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February 18, 2019

Credit: EMBL Hamburg Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. In 2017, 10 million people around the world fell ill...

Physicists pinpoint a simple mechanism that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics

February 18, 2019

Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Physicists at McMaster University have for the first time identified a simple mechanism used by potentially deadly bacteria to fend...

Stable ischemic heart disease in the older adult

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, 2019, pp. 291-296(6); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0072...

Diabetes mellitus and stable ischemic heart disease

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, 2019, pp. 285-290(6); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0073...

Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutic targets in stable ischemic heart disease

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, 2019, pp. 279-283(5); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0074...

Contemporary management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, 2019, pp. 269-278(10); DOI https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0071,...

There's a place for us: New research reveals humanity's roles in ecosystems

Credit: Mountain Creative for the Santa Fe Institute In two back-to-back symposia at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...

Virus-infected bacteria could provide help in the fight against climate change

Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Viruses don't always kill their microbial hosts. In many cases, they develop a mutually beneficial relationship: the virus establishes itself...

A hidden source of air pollution? Your daily household tasks

Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels...

Children carry evidence of toxins from home flooring and furniture

Vinyl flooring and fire retardant furniture foam apparently to blameCredit: Duke Photo DURHAM, N.C. -- Children living in homes with all vinyl flooring or flame-retardant...

Drug combination may become new standard treatment for advanced kidney cancer

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON - A combination of two drugs - one of them an immunotherapy agent - could become a new standard, first-line...

Art Institute of Chicago unveils key findings in African art thanks to medical technology

Credit: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment CHICAGO--On February 16, the Art Institute of Chicago announced the results of significant new research on five terracotta sculptures--so named...

PET/CT imaging agent shows promise for better diagnosis of acute venous thromboembolism

Credit: Kim C, Lee JS, Han Y, et al. A first-in-human study featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine reports that...

Drinking contexts associated with early onset of alcohol intoxication among adolescents

Early onset drinking, drinking and intoxication at an early age among adolescents, has been identified as a primary risk for later heavy drinking, alcohol problems,...

Large-scale window material developed for PM2.5 capture and light tuning