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Breakthrough synthesis strategy could mean wave of new medicinal compounds
Credit: Benjamin Moten TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In pharmacology, not all molecular structures are created equal. Some frameworks are overrepresented in...
Caring for seniors with dementia and their caregivers: A guide for physicians
Podcast pre-embargo link: https://soundcloud.com/cmajpodcasts/170920-view Community-based health care providers, such as physicians, nurse practitioners and others, should be aware of services...
Tattoos: Body decoration with risks
"Colour pigments from tattoos do not remain locally restricted to the skin, they migrate in the body," explains BfR President,...
UTA urban researcher shows impact of urban sprawl on life expectancy, innovation hubs
Credit: UT Arlington A recently published study by a University of Texas at Arlington urban researcher shows a correlation between...
Anticonvulsant drugs ineffective for low back pain and can cause harm, despite increased prescribing
Anticonvulsant drugs are increasingly being used to treat low back pain, but a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association...
Large population study fails to find causal link between assisted reproduction and ovarian cancer
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: Following concerns over many years that hormonal stimulation of the ovaries necessary for IVF may increase...
How good bacteria can help keep a gut healthy
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine New research reveals a cellular mechanism by which good bacteria can help the gut stay...
A commonly offered add-on treatment for IVF fails to provide any benefit in a large randomized trial
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: An add-on treatment commonly offered to female IVF patients to improve their chance of success has...
How our brains learn to control and remember walking
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Movement neuroscientist Julia Choi at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year,...
New form of wound healing revealed by parasitic gut worms
Credit: Image by Ysbrand Nusse Experiments using parasitic worms in the mouse gut have revealed a surprising new form of...
A novel switch to control genome editing
Credit: Tony Perry/University of Bath A biological switch that reliably turns protein expression on at will has been invented by...
Researchers discover new vulnerability in deadly form of lung cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 28, 2018 - Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern...
ICD placements not meeting medicare coverage decline after investigation
Following the announcement of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into potential overuse of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators...
UTA patents headset that allows persons to point to objects of interest using their eyes
Credit: UTA People with disabilities such as ALS, spinal injury or Lou Gehrig's disease, often lose use of their legs,...
Study shows where brain transforms seeing into acting
Credit: Sur Lab / MIT Picower Institute You see the flour in the pantry, so you reach for it. You...
Building trees: The protein controlling neuron branch growth
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS A protein called "MetastasisMetastasis-suppressor 1" (MTSS1) activates one pathway and inhibits another competing pathway, thus playing...
Study: Small talk not as bad as previously thought
People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier, a new study confirms. Researchers also found that idle...
17th International Conference on Organized Molecular Films registration opens
The 17th International Conference on Organized Molecular Films (ICOMF) in Brooklyn, NY, USA, during 23th - 27th July 2018 will...
Stem cells restore function in primate heart-failure study
Credit: UW Medicine Researchers at UW Medicine in Seattle have successfully used human stem cells to restore heart function in...
PETA, Dow Chemical, Department of Defense, others co-author inhalation testing paper
In another heavy-hitting collaboration, PETA scientists coauthored an article with leading universities, corporations, and government agencies--including Cardiff University, The Dow...
