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Penn Medicine GI bleeding research points to need for updated Medicare policies
WASHINGTON, DC--Penn Medicine researchers are calling for greater precision in Medicare performance reporting for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding following...
Nutrient pollution makes ocean acidification worse for coral reefs
Credit: Nyssa Silbiger A study published recently by a team of researchers, alumni and students from the University of Hawai'i...
Zebrafish expose tumor pathway in childhood muscle cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 5, 2018 -A popular aquarium fish may hold answers to how tumors form in...
What the size distribution of organisms tells us about the energetic efficiency of a lake
Credit: TERRALAC The size distribution of organisms in a lake facilitates robust conclusions to be drawn on the energy efficiency...
Stunting cell ‘antennae’ could make cancer drugs work again
Scientists have uncovered a completely new way to make cancers sensitive to treatment - by targeting antenna-like structures on cells....
Cedars-Sinai research identifies gut gas linked to diarrhea
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (June 5, 2018) - Cedars-Sinai investigators have for the first time identified a gas produced in...
Rules about technology use can undermine academic achievement
Parents who restrict their children's use of new media technologies may be acting counterproductively in the long run, particularly if...
A new indicator of human development at subnational level
Credit: Smits-Permanyer 2018 The Human Development Index, published each year by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is the world's...
Psychedelic drug use associated with reduced partner violence in men
Credit: UBC Okanagan In a new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers from UBC's Okanagan campus have discovered...
Ribavirin for treating Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever — latest Cochrane review
In a viral haemorrhagic disease where up to 40% of people developing it die, it is remarkable that doctors still...
Research shows dogs prefer to eat fat, and cats surprisingly tend toward carbs
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Dogs gravitate toward high-fat food, but cats pounce on carbohydrates with even greater enthusiasm, according to research...
Blood formation: Researchers engineer human bone marrow tissue
Credit: University of Basel Researchers have developed an artificial tissue in which human blood stem cells remain functional for a...
Personalized cancer vaccine may increase long-term survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
An international Phase III study led by researchers at UCLA and at Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. has found that a personalized...
New NSF special report released ahead of World Oceans Day: Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer
Credit: NSF Catch a Wave! Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a look at the science behind the "sweet...
Inflammatory signals in heart muscle cells linked to atrial fibrillation
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies...
Checkpoint inhibitor shrinks advanced squamous cell skin cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Clinical trials show that an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrinks the tumors of nearly...
This monkey can plan out their foraging routes just like a human
Credit: Eve Smeltzer They might not have mastered GPS technology, but vervet monkeys can solve multi-destination routes in the same...
Did extreme fluctuations in oxygen, not a gradual rise, spark the Cambrian explosion?
BOULDER, Colo., USA: Five hundred and forty million years ago, during the Cambrian period, life suddenly went nuts. "Blossomed" is...
Try togetherness: Study promotes cooperative weed management to curb herbicide resistance
Credit: Jeffrey Evans URBANA, Ill. - In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp,...
Researchers study aquatic beetles native only to central Wyoming
Credit: Lusha Tronstad University of Wyoming researchers are shedding light on a rare aquatic beetle native only to central Wyoming....
