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Amber fossils provide oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests
Credit: Edward Stanley/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- About 99 million years ago, a tiny juvenile frog in present-day Myanmar was...
Salk scientist Saket Navlakha named Pew Scholar
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 14, 2018) Saket Navlakha, an assistant professor in Salk's Integrative Biology Laboratory, is one of...
Study: Patients maintain muscle mass 5 years after surgically induced weight loss
Newly-published research on surgically-induced weight loss provides important evidence supporting the long-term safety and viability of bariatric surgery. The study,...
Plants open their pores and scientists strike gold
Plants containing the element gold are already widely known. The flowering perennial plant alfafa, for example, has been cultivated by...
The molecules that energize babies’ hearts
Credit: Fukushima A. et al., The Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight, May 17, 2018 A metabolic process that provides heart...
PolyU to apply smart sensing technology in urban tree management
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (14 June) kicked off the Jockey Club...
Study finds music therapy brings effective pain relief for sickle cell patients
CLEVELAND -- A new study published in the Journal of Music Therapy reveals promising findings for the application of improvisational...
ESMO 2020 Annual Congress back in Madrid
Lugano, Switzerland, 14 June 2018 - ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, has announced that the ESMO...
A maestro that conducts the invasiveness of glioblastoma tumors
Credit: Visual Science Communication Glioblastoma is the most severe form of brain cancer in adults. The aggressiveness of this cancer...
Pre-delivery risk factors associated with C-section infections
Minneapolis, June 14, 2018 - Having a prior cesarean section (C-section), smoking, illicit drug use, and obesity increase the likelihood...
Parent cleansing paramount prior to skin-to-skin care
Minneapolis, June 14, 2018 - Neonatal intensive care units increasingly encourage meaningful touch and skin-to-skin care - aka "kangaroo care"...
Markers, erasers, and germs, oh my!
Minneapolis, June 14, 2018 - A thorough, terminal cleaning of hospital rooms between patients is essential for eliminating environmental contamination,...
UNC study: Tdap vaccine given during pregnancy reduces occurrence of infant pertussis
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine...
Scientists show that drugs targeting tumor metabolism will not stop Natural Killer cells
Scientists have just made an important discovery as to how cancer-targeting 'Natural Killer' (NK) cells are fuelled in the body,...
CLOVES Syndrome: Remarkable improvement in the health of 19 patients medical first
Credit: Corinne Kowalski /Paris Descartes university Dr Guillaume Canaud at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital - AP-HP, the Paris Descartes University,...
UAlberta research identifies possible new pathway to treat anxiety
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Researchers know that anxiety is a result of repeated stress. William Colmers, a University of Alberta professor...
American College of Physicians urges federal court to reject lawsuit seeking to overturn essential patient protections
Washington, DC (June 14, 2018) --The American College of Physicians (ACP), together with the American Medical Association, the American Academy...
Early-stage respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine trial begins
Credit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has...
Mainz scientists identify enzyme responsible for vascular damage caused by aircraft noise
In a recent study, scientists at the Department of Cardiology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz...
New discovery about the brain’s water system may prove beneficial in stroke
Credit: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences The brain rests in a fluid, which among other things...