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Debate on duration of colon cancer adjuvant chemotherapy takes centre…
Professor Alberto Sobrero, Head of the Medical Oncology Unit at Ospedale San Martino in Genova, Italy LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017...
Sanford Health to study alternatives to opioids
Credit: Sanford Health Sanford Health is one of three sites in the U.S. to launch a study to determine if...
Child abuse injuries more likely to be severe if caregiver is male and unrelated to child
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO — Efforts to prevent child abuse by people who care for children should extend...
Wired for gaming: Brain differences in compulsive video game players
SALT LAKE CITY – Brain scans from nearly 200 adolescent boys provide evidence that the brains of compulsive video game...
Mosquito-borne viruses like Zika may be spread at lower temperatures,…
Credit: Image courtesy of study authors TAMPA, Fla. (May 9, 2017) — Transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, such as Zika, occur...
Tackling air pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: University of Portsmouth The University of Portsmouth is helping to tackle air pollution and its harmful effects in Sub-Saharan...
Flip side of innovation: What causes doctors to scale back on the use of medical practices
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute All countries face the challenge of funding ever-new and expensive treatments, with increasing pressure on budgets,...
CWRU researchers building digital pathology tools to predict cancer outcomes
Case Western Reserve University researchers have been awarded two grants totaling $3.16 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Old human cells rejuvenated in breakthrough discovery on ageing
Credit: University of Exeter A team led by Professor Lorna Harries, Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Exeter,...
Study brings undiagnosed adults struggling with autism out of the…
Credit: Photo: Sally McCay For most of his life, Kevin Hughes has felt like an outsider. A loner as a...
Yoga may lessen side effects in men undergoing prostate cancer treatment
PHILADELPHIA — Men with prostate cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy can benefit from yoga, researchers at the Perelman School...
New target could soothe the itch of inflammatory skin conditions
Credit: Holly Anderton/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Existing medicines could offer a new way to treat inflammatory skin conditions, researchers...
Trends in kids’ fitness not as bad as assumed
Global increases in childhood obesity are frequently assumed to go hand-in-hand with decreased motor performance in young children. But, according...
Neutrons identify critical details in bacterial enzyme implicated in gastric cancer
Credit: ORNL Neutron analysis at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping researchers better understand a key...
E-cigarettes may harm teens’ lung health
Credit: ATS Nov. 16, 2016–E-cigarette use among teenagers is growing dramatically, and public health experts are concerned that these devices...
Eating together as a family helps children feel better, physically and…
Children who routinely eat their meals together with their family are more likely to experience long-term physical and mental health...
Study: Negative body image, not depression, increases adolescent…
HOUSTON – (Nov. 6, 2015) – Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether youth have...
Wonder wrap: ONR developing new ways to protect injured limbs
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Battelle) ARLINGTON, Va.–The moments after a traumatic limb injury resulting from an explosive blast are critical....
New book, The Postgenomic Condition, assesses progress since 2000
Credit: Melissa De Witte The sequencing of the human genome in 2000 was heralded as a turning point for humanity–a...
Fatal opioid traffickers targeted by nearly $1 million federal grant
Credit: CWRU Streamlining investigations and prosecutions of opiate dealers is goal of three-year U.S. Department of Justice-funded research Seeking faster...
