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Could vitamin B3 treat acute kidney injury?
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Acute kidney injury, an often fatal condition without a specific treatment, affects...
Adolescents’ concern over societal discrimination associated with worse behavioral health
Bottom Line: Many southern California high school students report being concerned that discrimination is increasing in society and that concern...
Your office may be affecting your health
Workers in open office seating had less daytime stress and greater daytime activity levels compared to workers in private offices...
Helping surgical patients taper off opioids safely and successfully
(Monday, August 20, 2018 - Toronto) - A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely...
Gene therapy vectors carrying the telomerase gene do not increase the risk of cancer
Credit: CNIO Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. Particularly when,...
Sex in plants requires thrust
Credit: Anja Geitmann In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, the thrust produced by...
Proposal seeks to improve assessment of drug risks
A drug policy researcher is proposing a suite of changes to overhaul the Multi-Criteria Drug Harm Scale (MCDHS), which informs...
Impact of osteoporosis on the risk of dementia in almost 60,000 patients
Credit: IMS Health and Quintiles Frankfurt, Germany, August 20, 2018: Osteoporosis is estimated to affect 200 million women across the...
Rogue proteins may underlie some ALS and frontotemporal dementia cases, says study
Credit: Aarti Sharma /Columbia University ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in...
New information on brain areas linked to tactile sense and metacognitive ability
(University of Helsinki) A new doctoral thesis gives information on the neural basis of the sense of touch. According to...
Adults play a key role in children’s participation in school recess, researchers suggest
CORVALLIS, Ore. - When adults are participants in school recess - leading games, monitoring play and ensuring conflicts are mediated...
In teen friendships, misery does love company
Credit: Florida Atlantic University A new study on adolescent friendships offers support for the belief that misery really does love...
Study finds racial disparities in prescribing opioids for chronic pain
New Haven, Conn.-- Yale researchers have identified racial disparities in the treatment of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic...
Two molecules offer great potential to combat cancer and chronic infections
SAN FRANCISCO--August 20, 2018--To fight viral infections, your immune system calls on CD8 T cells to kill the infected cells....
Scientists, students embark on mission to top of world for data of global concern
Credit: Northwest Passage Project Amid sweltering heatwaves and wildfires worldwide, a group of scientific experts supported by 22 students --...
Thrombospondin-1 as a potential therapeutic target for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Credit: University of Tsukuba The thoracic aorta is constantly exposed to mechanical forces generated by heart contraction and blood flow....
STAT3 can be a therapeutic target for chronic active EBV infection, a fatal disorder
Credit: Department of Laboratory Molecular Genetics of Hematology,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) study shows that ruxolitinib-induced inhibition of STAT3...
Largest oral HPV study in England shows infection rates lower than expected
New study shows rates of high risk HPV oral infection lower than expected Smokers and those with more sexual and...
Acid coastal seas off US putting common fish species at risk
Scientists have shown that coastal waters and river estuaries can exhibit unique vulnerabilities to acidification than offshore waters. This acidification,...
UVA multidisciplinary engineering team designs technology for smart materials
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - University of Virginia mechanical engineers and materials scientists, in collaboration with materials scientists at Penn State, the...
