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Arctic sea ice decline driving ocean phytoplankton farther north
Credit: NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Phytoplankton blooms that form the base of the marine food web are expanding...
National Academy of Medicine honors three members for outstanding service
WASHINGTON - The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) honored three members today at its annual meeting for their outstanding service....
Three health professionals Named 2018 National Academy of Medicine Fellows
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected three outstanding health professionals for the class of 2018 NAM...
Big award enables study of small surfaces
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2018) - It's one thing to start a chemical reaction and get...
Us vs. them: Understanding the neurobiology of stereotypes
BIDMC Research Briefs showcase groundbreaking scientific advances that are transforming medical care. Recent studies into how human beings think about...
Big award enables study of small surfaces
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2018) - It's one thing to start a chemical reaction and get...
Eating with your eyes: Virtual reality can alter taste
ITHACA, N.Y. - Humans not only relish the sweet, savory and saltiness of foods, but they are influenced by the...
HIV-positive infants are at high risk for acquiring congenital cytomegalovirus infection
UCLA RESEARCH ALERT Enrique Rivero FINDINGS Infants born to HIV-positive mothers had high rates of congenital cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Infants...
Most people don’t know the difference between OCD and OCPD
BINGHAMTON, NY - The general public has trouble understanding differences between obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD),...
Costs of Medicare diabetes prevention program may exceed reimbursements
October 15, 2018- For some healthcare providers - especially those serving racial/ethnic minority and low-income patients - the costs of...
New test rapidly identifies antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Credit: UC Berkeley Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally Berkeley -- When you get sick, you want the right...
New research shows drinking No 1 Rosemary Water improves memory by up to 15 percent
Tests conducted at Northumbria University show drinking concentrated No 1 Rosemary Water improves cognitive performance Findings published by scientists at...
Earl Miller wins George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience
Credit: Adrianne Mathiowetz/Picower Institute When MIT neuroscientist Earl Miller was in graduate school at Princeton, he was inspired by the...
Marker may help target treatments for Crohn’s patients
ITHACA, N.Y. - Crohn's disease (CD), a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract, has emerged as a global disease,...
Study points to possible new therapy for hearing loss
Researchers have taken an important step toward what may become a new approach to restore hearing loss. In a new...
Brown medicine, epidemiology professor elected to National Academy of Medicine
Credit: Josiah Rich PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Dr. Josiah "Jody" Rich, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Brown University, has been...
Early study results suggest fertility app as effective as modern family planning methods
Credit: Cycle Technologies WASHINGTON (October 15, 2018) - Early results from a first-of-its-kind study suggests that typical use of a...
Engineering professor focusses on antifouling to make life easier with medical implants
AKRON, OH - Oct. 15, 2018 - Jie Zheng, Ph.D., a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor at The University of...
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research begins phase 1 clinical trial of Marburg vaccine
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) this week administered the first vaccine in a...
Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of brain development, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of cell death across the brain, exhibiting greater nerve cell death...
