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HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus likelier to pass virus that causes AIDS to infant
Credit: UCLA Health HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, in their urine at the time of labor and delivery are...
Drowsy dormice doze into decline
Credit: Thames Water & People's Trust for Endangered Species Britain's population of hazel dormice, famed for their sleepy lifestyle, has...
Advances in AI for drug discovery to be presented at the AI Pharma Innovation Summit 2017 in Boston
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, June 21, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based artificial intelligence company focused on drug...
Hot summer frequents Europe-west Asia and northeast Asia after the mid-1990s
Credit: Xiaowei Hong After the mid-1990s, the global surface temperature presents a significant warming trend. According to the World Meteorological...
Head impact exposure increases as youth football players get older, bigger
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - June 21, 2017 - Youth football players are exposed to more and more forceful head impacts as...
Feeling stressed? Bike to work
New research from Concordia's John Molson School of Business (JMSB) has found that cycling can help reduce stress and improve...
Scientists may have cracked rugby league’s code
JCU's Dr Carl Woods and colleagues looked at the performance indicators of winning and losing NRL teams. He says a...
When estimating extinction risk, don’t leave out the males
Credit: Luke Eberhart-Phillips Extinction risk for some species could be drastically underestimated because most demographic models of animal populations only...
A patent study on the great new hope emerging from marine derived anticancer drugs
Anticancer agents targeting microtubule from marine sources hold great potential in the field of cancer therapeutics and are gradually advancing...
The world’s largest canary
Biologists at Lund University, together with their colleagues from Portugal and the UK, have now proven that the endangered São...
Trends in emergency room visits & costs for patients with shingles
Shingles, a common infection of the nerves that causes a painful rash or small blisters on the skin, is caused...
African leopards revealed: Study documents minute-to-minute behavior of elusive cats
Credit: John Armstrong The elusive behavior of the African leopard has been revealed in great detail for the first time...
Small rodent species may become endangered
Credit: Thames Water A small rodent called the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a European Protected Species and is monitored...
Enzyme catalyzed decomposition of 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide
Oxazaphosphorine cytostatics (Cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide) are often used and very effective anticancer agents; but so far little is known about the...
Provider’s preference for pain therapy can affect patient’s results, UF researchers find
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A health care provider's beliefs about a particular treatment may have a strong influence on the patient's...
Researchers recommend specific diabetes medications to protect bone health
WASHINGTON -- Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and osteoporosis often coexist in patients, but managing both conditions can be a challenge....
Study seeks to improve screening for falls in emergency departments
When individuals visit the emergency department after falling, they may receive a diagnosis reflecting the injury sustained -- such as...
Simple method measures how long bacteria can wait out antibiotics
Credit: (Credit: Bruno Charbit for Hebrew University) A growing number of pathogens are developing resistance to one or more antibiotics,...
New 3-D display takes the eye fatigue out of virtual reality
Credit: Liang Gao, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign WASHINGTON -- There is a great deal of excitement around...
Study shows neuro kinetics’ I-Portal® devices objectively track concussion signs
(Neuro Kinetics, Inc.) A new paper describes the objective and effective use of I-Portal® technology to test and monitor mTBI...
