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UMD study explains racial and ethnic disparities in unintended pregnancy
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new study from the University of Maryland School of Public Health examined why African American...
Keck School of Medicine of USC receives $6.9 million grant for pulmonary medicine research
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES – The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) is...
Our weight tells how we assess food
A new study demonstrated that people of normal weight tend to associate natural foods such as apples with their sensory...
Mind wandering is common during driving
Credit: Image courtesy of Carryl Baldwin Researchers in the United States have investigated mind wandering in volunteers during a driving...
New $10.8 NIH grant supports KU research into cancer, neurological disorders, lung and…
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas' Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, a National Institutes...
Drug yields high response rates for lung cancer patients with harsh mutation
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A targeted therapy resurrected by the Moon Shots Program™ at The University of Texas MD...
Fast-cooking dry beans provide more protein, iron than…
Credit: American Chemical Society Beans are a versatile, inexpensive staple that can boost essential nutrients in a diet, especially for...
Rice U. scientists reel in structure of salmon virus
Credit: Tao Laboratory/Rice University The structure of a protein key to the survival and spread of a virus that affects...
HIV antibody infusion safely suppresses virus in infected people
A single infusion of a powerful antibody called VRC01 can suppress the level of HIV in the blood of infected...
Risk, benefit or cost: What stops patients from receiving a diagnostic test?
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Diagnostic tests can help identify disease and disease probability in patients. "We try,...
Fighting the flu, year after year
Credit: NIAID WHAT: In a New England Journal of Medicine perspective, experts from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Penn medicine: Transplant centers often reject potential donor livers…
IMAGE: David Goldberg is an assistant professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania....
Risk of international spread of yellow fever re-assessed in light of the ongoing outbreaks
ECDC has updated its rapid risk assessment on the outbreak of yellow fever with the latest developments, more comprehensive information...
Muscles can’t get any faster then this … a fundamental muscle speed limit
Credit: Lasse Jakobsen & Coen Elemans/SDU. When birds sing their elaborate songs, bats echolocate, rattlesnakes rattle and toadfish hum they...
Length of opioid prescription spell highest risk for misuse after surgery
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – With opioid overdoses now a leading cause of nonintentional death in the...
UTSW scientists identify protein central to immune response against…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS, Jan. 11, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that...
Hormones help tadpoles trade size for survival in a warming climate,…
Credit: University of Cincinnati Deep within aquatic ecosystems all over the world, certain toad species have managed to survive warmer...
Study: Only 1 in 5 US pancreatic cancer patients get this key blood test at diagnosis
NAPA, Calif. — Only 1 in 5 U.S. pancreatic cancer patients receive a widely available, inexpensive blood test at diagnosis...
Depression drug reduces joint pain for women with early stage breast cancer
Credit: Lynn Henry Portland, Oregon – A drug typically used to treat depression and anxiety can significantly reduce joint pain...
Andalusian experts discover new procedures for DNA stability
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the University of Seville at the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine...
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