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Five distinguished individuals to be honored with highest American Cancer Society Award
Credit: American Cancer Society ATLANTA - October 17, 2018 - The American Cancer Society will bestow its highest honor -...
HIV/AIDS training center at UIC receives $4.4 million in new federal funding
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine The Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) at the University of Illinois at Chicago has received...
SVIN announces Mission Thrombectomy 2020 Pilot results at the World Stroke Congress
Montreal, Canada (October 17, 2018) - Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN)...
Study examines aspects of conscientious objection among nurses
One-on-one interviews with eight nurses in Ontario revealed that nurses making conscientious objections to ethically-relevant policies lack concrete supports and...
ESMO Women for Oncology Forum focuses on power sharing to foster gender equality
LUGANO-MUNICH, 17 October 2018 - The Women for Oncology (W4O) Forum at ESMO 2018, Sharing the Power, on Friday, 19...
Drivers of inflammation provide valuable targets for new gum disease therapies
T cells help fight off infection, but they can go overboard. A new study led by researchers at the University...
Genomic analysis offers insight into 2018 Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A surge in Lassa fever cases in Nigeria in 2018 does not appear to be linked to...
Prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse linked with suicidal thoughts
Misuse of prescription opioids or benzodiazepines (such as Xanax) was associated with suicidal ideation in a study of US older...
Novel switching valve to receive more semen in a sex-role reversed cave insect
Credit: Photo provided by Kazunori Yoshizawa. The Brazilian cave insect Neotrogla are of special evolutionary and morphological interest because of...
Probiotics and antibiotics create a killer combination
Researchers showed that by delivering a combination of antibiotic drugs and probiotics, they could eradicate two strains of drug-resistant bacteria...
Researchers identify new approach for controlling dengue fever and Zika virus
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animals, killing thousands of people and causing...
Many infertile men have undiagnosed prediabetes
In a study of 744 infertile men, prediabetes was found in 114 (15.4 percent) of participants. Certain factors were linked...
Blue crab baby sizes and shapes influence their survival
Credit: Joseph Caracappa/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Like people, blue crabs aren't all the same sizes and shapes. Now Rutgers scientists have...
Just the right dose: antiepileptic drug clearance changes during pregnancy
During pregnancy, the numerous physiological changes a woman's body undergoes can alter the way medications are metabolized, the rate at...
First GWAS analysis of ‘type 1.5 diabetes’ reveals links between immune and metabolic disease
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Scientists who performed the largest-ever genetic study of a puzzling type of adult-onset diabetes have...
Psoriasis linked with need for cardiovascular interventions in patients with hypertension
Psoriasis is linked with increased risks of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, but its effect on the course of cardiovascular disease...
Taking their vitamins
New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Copenhagen finds that more bacterioplankton utilize vitamin B1 or...
Case Western Reserve researchers cure drug-resistant infections without antibiotics
Biochemists, microbiologists, drug discovery experts and infectious disease doctors have teamed up in a new study that shows antibiotics are...
Participating in sports during childhood may have long-term benefits for bone health
Participation in organized sport during childhood and adolescence is associated with bone mass at 20 years of age, according to...
Medical management of opioid-induced constipation differs from other forms of condition
Bethesda, MD (Oct. 17, 2018)?-- Traditional laxatives are recommended as first-line agents to treat patients with a confirmed diagnosis of...
