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Study indicates arsenic can cause cancer decades after exposure ends
A new paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that arsenic in drinking water may have...
Patients prefer doctors not use computers in exam room
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A new study suggests that people with advanced cancer prefer doctors communicate with them face-to-face with just...
Study finds smokers wrongly believe Natural American Spirit cigarettes are healthier
In the supermarket, foods labeled "organic" carry premium prices. Consumers generally believe that organic food is healthier, and in many...
People with leukemia and their oncologists have vastly different perceptions of prognosis
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A study of 100 people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) receiving chemotherapy found that patient and physician...
Yoga can be an effective supportive therapy for people with lung cancer and their caregivers
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a feasibility trial of people with advanced lung cancer receiving radiation therapy, and their caregivers, yoga...
Resilience intervention improves well-being in young patients with cancer
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A new randomized clinical trial of a pilot program found that a brief in-person intervention can improve...
Researchers test first drug to prevent the onset of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
Credit: IDIBELL IDIBELL Researchers of the Neuro-Oncology Unit of Bellvitge University Hospital - Catalan Institute of Oncology, led by Dr....
New study explores dried cranberries’ effect on gut health
CARVER, Mass., October 24, 2017 - Researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison evaluated whether one simple addition to...
New way to prevent unfavorable intestinal microbiota
Credit: Hokkaido University The trillions of microbes living in a mammal's intestine play an important role in the host's metabolism...
Animal models in regenerative medicine in upcoming special issue of tissue engineering
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- Novel approaches to tissue engineering and regenerative...
Cleaning marine litter in the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea
Credit: Michael Prevenios, HCMR Newly funded, EU Horizon 2020 project targets increasing pollution in marine areas by focusing on the...
‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people
Credit: The image was used as Figure 1 in their study, 'Bat wing biometrics: using collagen-elastin bundles in bat wings...
How Neanderthals influenced human genetics at the crossroads of Asia and Europe
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When the ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa, they passed through the Middle East and...
Novel histone modifications couple metabolism to gene activity
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) have...
Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death
When exposed in a laboratory to pollution levels comparable to those found in the atmosphere of the Amazon region during...
No magic wand required: Scientists propose way to turn any cell into any other cell type
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In fairy tales, all it takes to transform a frog into a prince, a servant into...
UBC researchers create definitive method to detect wildfire tainted wine grapes
Credit: Nathan Skolski, UBC Okanagan Wine producers and grape growers have a new, powerful tool at their disposal to help...
Mysterious DNA modification seen in stress response
With advances in genomics, scientists are discovering additional components of the DNA alphabet in animals. Do these unusual chemical modifications...
New combination therapy of registered drugs shortens anti-Wolbachia therapy
Researchers from LSTM's Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics have found a way of significantly reducing the treatment required for...
Does stem cell therapy offer the best hope for neurodegenerative diseases?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- As the brain has limited capability for...
