Women know what they want; men get pickier with age
Credit: QUT Women under 40 seeking a partner online are more particular than men, especially when it comes to education, according to a QUT study...
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Poliovirus therapy for recurrent glioblastoma has three year survival rate of 21 percent
Credit: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- A genetically modified poliovirus therapy developed at Duke Cancer Institute shows significantly improved long-term survival for patients with...
Novel micropacemaker takes new approach to faulty heart rhythms
Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California have demonstrated the feasibility of implanting a micropacemaker system in the pericardial sac...
Serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Matias, Lottem et al./CCU An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the University College London (UCL), in...
Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications
June 26, 2018, CLEVELAND: Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous pacemakers, a Cleveland Cli..
Marshall School of Medicine research team defines possible anti-aging intervention
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School...
New study links poor sleep quality to atrial fibrillation
Philadelphia, June 26, 2018 - Poor sleep quality appears to be an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation, report scientists in the first study of...
Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those with progressive lung disease
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 26, 2018 - Antidepressant use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a 20 per...
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center earns Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) has granted a three-year accreditation and its highest honor, the Outstanding...
USC researchers find kids sneak smoking substitute into school
A tobacco replacement to help grownups quit smoking has landed in the hands of children sucking on nicotine vapors to potentially harmful outcomes, new USC...
Scientists take a journey into the lungs of mice infected with influenza
MADISON - In the 1966 novel, Fantastic Voyage, written by biochemist and author Isaac Asimov, a crew of people become miniaturized in order to travel...
UCR team among scientists developing guidebook for finding life beyond earth
Credit: NASA/DSCVR RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- If you're looking for a manual on the hunt for alien life, you're in luck. Some of the leading...
Commonly used HIV drug worldwide not associated with increased risk for suicide in Uganda
Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal...
Researchers find prostate cancer drug byproduct can fuel cancer cells
Credit: Cleveland Clinic June 25, 2018, Cleveland: A genetic anomaly in certain men with prostate cancer may impact their response to common drugs used to...
Control of quantum state of optical phonon in diamond induced by ultrashort light pulses
Credit: Kazutaka.G.Nakamura Ultrashort Light-pulse-induced vibrations of atoms in a lattice, called optical coherent phonons, have been controlled in various materials. However, different experiment..
