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Estrogen made by neurons important to making memories
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 25, 2019) - Estrogen in the brain is important to...
Patients’ HIV status should not impact their cancer care
New articles published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, note that there is no medical justification...
Mothers with children taken into out-of-home care at risk of poor prenatal care in next pregnancies
Mothers whose first child was taken into care were found to have inadequate or no prenatal care during subsequent pregnancies,...
New marine protected area established in the Batangas Province of the Philippines
Community-driven MPA a major conservation victory for the 'center of the center' of marine biodiversityCredit: © Joseph Ascalon / SEA...
Early life stress alters helping behavior of meerkat offspring
Credit: Copyright: Dominc Cram ANN ARBOR--Parents make sacrifices to allow their children to have better lives than they did, but...
How a certain bacterium communicates and makes us sick
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have uncovered the unique way in which a...
Incentives to downsize would ease the housing crisis
'The Last-Time Buyer: housing and finance for an ageing society' A CSFI report by Professor Les Mayhew Incentives to downsize...
Sperm quality unaffected by one course of chemotherapy for early testicular cancer
First study to investigate long-term effect of postoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy on sperm count and concentration Men with early stage...
Eating small amounts of peanut after immunotherapy may extend allergy treatment benefits
UNC School of Medicine researcher Edwin Kim, MD, MS, says the results of a multi-year observational study are encouraging for...
Immunotherapy for egg allergy may allow patients to eat egg safely long after treatment
UNC School of Medicine researcher Edwin Kim, MD, MS, says the results of a multi-year observational study are encouraging for...
Likelihood of tick bite to cause red meat allergy could be higher than previously thought
UNC research reveals the red meat allergy-causing alpha-gal -- a sugar in nearly all mammal blood except for humans -...
Study: With Twitter, race of the messenger matters
Tweets shown to change minds of millennials on NFL protestsCredit: Study authors LAWRENCE -- When NFL player Colin Kaepernick took...
Disability progression in multiple sclerosis linked to income, education
Credit: Courtesy Marilyn Lenzen Neighbourhood income and education level is associated with risk of disability progression in patients with multiple...
Study explores the role of citrus peel in reducing gut inflammation
After years of research, UMass Amherst food scientist zeroes in on powerful interplay between gut bacteria and fruit compoundsCredit: UMass...
Antarctic flies protect fragile eggs with ‘antifreeze’
Temperature-resistant gel helps the eggs of wingless flies survive the extreme conditions of the southern continent.Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative...
CCNY’s Nir Krakauer in monsoon research breakthrough
Credit: Nir Krakauer With average precipitation of 35 inches per four-month season over an area encompassing most of the Indian...
Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New evidence points to ‘maybe.’
New precise ages for Deccan Traps volcanoes ties the second major eruption pulse to the mass extinctionCredit: Gerta Keller, Department...
Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely...
Endocrine Society objects to Title X gag rule that limits women’s access to contraception
Denying preventive services increases medical costs, jeopardizes public health WASHINGTON--The Endocrine Society objects to the administration's decision to severely restrict...
New 2019 guidelines for patients with atrial fibrillation
UMN Medical School expert is part of the writing committee that drafted the 2019 guidelines for the management of patients...
