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A 'brain training' app developed at the University of Cambridge could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)...

Acute Cardiovascular Care 2019

Acute Cardiovascular Care is the European meeting place for specialists dealing with patients in the acute setting. Learn, exchange and...

A partnership to tackle cancer health disparities

Credit: University of Houston Although cancer affects all populations in the United States, certain ethnic populations bear a disproportionate burden...

Flavored capsule cigarettes pose a threat to smokefree goals

Credit: University of Otago New research from ASPIRE2025, a University of Otago research theme, challenges tobacco companies' claims they are...

Mechanics of birds’ nests subject of NSF research

Credit: Dr. Hunter King, The University of Akron Some of the best engineering, it turns out, is done by bird...

Pancreatic cancer genetic marker may predict outcomes with radiation therapy

(PHILADELPHIA) - Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat and is a leading cause of cancer-related...

Reclamation allocates $3.9 million for research projects to support water management

Credit: Alex Stephens, Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $3.9 million through its Science and Technology Program...

Radiation/cisplatin combination established as standard of care for HPV+ oral cancer

SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Combinations of radiation and chemotherapy drugs have been shown to cure HPV-related head and...

Spotlighting differences in closely-related species

Credit: Ellen Kirstine Lyhne, DTU There are millions of fungal species, and those few hundred found in the Aspergillus genus...

Special journal issue looks for new clues about old life

Credit: Scott Evans Riverside Calif. --Hundreds of millions of years before there was a chicken or an egg to debate,...

Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms

Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Andrew Elmore FROSTBURG, MD (October 22, 2018)--Researchers have found that global changes, including...

Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels’ shells

Credit: Westcott Phillip Elevated concentrations of strontium, an element associated with oil and gas wastewaters, have accumulated in the shells...

Pelvic lymph node radiation provides significant benefit for prostate cancer patients

SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- The first report of a large international clinical trial shows that, for men who...

Radiation therapy outcomes better for African-American than Caucasian prostate cancer patients

SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- While popular beliefs and population data suggest that African-American men are at higher risk...

Men with low-/intermediate-risk prostate cancer benefit from fewer, higher-dose radiation treatments

SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a safe and effective treatment for men with...

High-dose, high-precision radiation therapy safe, effective for solitary kidney cancer patients with only one kidney

SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Treatment of renal cell carcinoma with stereotactic radiation therapy is as safe and effective...

RNA thought to spread cancer shows ability to suppress breast cancer metastasis