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Texas A&M team develops new way to grow blood vessels
Credit: Texas A&M University Formation of new blood vessels, a process also known as angiogenesis, is one of the major...
For children with complex medical situations, a new roadmap for improving health
Children with severe disabilities, serious cognitive impairments and medically complex situations require more specialized health care during their lifetimes. But...
Drug and alcohol use by pregnant women: the evolution of state policies
Policymakers and public health experts have long recognized the harm that can come to fetuses if women use drugs during...
Prescriptions for opioid use disorder treatment, opioid pain relievers after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with an overall increase in people filling prescriptions...
Better access to quality cancer care may reduce rural and urban disparities
PORTLAND, OR - When enrolled in a cancer clinical trial, the differences in survival rates between rural and urban patients...
As body mass index increases, blood pressure may as well
New Haven, Conn. -- Body mass index is positively associated with blood pressure, according to the ongoing study of 1.7...
Making aquafeed more sustainable: Scientists develop feeds using a marine microalga co-product
Credit: Image by Devin S. Fitzgerald. Dartmouth scientists have created a more sustainable feed for aquaculture by using a marine...
To find and disarm: Scientists develop platform to kill cancer cells
Credit: © NUST MISIS The new treatment will serve as both diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors. This breakthrough in...
Perinatal hypoxia associated with long-term cerebellar learning deficits and Purkinje cell misfiring
Credit: Children's National Health System Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in...
Scientists find titanium dioxide from sunscreen is polluting beaches
Boston, MA, USA Scientists have found that sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting TiO2 (titanium dioxide) into the...
Stroke patients treated at a teaching hospital are less likely to be readmitted
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (August 17, 2018) - Stroke patients appear to receive better care at teaching hospitals with less...
Students more likely to eat school breakfast when given extra time, new study finds
Credit: Photo courtesy of USDA. Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra...
Patients, doctors dissatisfied by Electronic Health Records
Credit: Lehigh University Electronic Health Records are intended to streamline and improve access to information - and have been shown...
Like shark attack and the lottery, unconscious bias influences cancer screening
What do shark attack, the lottery and ovarian cancer screening having in common? It turns out our judgments about these...
Experiences at first sexual encounter impact risk of HIV and violence for women in Kenya
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 17, 2018 - Adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya are more likely...
Exploring the relationship between fever and cancer incidence
Credit: Wieslaw Kozak, Tomasz Jedrzejewski, Malgorzata Pawlikowska, Jakub Piotrowski, and Sylwia Wrotek Recurring patterns in patient accounts suggest the existence...
MSU plant sciences faculty part of international discovery in wheat genome sequence
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN - A Montana State University faculty member dedicated to researching cereal genetics and...
Blood test could detect kidney cancer up to five years prior to clinical diagnosis
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Every year, more than 330,000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer worldwide....
How a ‘jellyfish’-shaped structure relieves pressure in your cells
Credit: Kefauver et al, Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Aug. 16, 2018 - Scientists at Scripps Research have solved...
Wheat code finally cracked; wheat genome sequence will bring stronger varieties to farmers
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium,...
