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UA center receives $6.9 million grant to continue environmental health research in arid climates
Credit: Alli Benjamin, APR The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, headquartered at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, has...
Products of omega-3 fatty acid metabolism may have anticancer effects, study shows
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A class of molecules formed when the body metabolizes omega-3 fatty...
Sticking with the wrong choice
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- July 13, 2018- The behavior of people who remain committed to a choice, even when it is clear...
Keeping kidney stones at bay during space flights
Credit: UW Medicine A new, painless, non-invasive procedure that harnesses ultrasound technology to reposition kidney stones, in an effort to...
Internists optimistic about proposed CMS payment rule, recognize areas to improve
Washington, DC (July 13, 2018) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged by provisions included in the proposed...
New research effort to understand role of APOE mutation in Alzheimer’s disease
If you had your genome sequenced and the report says you have the APOEε4 mutation, it does not mean you...
Researchers to target mosquito egg production to curtail disease
Credit: Emre Aksoy, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have received a five-year grant...
Study examines prenatal depression in 2 generations of pregnant mothers
Bottom Line: A study of two generations of women in England examined how common depression during pregnancy (prenatal depression) is...
Community colleges can boost access to primary care and physician diversity
Credit: Copyright UC Regents and courtesy of UC Davis Health Medical school graduates who attended community college are more likely...
Residential segregation associated with black-white disparity in firearm homicide rates
Residential segregation is linked to many racial disparities in health, including cancer, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Now, a new...
Is surgery the best option for penetrating kidney trauma?
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Trauma is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide, and recent studies suggest...
Fragile X: New drug strategy corrects behavior/biochemical measures in mouse model
Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of...
Better methods improve measurements of recreational water quality
Washington, DC - July 13, 2018 - The concentration of enterococci, bacteria that thrive in feces, has long been the...
Researchers trace Parkinson’s damage in the heart
MADISON, Wis. -- A new way to examine stress and inflammation in the heart will help Parkinson's researchers test new...
Yale researchers identify target for novel malaria vaccine
Credit: Richard Bucala New Haven, Conn. -- A Yale-led team of researchers have created a vaccine that protects against malaria...
Study describes enzyme’s key role in immune response to Chagas disease parasite
In an article published recently in the journal Nature Communications, researchers affiliated with the University of SĂŁo Paulo (USP) in...
PTSD rate among prison employees equals that of war veterans
Prison employees experience PTSD on par with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, a new study from a Washington State University...
Rats trail behind shrews, monkeys, and humans in visual problem solving
Credit: Mustafar et al., eNeuro (2018) Rats take a fundamentally different approach toward solving a simple visual discrimination task than...
Understanding the social dynamics that cause cooperation to thrive, or fail
Credit: Amiyaal Ilany Examples of cooperation abound in nature, from honeybee hives to human families. Yet it's also easy enough...
New research: Financial incentives create critical waterbird habitat in extreme drought
News Release: July 12, 2018 - Projections by climate scientists suggest that severe droughts may become more frequent over the...
