...
Icahn Institute partners in $6.5 million NIH award to advance precision medicine
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded $6.5 million to a consortium that includes the Icahn Institute for Genomics...
More than 40 percent of women with asthma may develop COPD, but risk may be reduced
Credit: ATS Aug.10, 2018--More than 4 in 10 women with asthma may go on to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
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