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October 1, 2018 - A special November issue of Health Physics journal presents 13 original research papers, reviews, and commentaries...

(Lehigh University) Lehigh University has racked up another win with the innovative TRIPODS+X program of the National Science Foundation (NSF.)...

NEW YORK...October 1, 2018 -- FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport supplements were found to be toxic to digestive gut microbes,...

Credit: Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - The kidney does more than double or even triple duty...

Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have identified an important step in the process that allows our bodies...

CHICAGO --- "Cigarette" might appear in the term "e-cigarette" but that is as far as their similarities extend, reports a...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic released a new DNA product with Helix, a personal genomics company, called "Mayo Clinic GeneGuide."...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A single leukemia cell, unknowingly engineered with the leukemia-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) lentivirus and...

The presence of cannabinoids in different textile and pharmacological goods and the need to distinguish them from those found in...

BOSTON--Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have received a $3.2M grant to educate hospital providers statewide on how best to...

Credit: Kobe University Microtubules help to regulate cell structure throughout our bodies. A group of Japanese researchers have used cryo-electron...

Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--A combination of a diabetes drug and a high blood pressure medication may effectively treat all...

Credit: UT Southwestern In the controlled trial, women who drank an additional 1.5 liters of water daily experienced 48 percent...

New Orleans, LA - A team led by Jessica Landry, DNP, FNP-BC, Program Coordinator, BSN-DNP Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner...

Familiar voices are easier to understand and this advantage holds even if when we aren't able to identify who those...

Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--Lack of estrogen may play a role in the development of anxiety and memory problems, according...

SAN ANTONIO, TX (October 1, 2018)­­-Hospital readmissions, cost hospitals about $26 billion annually. Systems like the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 1 October 2018 - Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular and kidney diseases and over 1.5...

Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen Antibiotics have saved many lives by rescuing patients with bacterial or fungal infections, but these...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have shown that color vision problems caused by retinal damage on a cellular...