Eliminating extended work shifts improves sleep duration for senior resident physicians
Hours slept per week increased by 8 percent among pediatric resident physicians who worked a rapid cycling work roster Getting a good night's sleep is...
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Mindfulness helps mothers with opioid use disorder combat depression
(Thomas Jefferson University) The discovery highlights alternative treatment options to pharmaceutical medications.
Just released: Proceedings from inaugural Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention
Article published online by Journal of the American College of Surgeons reflects the consensus of 42 professional organizations on a constructive approach that can be...
Behold the Bili-ruler: A novel, low-cost device for screening neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Study validates new, low-cost, non-invasive tool in screening newborn jaundice with high diagnostic accuracyCredit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, commonly known as newborn jaundice,...
Strawberry tree honey inhibits cell proliferation in colon cancer lines
Credit: Afrin, S. et al. Spanish and Italian researchers have proven that when honey from strawberry trees, a product typical of Mediterranean areas, is added...
Structural and functional mechanisms of a new class of bacterial sigma/anti-sigma factors revealed
Credit: FENG Yingang and LIU Yajun Transcription is the process of synthesizing messenger RNA by RNA polymerase based on the DNA sequence of a gene...
Scientists at DGIST develop polariton nano-laser operating at room temperature
Credit: ©DGIST A room temperature polariton nano-laser has been demonstrated, providing the crucial path of related research such as polariton physics at the nanoscale and...
SCAI releases multi-society endorsed consensus on the classification stages of cardiogenic shock
New classification system developed to describe five stages of shockAdapted from the SCAI Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Classification of Cardiogenic Shock LAS VEGAS...
Hard carbon nanofiber aerogel becomes superelastic
Conductive and compressible carbon aerogels are admirable in a variety of applications. In recent decades, carbon aerogels have been widely explored by using graphitic carbons...
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid levels in dried and deep-frozen spices and herbs too high
BfR Opinion No 017/2019 of 13 May 2019 The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) deals regularly with the contamination of food with 1,2-unsaturated...
Virulence factor of the influenza A virus mapped in real-time
Credit: Kanazawa University The influenza A viruses, which have instigated deadly pandemics in the past, still remain a major global public health problem until today....
Australian drivers ready to embrace phone restriction apps — if they can still talk
QUT road safety study investigates apps as practical way to stop deadly driving habit of texting & browsing Almost 70 per cent of drivers would...
New Finnish study: Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol or consumption of up to one egg...
Researchers receive $1.94 million to study connection between autism, microbiome
CORVALLIS, Ore. - An Oregon State University researcher is part of a $1.94 million grant to look for possible connections between the human microbiome and...
Waking ‘sleeping’ genes could help Prader-Willi syndrome
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia New funding is enabling Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers to develop new approaches to potentially help people...
