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Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on
Credit: Denis Sinyakov/Greenpeace Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe...
Ex-smokers might be better off with high rather than low nicotine e-cigs
Vapers using low rather than high nicotine e-cigarettes may be using their devices more intensely, potentially increasing the risk of...
Consumers beware: High user star ratings dont mean a mobile medical app works
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile...
Food allergies connected to children with autism spectrum disorder
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice...
Wayne State researchers examine the role of glutamate in aging cognitive diseases
DETROIT - As people around the world live longer, the prevalence of age-associated cognitive disorders is growing. Alzheimer's disease (AD),...
Are antibiotics overused in treatment of outpatient acute respiratory infections?
Bottom Line: Antibiotics are most commonly prescribed for acute respiratory infections, although most of these infections are caused by viruses...
A ‘super’ receptor that helps kill HIV infected cells
Credit: Melissa Cowan While treatments for HIV mean that the disease is no longer largely fatal, the world still lacks...
Association of food allergy, other allergies with autism spectrum disorder
Bottom Line: Food and other types of allergies are more likely to be reported in children with autism spectrum disorder...
High food insecurity found in a sample of adults on probation in Rhode Island
BOSTON (June 8, 2018, 2:00 p.m. ET)--A new cross-sectional study led by public health researchers at Tufts University School of...
Racial/Ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis and control in reproductive aged women
New research demonstrates that diabetes is increasingly common in young adults and disproportionately affects women of color. In a new...
The cartography of the nucleus
Credit: Guttman laboratory / Cell Nestled deep in each of your cells is what seems like a magic trick: Six...
Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded
Credit: V.V. Kondrashin and V.A. Tsybin; Spyrou et al. 2018. Analysis of 3,800-year-old Yersinia pestis genomes suggests Bronze Age origin...
Cebit 2018: Digital assistant teaches runners healthier running style
Credit: Oliver Dietze Visitors to the computer fair Cebit will be able to try it out on June 11 at...
‘Supersized alcopops’ pose unique danger to youth
Credit: Creative Services, George Mason University College students seriously underestimate the effects of drinking a new class of beverages being...
Face transplantation — An established option to improve quality of life in patients with severe facial trauma
June 8, 2018 - Thirteen years after the first successful face transplant, US trauma surgeons should be aware of the...
Increased safety in diagnosing cardiac infarction with more sensitive analytical method
Credit: Photo by Pernilla Lundgren Five percent more cardiac infarctions detected and 11 percent fewer patients suffering a relapse. That...
Holes in the head
Credit: University of Miami Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of...
New method helps make orthotopic brain-tumor imaging clearer and faster
Credit: ZHENG Hairong Nowadays, tumors inside the complex central nervous system remain one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose....
Consumers beware: High user ‘star ratings’ dont mean a mobile medical app works
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile...
Schools join research into the effect of air pollution on children’s health
Over 3,000 primary school children in polluted areas of London and Luton will have their lung health monitored over a...
