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Young athletes interested in healthy protein, not French fries
The greasy food being served at hockey rinks isn't really what young hockey players want, according to a study from...
BU: Guns used in cross-border crimes originate from states with more lax laws
Opponents of gun control have frequently pointed to high rates of gun violence in cities such as Chicago to argue...
City College-bred fruit flies, parasites, in space odyssey
Credit: NASA Hurtling around Earth, at 17,500 mph some 248 miles in space, is a small swarm of City College...
Trees with grassy areas soften summer heat
Credit: (Picture: F. Rahman/ TUM) Trees cool their environment and "heat islands" like Munich benefit from it. However, the degree...
Caregivers can help assess whether older adults are dealing with delirium
Delirium is a sudden change in mental status that often occurs when older adults are in the hospital or after...
Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy makes a window into the nanoscale
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory In a new paper published last week in Science Advances, a team of scientists and...
Eating more fish could prevent Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shines more light on the...
Acute aortic dissection should be suspected with pulse or neurologic deficit and hypotension
In the appropriate clinical setting, suspicion for acute aortic dissection should be raised when patients present with findings that have...
New mobile app addresses depression in pregnant and postpartum women
Credit: Bengisu Tulu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has launched a mobile...
Doctors prescribe opioids at high rates to those at increased overdose risk
The number of first-time prescriptions for opioid drugs has not risen since about 2010, according to UCLA researchers. However, patients...
Nanomedicine: Drugs can be made ‘smarter’
A new method has been developed to make drugs 'smarter' using nanotechnology so they will be more effective at reaching...
Application of mesenchymal stem cells stimulates nervous tissue regeneration
The research team used model spinal cord injuries in rats for their purposes. As a result, it was found out...
Size, structure help poziotinib pose threat to deadly exon 20 lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A drug that failed to effectively strike larger targets in lung cancer hits a bulls-eye...
How do you get teens to stop cellphone use while driving? Survey says, show them the money
PHILADELPHIA - Teens who admit to texting while driving may be convinced to reduce risky cellphone use behind the wheel...
Fifth Annual Science Day at NIH
In recognition of National Minority Health Month in April, the National Institutes of Health is hosting its fifth annual Science...
People with false-positive cancer screening results may be more likely to receive future screening
An analysis of electronic medical records indicates that patients who previously had a false-positive breast or prostate cancer screening test...
Evaluation of induced membrane vesicles fusion specificity with target cells
Extracellular vesicles (EV) represent a promising vector system for biomolecules and drug delivery due to their natural origin and participation...
Scientists identify genetic catalysts that speed up evolution of antibiotic resistance
Researchers at Oxford University have shown that it is possible to identify genetic catalysts that accelerate the evolution of antibiotic...
Scientists generate an atlas of the human genome using stem cells
Credit: Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...
Removing the enablers: Reducing number of tumor-supporting cells to fight neuroblastoma
Credit: Valeria Solari, MD, MRCS; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at...
