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Boston Globe spotlight team wins Riggs Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media
Stockbridge, Mass. - June 14, 2017 - The Austen Riggs Center is pleased to announce the winner of the 2017...
Previous bacterial infection increases risk of newly-diagnosed Sjögren’s syndrome
(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017 have...
Amazonia’s future will be jeopardized by dams
Credit: Earth Observatory, NASA Building the hundreds of hydroelectric dams proposed for the Amazon River Basin will cause massive environmental...
Visiting virtual beach improves patient experiences during dental procedures
Credit: University of Plymouth Imagine walking along a South Devon beach on a lovely day. The waves are lapping on...
Beetles spark development of color-changing nanoparticles for commercial use
Credit: Credit: American Chemical Society Click here to download the image. Inspired by the varying colors that gleam off of...
Early therapeutic intervention for pre-RA patients significantly reduces risk of RA
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of a meta-analysis presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)...
Researchers team with Land Institute to boost perennial permaculture with native fungi
Credit: University of Kansas | Kansas Biological Survey LAWRENCE -- Consider the humble soil just below our feet. It's actually...
Physicists and medics discover new ability of immune cells
Credit: Andrew Ekpenyong, PhD Omaha, Neb., (June 14, 2017) -- A major discovery about a set of immune cells, published...
Cancer treatment during childhood linked to cognitive problems later in life
Young adults who had chemotherapy as a child have decreased cognitive flexibility and a weaker short-term memory. Their ability to...
New study: Unsaturated fat associated with fatty liver disease
Bethesda, MD (June 14, 2017) -- As the obesity epidemic continues, new data shed light on which nutrients and what...
Study finds way to predict treatment effectiveness for adults with autism
Credit: Dr. Daniel Yang DALLAS, TEXAS, - A collaboration between the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at...
Promising peas’ potential in big sky country
Credit: Photo credit Central Agricultural Research Center. Farmers in Montana, and other parts of the Northern Great Plains, are shifting...
Statins may not be used for protection against Parkinson’s disease
Use of statins may speed up the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms in people who are susceptible to the disease,...
Music sessions can help millions who struggle to speak to lead a richer life
Credit: Plymouth Music Zone/University of Plymouth Tailored music sessions could be crucial in transforming the lives of millions of people...
AgeHack@MLBootCamp: The first Eurasian hackathon on AI for longevity to launch
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, 14th of June, 2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, Mail.Ru Group in collaboration with the center for...
Wildfires pollute much more than previously thought
Credit: Kari Greer/USFS Gila National Forest via NASA Summer wildfires boost air pollution considerably more than previously believed. Naturally burning...
First CRISPR crop could debut in 2020
The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR/Cas9 made a huge splash in the news when it was initially announced. But the...
12th Annual Symposium of the Penn Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
PHILADELPHIA - Several critical periods over a human life span - including before birth -- determine when individuals are the...
Cloudy with a chance of radiation: NASA studies simulated radiation
Credit: NASA In each life a little rain must fall, but in space, one of the biggest risks to astronauts'...
Topical drug darkens human skin in a dish without UV
Credit: Nisma Mujahid and David E. Fisher Researchers in Boston have developed a class of small molecules that successfully penetrates...
