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October 15, 2025

Keeping kids with asthma out of the hospital

Credit: Children's National Health System Pediatric asthma takes a heavy toll on patients and families alike. Affecting more than 7...

Understanding vitamin D trends in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

New research charts vitamin D levels and variations in genes that determine vitamin D status in UK children diagnosed with...

Researchers call for transgender-inclusive healthcare providers

More should be done to take care of the mental health of transgender people in the US, a new survey...

International Charr Symposium lures scientists to Lake Superior

Duluth, Minnesota -- Lake Superior and its cold-water fishes will be prominent in the first-ever Charr Symposium held in the...

Magnetic stimulation dampens brain response to drug cues in addiction

Philadelphia, May 15, 2018 In a study investigating the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for drug addiction, researchers at...

LGBTQ teens experiencing high levels of stress, says national survey

A survey of LGBTQ teenagers across the nation reveals in detail the persistent challenges many of them face going about...

Wildfires may cause long-term health problems for endangered orangutans

Credit: Beth Barrow Orangutans, already critically endangered due to habitat loss from logging and large-scale farming, may face another threat...

Gun safety programs do not prevent children from handling firearms, Rutgers study finds

Children who participate in gun safety programs often ignore what they learned when encountering a real firearm, according to a...

Researchers find new way to stimulate cellular recycling process

Credit: Lapierre lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University researchers studying the biology of aging have demonstrated a...

Joint resolution: A link between Huntington’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis

Credit: UC San Diego Health Using new analytic tools, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and...

BU researcher receives competitive $100,000 NIH grant

(Boston) -- Duo Zhang, PhD, a postdoctoral associate at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received the highly competitive...

Researchers identify the most accurate risk prediction models for selecting whom to screen

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine....

Study hints at new target to improve immune therapy in triple-negative breast cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Therapies that recruit the immune system to attack tumors are revolutionizing cancer care. Among...

Uncertainty in long-run economic growth likely points toward greater emissions, climate change costs

URBANA, Ill. - For scientists, estimating the extent of and cost of damages from climate change over the next 100...

Early BPA exposure may influence cardiac function, according to new study in neonatal rats

Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - (May 14, 2018) - More than 8 million pounds of bisphenol A (BPA)...

Hungry, hungry hippos

The average hippo weighs more than 3,000 pounds and consumes about 100 pounds of vegetation daily. This naturally results in...

Altered body odor indicates malaria even if microscope doesn’t

Credit: Jim Gathany / CDC Typhoid Mary may have infected a hundred or more people, but asymptomatic carriers of malaria...

Deadly cancers show early, detectable differences from benign tumors

DURHAM, N.C. - Do metastatic cancer tumors "break bad" or are they "born bad"? This question is an essential mystery...

Simple equation directs creation of clean-energy catalysts

New guidelines laid down by Nebraska and Chinese researchers could steer the design of less costly, more efficient catalysts geared...

Researcher studies importance of synchrony in ecological systems such as food webs