Study highlights anti-tumor activity of curcumin on stomach cancer
A review article authored by Brazilian researchers evaluated several compounds with therapeutic potential against gastric tumors Curcumin is widely used to impart color and flavor...
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Personalizing precision medicine with combination therapies improves outcomes in cancer
Precision oncology often relies on treating patients with a single, molecularly matched therapy that targets one mutation in their tumor. In a report, published online...
Soft bedding poses grave danger to sleeping babies, study shows
Bedding caused almost 70% of sleep-related suffocation deathsCredit: UVA Health System Almost 70% of babies who died from sleep-related suffocation between 2011 and 2014 did...
Rutgers develops new tool to help psychiatrists encourage patients to quit smoking
Researchers created online webinar-based course for teaching psychiatry residents about tobacco use Psychiatrists often disregard their patients' smoking even though tobacco use accounts for 50...
Surrey academics weigh into the debate on daylight saving time and school start time
A switch to permanent daylight saving time will undo any positive effects on sleep of delaying school start times, according to researchers from the University...
Nursing, dental, and medical students train together to improve kids’ oral health
Team-based clinical experiences help health professionals develops skills for working together Nursing, medical, and dental students can work as a team to improve their knowledge...
Human influence on climate change is traced back to the 19th century
Credit: Qian Cheng/Columbia Engineering Climate change poses a serious challenge to the human society and it is generally believed that humans are themselves to blame....
Not drinking water may boost kids’ consumption of sugary beverages
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Kids and young adults who drink no water throughout the day may consume twice the amount of calories from sugary drinks...
Sand tiger sharks return to shipwrecks off N.C. coast
Coast's hundreds of shipwrecks are important habitats for vulnerable shark speciesCredit: John McCord, Coastal Studies Institute DURHAM, N.C. -- Photos taken months, and in some...
Transgender adults more likely to report worse health-related quality of life
Bottom Line: Transgender adults were more likely to report worse health-related quality of life compared with cisgender adults. This study used data from a large...
Bacteria use their enemy — phage — for ‘self-recognition’
Credit: WANG Xiaoxue Cells are social, and self-recognition is a critical aspect of group behavior as cells assist kin and antagonize non-kin in foraging for...
Older adults starting dialysis die at higher rates than previously thought
Study results can help inform patient decisions, physician choice of treatment for end-stage kidney disease Older adults with end-stage kidney disease who start dialysis--a treatment...
OSA Foundation names first recipient of the Milton and Rosalind Chang Pivoting Fellowship
Araceli Venegas-Gomez will use her stipend to become a 'global ambassador' for quantum technologies WASHINGTON--The OSA Foundation (OSAF) is pleased to announce Araceli Venegas-Gomez, a...
Permanent daylight savings may cancel out changes to school start times
Credit: Skeldon and Dijk/Current Biology Moving the clock forward and then back each spring and fall usually draws plenty of complaints and questions about why...
Asia’s diabetes epidemic preferentially kills women, the middle-aged: Study
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in Asia and has dramatically increased the risk of premature death, especially among women and middle-aged people, a multinational study...
