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Socially isolated breast cancer patients face higher recurrence and mortality rates
A new study found that more socially isolated breast cancer survivors had higher rates of recurrence and mortality, while women...
TCORS study shows effectiveness of testimonial warning labels on tobacco products
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Cigarette packaging has required textual...
High school football players, 1956-1970, did not have increase of neurodegenerative diseases
ROCHESTER, Minn. - A Mayo Clinic study published online today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that varsity football players from...
New study finds arginine deprivation may be a useful strategy for treating bladder cancers
Philadelphia, PA, December 12, 2016 - With few treatment options available to patients with advanced bladder cancer, investigators are looking...
What else comes with a college degree? An extra 10 pounds, says new study
Credit: Sally McCay College students are carrying more than a diploma across the stage at graduation. They're lugging an extra...
Surge in methane emissions threatens efforts to slow climate change
Credit: Global Carbon Project of Future Earth Global concentrations of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and cause of climate change,...
Wind farms play key role in cutting carbon emissions, study finds
Wind farms have made a significant impact in limiting carbon emissions from other sources of power generation in Great Britain,...
Next-generation accelerators get boost from new beam physics
Credit: UNIST UNIST has taken a major step toward laying the technical groundwork for developing next-generation high-intensity accelerators by providing...
Breast cancer mortality rates decline in many countries
SAN ANTONIO -- Breast cancer mortality rates continue to decline in many nations, but a review of mortality trends in...
Untreated effects of breast cancer care increase depression and anxiety among survivors
SAN ANTONIO - Treatment advances have increased the five-year survival rate for breast cancer to 90 percent. But, for many...
Penn study begins to shed light on racial disparities of cancer-causing genetic mutations
PHILADELPHIA -- Most studies reporting the prevalence of breast- and ovarian-cancer causing genes have been conducted with Caucasian women, leaving...
Exploring the evolutionary history of the immune system
The enzyme known as ALOX15 plays a crucial role in the production of anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving lipid mediators. As mammals...
New book on The Cytoskeleton from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: The specimen was prepared and imaged by Rosmarie Suetterlin and Cora-Ann Schoenenberger at the Maurice E. Muller Institute for...
Study finds capuchin monkeys produce sharp stone flakes similar to tools
In addition to using rocks for various purposes, such as cracking open a seed or fruit to extract the edible...
UH receives $66 million in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software
The University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design today announced it has received an in-kind software...
Martian mountains, manmade earthquake detection and more from the U at AGU
University of Utah researchers will be among the approximately 24,000 scientists convening in San Francisco for the annual Fall Meeting...
Hydrogen from sunlight — but as a dark reaction
The storage of photogenerated electric energy and its release on demand are still among the main obstacles in artificial photosynthesis....
Lyncean Technologies receives $650,000 in Series A funding
Lyncean Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of the Lyncean Compact Light Source, today announced the successful raising of $650,000 in a Series...
Older women with breast cancer report better cosmetic satisfaction with less radiation, less surgery
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center In the first study evaluating patient-reported cosmetic outcomes in a population-based cohort of older women...
Federal funds help Virginia increase wetland benefits
Credit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced two major grants designed to help Virginia protect and...
