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Older married couples and advance directives
Advance directives (ADs) are legal documents you can use to state in advance what medical treatments you do or do...
What makes a reach movement effortful?
Credit: Thomas Steuer/ Pierre Morel When choosing between alternative actions, we have to compare the positive outcomes of those actions...
Chemistry life hacks: Food edition (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 -- Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks....
Are friends better for us than family?
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be...
TSRI anti-heroin vaccine found effective in non-human primates
Credit: Faith Hark / The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - June 6, 2017 - A vaccine developed at...
Should your primary care physician be a generalist or specialist? New study explores
Your primary care provider (PCP) is usually your first medical contact when you're ill. Beyond taking care of you when...
Officers on afternoon shift report being more fatigued
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Police officers on the afternoon shift are twice as likely to report being...
Safety of gene transfer to treat heart failure supports further clinical development
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged...
New low-cost material for lighting and diagnostics produces white light imitating sunlight
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a synthetic material based on the natural hackmanite mineral which produces...
New research provides practical cooking tips for your red wine sauce
Credit: Cecilie Varming Jacobsen Postdoc at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen Pia Snitkjaer has carried...
Sequential options prompt future thinking, boost patience
When faced with a tempting choice, it can be hard to stop and think through the potential consequences, but new...
Sleep disturbances predict substance use among college athletes
Preliminary results of a new study show that sleep disturbance is strongly related to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and...
Invasive alien plant control assessed for the Kruger National Park in South Africa
Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a...
Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH study suggests
Children born to women who had gestational diabetes and drank at least one artificially sweetened beverage per day during pregnancy...
Enrollment in early intervention services may be influenced by administering agency
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Children under age 3 who have or are at risk of a developmental...
New possible target for cancer treatment
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that cancer cells and normal cells use different 'gene switches' in order to...
A star is born: Lesser-known brain cell takes center stage
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 6, 2017) Neurons have long enjoyed the spotlight in neuroscience--and for good reason: they are...
Anti-nausea drug could help treat sleep apnea
An old pharmaceutical product may be a new treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, according to new research presented today by...
Building a better blood-brain barrier model
Credit: Courtesy of Choi-Fong Cho, Brigham and Women's Hospital Delivering drugs to the brain is no easy task. The blood-brain...
A method to improve in vitro tests
Before new nanoparticles or other nanomedicines can be injected into the human body, a whole series of tests must be...
