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Keeping the peace when mom and grandma disagree on feeding the kids
Nutrition education programs for children should incorporate all family members who act as caregivers Many mothers have to navigate a...
Walking for health benefits just got easier to track
UMass Amherst researchers create simple guidelines to measure walking intensityCredit: UMass Amherst In an ongoing study exploring walking for health...
SFU researchers find new clues to controlling HIV
Credit: SFU The immune system is the body's best defense in fighting diseases like HIV and cancer. Now, an international...
New UC study may help guide treatment of pediatric anxiety
In a comprehensive analysis, SSRIs found to be most effective in treating children and adolescents with anxiety disorder Researchers from...
Protecting those on the frontline from Ebola
A new online training program developed by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina helps keep health care workers...
Blood test for specific metabolites could reveal blocked arteries
Researchers hope to develop test that could detect early changes in blood flow to heart DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke...
60+ health care groups urge CMS to maintain coverage for medically necessary cancer testing
Overly broad interpretation of national coverage determination for next generation sequencing restricts Medicare beneficiary access to vital testing and adversely...
Insilico Medicine to present at the 2nd Annual Drug Discovery Virtual Conference by LabRoots
Credit: Insilico Medicine Friday, February 1, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
Scientists discover potential way to treat and prevent cancer in children (neuroblastoma)
Children's Cancer Institute, Australia: Research findings published in Science Translational Medicine journal The MYCN oncogene has long been known to...
Magnetic teeth hold promise for materials and energy
A mollusk with teeth that can grind down rock may hold the key to making next generation abrasion-resistant materials and...
Palm oil not the only driver of forest loss in Indonesia
Wildfire and mining join plantations as threat to forests; conservation policies and practices should reflect thisCredit: (Credits: 1) CNES/Airbus; 2)...
No sweat? That's an issue for home-schooled children
Rice University study suggests many fall short of exercise goals despite organized activitiesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Parents who home-school their...
Microbes help make the coffee
Washington, DC - February 1, 2019 - When it comes to processing coffee beans, longer fermentation times can result in...
Enzyme warps space to break the cell's speed limit
VIEW: Enzyme Warps Space to Break the Cell's Speed Limit Johns Hopkins researchers have found that rhomboid enzymes, which are...
Access to human big data to accelerate research and improve patient care
Registered researchers will have rapid access to an "unprecedented scale" of clinical research data through the new Common Infrastructure for...
OU researcher developing new approach for early intervention of lupus
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma researcher, Si Wu, and collaborators from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and...
Site of care may affect patients' access to palliative treatment
Regardless of race or ethnicity, patients were 33 percent less likely to receive any palliative care for metastatic cancer at...
The future of minority health and health disparities research is here
Credit: NIMHD Health disparities have persisted, despite extensive research and a decades-long mandate to eliminate them. Thus, the National Institute...
nTIDE January 2019 Jobs Report: Job numbers hold steady for Americans with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire release nTIDE Report -- Monthly Update -- with a focus on representing disability...
Fiber composition in rice coproducts revealed in Illinois study
URBANA, Ill. - Rice coproducts in pig diets add fat and fiber, but too much fiber can decrease energy absorption...
