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Low complication rates after screening colonoscopy
COLOGNE. During colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer and in the four weeks after the procedure, the risk for complications to...
Free app helps providers treat patients grieving pregnancy loss, newborn death
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A group of University of Louisville researchers and engineers has developed a free...
Polar bears’ declining mercury levels likely due to climate-related shifts
To understand how human activities are affecting the planet, scientists often study the health of animals in the wild. Now...
Wyss Institute’s Organ Chips get smart and go electric
(BOSTON) -- Organs-on-Chips (Organ Chips) are emerging as powerful tools that allow researchers to study the physiology of human organs...
Indoor tanning still accessible to young people — despite bans
facilities Despite legislation prohibiting the use of ultraviolet (UV) indoor tanning facilities by minors, one in every five tanning salons...
Anti-malaria drugs: Potential new target identified
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH University Park, PA -- A newly described protein could be an...
New tool helps pick puppies most suited to guide dog training
Credit: Guide Dogs UK Animal behaviour experts at the University of Nottingham have developed a new tool which can be...
New light shed on dynamics of type IV pili and twitching motility
Credit: Nishizaka Lab, Gakushuin University Type IV pili (T4P) are fascinating supermolecular machines that drive twitching motility, protein secretion, and...
A new test to detect reliably an autoimmune disease
In autoimmune diseases, the immune system wrongly identifies its "enemy", and produces antibodies that attack the patient's own cells. One...
Clean energy stored in electric vehicles to power buildings
Credit: University of Warwick Energy stored in electric vehicles can be used to power large buildings, thanks to ground-breaking research...
Massey scientists may have found a new way to halt lung cancer growth
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center The gene p53 functions normally as a cancer suppressor, but mutated versions of the gene...
Boston Medical Center, Head Start partner to prevent maternal depression
BOSTON - Boston Medical Center (BMC), in partnership with Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program, has helped...
Reckless behavior fuels ongoing stress for some with PTSD
Credit: Mitch Mirkin Researchers with the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System found that engaging in...
Influenza virus can overcome potentially crippling mutations
LA JOLLA, CA - June 14, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown that for the...
Rules of the neural roads: Traffic control in your synapses
Credit: OIST While the mechanism of transmission of information at the contact point between two neurons -- the famous synapse...
New tools help early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)...
State medical licensing boards’ practices may hurt physician mental health
Credit: Michigan Medicine Sharing a history of mental health issues with an employer is difficult for anyone. It's that much...
Marijuana use among college students on rise following Oregon legalization, study finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. - College students attending an Oregon university are using more marijuana now that the drug is legal for...
Distant fish relatives share looks
James Cook University scientists have found evidence that even distantly related Australian fish species have evolved to look and act...
Improved accuracy when testing cancer drugs
Credit: Portrait: Cecilia Hedström A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy,...
