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Neuro-receptor PET could provide an early warning for alcoholic relapse
Credit: UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium DENVER, Colo. - Alcohol abuse disorder is a devastating and complicated disease affecting millions of people...
Journal AAS publishes first data description paper: Data collection and sharing
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Scientific data isn't useful in isolation. So Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) is helping bridge...
Worldwide consensus on the terminology that supports research into sedentary behavior
OTTAWA, ON - June 10, 2017 - A worldwide network of scientists examining the links between sedentary lifestyles and health...
Three-year study says new contact lens therapy slows myopia progression in children by 59 percent
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 10 June 2017 -- A pioneering contact lens therapy has considerable potential to impact the rising prevalence of...
Mass. General study finds potential mechanism for BCG vaccine reversal of type 1 diabetes
Interim results from a FDA-approved clinical trial testing the generic vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes...
Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment?
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, NC - In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have...
Home monitoring of blood sugar did not improve glycemic control after 1 year
Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not treated with insulin did not improve...
Flaws in a tumor’s genetic mending kit drive treatment response to immunotherapy
Credit: Photo courtesy of Robbie B. Mailliard, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health In an expanded, three-year...
New blood test uses nanotechnology to predict aggressive prostate cancer accurately
Credit: University of Alberta A new diagnostic developed by Alberta scientists will allow men to bypass painful biopsies to test...
Retina may be sensitive gauge of blast-wave pressure injury
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2017 - Modern military conflict has dramatically increased the number...
Distance patients must travel illustrates growing inaccessibility of abortion
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Abortion fund recipients who have to travel out of state for an abortion travel roughly 10 times...
Cash for weight loss
A new study, published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, has shown that selling rewards programmes to participants entering...
Clemson graduate uncovers link between toxicants and lipid metabolism
Credit: Photo courtesy of Dhaval Parmar CLEMSON, South Carolina -- While working for an environmental nonprofit organization in India, Namrata...
NIH-led workshop addresses opioid misuse during pregnancy
Credit: Credit: NICHD/NIH Research is essential to determining how best to screen pregnant women for opioid use disorder, to treat...