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Implantable, biodegradable devices speed nerve regeneration in rats
Car accidents, sports injuries, even too much typing and texting can injure the peripheral nerves, leaving people with numbness, tingling...
Why single embryo transfer during IVF sometimes results in twins or triplets
Credit: Credit/copyright: Keiji Kuroda It has been known for some time that it is better to transfer a single embryo...
Study: Sexes differ when it comes to comfort during and after exercise
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New research from the University at Buffalo has, for the first time, identified...
Weight loss linked to lower breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women
In a study of postmenopausal women, participants who lost weight had a lower risk of developing invasive breast cancer than...
Researchers demonstrate first example of a bioelectronic medicine
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Researchers at Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine have developed the first...
Racial discrimination linked to higher risk of chronic illness in African-American women
Credit: Public domain Berkeley -- Less-educated African American women who report experiencing high levels of racial discrimination may face greater...
Global sea level could rise 50 feet by 2300, study says
Credit: NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer Global average sea-level could rise by nearly 8 feet by 2100 and 50 feet...
Small-brained female guppies aren’t drawn to attractive males
Credit: Dr Jake Morris (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) Female guppies with smaller brains can distinguish attractive males, but they...
Scientists successfully implant a polymeric prosthesis imitating bone structure
Credit: © NUST MISIS For the first time ever, a research team from the small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, implementing several...
Out like a light: Researchers id brain’s ‘sleep switch’
BOSTON - Two decades ago, Clifford B. Saper, MD/PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
Largest ever genetic study of blood pressure
Credit: Lancaster University The largest ever genetic analysis of over one million people has identified 535 new genes associated with...
Mayo clinic researchers question benefits of long term oxygen therapy in COPD
CHICAGO--October 8, 2018--Long-term oxygen therapy does not decrease the risk for hospitalizations or increase life expectancy for many patients with...
Research shows club drug GHB associated with brain and cognitive changes
Scientists have discovered that regular use of the party drug GHB, and especially unconsciousness following GHB use, is associated with...
Genetic risk factor for erectile dysfunction identified
In a new study that ultimately analyzed the genomes of nearly a quarter of a million men, a research team...
Shaking up how nursing homes and their clinicians are paid to care for sick residents
Credit: Tim Yates, Photographer, Indiana University School of Medicine, 2018 INDIANAPOLIS - Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Aging...
Neoadjuvant combination checkpoint blockade trial yields high response rates for patients with high-risk stage three melanoma
Combination checkpoint blockade before surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) produced a high response rate among patients with high-risk stage 3 melanoma, with...
Groundbreaking study finds community efforts to combat childhood obesity can be effective
Credit: Center for Community Health and Development at the Life Span Institute. LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease...
Biosecurity Research Institute studies African swine fever to prevent US outbreak
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN -- African swine fever virus threatens to devastate the swine industry and is positioned to...
There’s a better way to decipher DNA’s epigenetic code to identify disease
Credit: Rahul Kohli, Univeristy of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - A new method for sequencing the chemical groups attached to the surface...
AFib patients with cancer history less likely to see cardiologist, fill prescriptions
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients with a history of cancer are less likely to see a cardiologist or fill anticoagulant prescriptions...
