Life expectancy crisis in the USA: The opioid crisis is not the decisive factor
Cardiovascular diseases -- rather than drug deaths due to the opioid crisis -- have the greatest impact on stagnating life expectancy in the USACredit: MPIDR...
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Antioxidant treatment in acute ischemic stroke may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia
The article by Dr. Anamaria Jurcau and Dr. Aurel Simion is published in the journal, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug TargetsCredit: Bentham Science Publishers,...
‘Little Foot’ skull reveals how this more than 3 million year old human ancestor lived
Micro-CT scanning of 'Little Foot' skull reveals new aspects of the life of this more than 3-million year-old-human ancestorCredit: Amélie Beaudet/Wits University High-resolution micro-CT scanning...
Novel approach to enhance performance of graphitic carbon nitride
Credit: Kai Yang In a report published in NANO, scientists from the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical technology, Gannan Medical...
Vitamin D boosts chances of walking after hip fracture
Scientists studied the impact of vitamin D on post-surgery mobilityCredit: Sue Shapses/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Senior citizens who are not vitamin D deficient have a better...
How horses can save the permafrost
New mitigation strategy bears great potentialCredit: Pleistocene Park Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional quantities of greenhouse gases could...
Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical and Insilico Medicine enter into an agreement for cancer therapy
noneCredit: Insilico BEIJING and HONG KONG, CHINA, March 17, 2020 (9 AM Beijing time) - Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Tide), a subsidiary of Sino...
Microplastic fibers linked to respiratory, reproductive changes in fish
Exposure to microplastics causes cellular changes in fish and may disrupt endocrine systemsCredit: Melissa Chernick, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Chronic exposure to microplastic fibers...
Breast milk may help prevent sepsis in preemies
Keeps gut bacteria from moving into bloodstreamCredit: Washington University School of Medicine A component of breast milk may help protect premature babies from developing sepsis,...
Aversion to risk by R&D managers may hurt US economic prospects
Executives tolerant of failure in pursuit of reward are best suited to seed innovation needed for growthCredit: Credit: whyframestudio While concerns loom over an impending...
Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study
Soot from firestorms would reduce crop production for yearsCredit: Adapted from Jägermeyr et al., 2020 The concept of nuclear winter--a years-long planetary freeze brought on...
Predicting the impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Credit: Virginia Tech Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Although the disease has...
Blinded by the light
Sensory danger zones: How sensory pollution impacts animal survivalCredit: David Stoner/Utah State University A new paper including research from a Utah State University scientist provides...
Limited nuclear war could have big impact on world food supplies
India vs. Pakistan conflict could lead to worst food losses in modern historyCredit: Julie Doll, MSU/NSF KBS LTER Site A war between India and Pakistan...
Are women using e-cigarettes during preconception and/or pregnancy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--A new study of 1,365 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income pregnant women found that 4% reported...
