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Climate and health educators launch knowledge bank
The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) unveils an online knowledge bank with resources for educators on the...
World’s bone health research experts gather Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Montreal
More than 3,000 bone scientists will come together for the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2018 Annual...
New tool developed at UBC screens online health ads for deception
Credit: University of British Columbia The internet is rife with ads for health products, from weight-loss systems to arthritis cures--but...
Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
An international research team from the University of Leicester, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), and the Moscow Institute of Physics...
HHMI awards Hanna Gray Fellowships to 15 early career scientists
Credit: HHMI The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) today announced the selection of 15 outstanding early career scientists as HHMI...
Requiring physical activity classes help sedentary college students be more active
Credit: OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences CORVALLIS, Ore. - Requiring physical activity classes in college encourages sedentary...
New technology transforming vaccine development through faster viral detection
Credit: LumaCyte Could we finally have a faster, more objective analytical tool to rapidly measure viral infectivity for vaccine development...
Serotonin-Noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors may cause dependence and withdrawal when stopped
The Authors conducted a systematic review examining electronic databases including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and MEDLINE from...
Sensors that are literally ‘music to one’s ears’ (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Researchers have found a new use for a 3,000-year-old African musical instrument: detecting toxic substances and...
Musical sensor shows bad medicine plays false note
Credit: William Grover RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- What if a single musical note could mean the difference between life and death?...
Experts reveal ‘football vision’ as important as ball skills
Credit: University of Chichester Study shows young footballers would benefit from more time learning to read the field - and...
Rare antibodies show scientists how to neutralize the many types of Ebola
Credit: Ollmann Saphire lab, Scripps Research Two new studies by scientists at Scripps Research are bringing Ebola virus's weaknesses into...
New hope for PKDL patients in Africa as clinical trial aims to make treatment safer and easier
A clinical trial to find a better treatment for severe or chronic cases of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in...
Sleep apnea could favour tumor growth at young ages
Credit: UB-CIBERES A scientific study, conducted with animal models, states that sleep apnea can favour lung cancer growth in young...
What if needle pokes didn’t hurt? Hospital implements strategies to eliminate or reduce needle pain in kids
September 13, 2018 - A major US children's hospital introduced a first-of-its-kind project to eliminate or reduce pain from elective...
AACR releases annual Cancer Progress Report
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its annual Cancer Progress Report highlighting how federally funded...
Aging may be as old as life itself
A new USC Dornsife study indicates that aging may have originated at the very beginning of the evolution of life,...
Pilot study identifies strain of bacteria as chief risk factor for stomach cancer
SEATTLE -- September 12, 2018 -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found a specific strain of Helicobacter...
NEJM perspective: How state attorneys general can protect public health
Gun violence, obesity, and the misuse of opioids and alcohol are responsible for roughly 374,000 deaths--15 percent of all deaths--each...
Joan A. Steitz receives 2018 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
Credit: Brian Ach/AP Images for HHMI The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced today that Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)...
