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Emergency room patients routinely overcharged, study finds
An analysis of billing records for more than 12,000 emergency medicine doctors across the United States shows that charges varied...
One blood pressure drug therapy associated with lower health-care costs
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- About half of patients diagnosed with high blood pressure will need their medication adjusted within the first...
Household chemicals may impair thyroid in young girls
Early childhood exposures to specific phthalates were associated with depressed thyroid function in girls at age 3, according to scientists...
Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine to be awarded to Dr. Jeffrey V. Ravetch
NEW YORK, May 30, 2017 - The New York Academy of Sciences in conjunction with the Feinstein Institute for Medical...
Cigarette damage to unborn children revealed in stem cell study
Chemicals found in cigarette smoke have been shown to damage foetal liver cells. Scientists say the potent cocktail of chemicals...
Assessing and addressing the impact of childhood trauma
Childhood trauma is the experience of a highly distressing event or situation during one's youth, which is beyond a minor's...
Awareness, adherence key to improved osteoporosis care
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, approximately 1.5 million Americans suffer...
NIH scientists find real-time imaging in mice a promising influenza study tool
WHAT: Real-time imaging of influenza infection in mice is a promising new method to quickly monitor disease progression and to...
Common antioxidant could slow symptoms of aging in human skin
Credit: Zheng-Mei Xiong/University of Maryland New work from the University of Maryland suggests that a common, inexpensive and safe chemical...
First step taken toward epigenetically modified cotton
Credit: Chen Laboratory/Univ. of Texas at Austin With prices down and weather patterns unpredictable, these are tough times for America's...
Overhead signs on freeways: Are drivers being told too much?
The growing trend to install multiple road signs at the same location along Australian freeways might be practical and cost-effective...
Hunting can help European ecosystems
Credit: Christian Gortázar Schmidt Hunting as an outdoor activity is underrated in how it helps nature and society to regulate...
Gender and homicide: Important trends across four decades
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 30, 2017-A comprehensive review of four decades of national homicide...
Vegetables rotting? Check bacteria conversation
Credit: Rita Valente, IGC. Bacteria "conversation" may be an early trigger for plant pathogens virulence, show scientists from Instituto Gulbenkian...
Study documents opioid abuse following urologic surgery
MAYWOOD, IL - About 1 in 1,111 patients who undergo urologic surgery for conditions such as prostate cancer and kidney...
Many cancer patients’ Emergency Department visits appear preventable
Credit: Fred Hutch SEATTLE - May 30, 2017 - As many as 53 percent of cancer patients' Emergency Department visits...
Fossil skeleton confirms earliest primates were tree dwellers
Credit: ©2017 Stephen Chester. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits...
New software key to early cancer detection
Credit: CSIRO A new algorithm that detects the early formation of blood vessels could lead to early diagnosis of malignant...
Fruity with a note of fungus: How fungal infections change the aroma of wine
In a research article recently published in Frontiers in Chemistry, a team of researchers investigated the effects of fungal infection...
A lightning-fast flu virus detector
Credit: Department of Bioelectronics,Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Researchers have developed a new, rapid biosensor for the...
