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UTA researcher’s book looks at quality-of-life concerns…
Credit: UT Arlington A new book, co-authored by a UTA researcher, empirically shows how badly sprawl affects health and other...
Researchers identify cells linked to the development of the…
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System A population of cells in early development may give rise to the ventricular chambers of...
Scientists find heightened attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD
Credit: Davide Bonazzi Fireworks on nights other than the fourth of July or New Year's Eve might be nothing more...
UTHealth study paves the way for Clostridium difficile treatment in…
Credit: Terry Vine HOUSTON – (March 13, 2017) – Frozen and freeze-dried products for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) are nearly...
Treatment of pregnant patients with bone and joint injuries complicated, requires team of…
Credit: © American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ROSEMONT, Ill. (May 1, 2017)–Nearly one in 1,000 pregnant women in the United...
Which research results in mice will help humans with MS? Now there’s a way to tell
Credit: Jessie J. Polanco BUFFALO, N.Y. — People with multiple sclerosis (MS) know all too well the frustration of hearing...
Onion-like layers help this efficient new nanoparticle glow
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new, onion-like nanoparticle could open new frontiers in biomaging, solar energy harvesting and light-based security techniques....
Potential diabetes treatment advances
Researchers at MIT’s David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, in collaboration with scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell...
Renal function impairment in patients undergoing elective EVAR vs. elective open repair
Credit: Konstantinos Spanos et al , Bentham Science Publishers Endovascular (EVAR) or open surgical (OSR) repair are current treatment options...
The first crowdfunded study in Japan: Micro X-ray observation of a…
Credit: Masanori Okanishi Not only have scientists from Japan performed the first non-destructive morphological observations on the Fleshy brittle star,...
Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar...
Advances to brain-interface technology provide clearer insight into visual system
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University engineers and cognitive neuroscientists have demonstrated that a new high-density EEG can capture...
Contributions to veterans in the US criminal justice system identified
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – Military veterans currently account for 8 percent of the national prison and jail...
Study finds tube placement may not be necessary for treating upper GI…
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina For many of the millions of patients treated annually in hospitals for upper gastrointestinal...
Most doctors ignore one of the most potent ways to improve health, Penn experts say
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Leveraging existing relationships with friends and family may be a more effective way to improve...
Preventing Sperm’s ‘Power Kick’ Could Be Key to…
The switch is a protein receptor that responds to the female sex hormone progesterone, which is released by the egg...
Memory T cells responsible for long-term immunity have been cross-trained
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Like employees cross-trained for different jobs, scientists have the strongest evidence...
Standard BMI inadequate for tracking obesity during leukemia therapy
IMAGE: Leukemia cells (yellow) are shown dispersed among fat cells (red) and surrounded by supportive cells (blue). Credit: Children's Hospital...
Are mind-body therapies effective in autism?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 7, 2017–Researchers have shown that mindfulness therapy had significant positive...
Mechanism revealed for side effects of drug used in hematopoietic stem…
Credit: Kobe University A team of Japanese researchers revealed the mechanism for side effects such as fever and bone pain...
