Robert Amdur, MD, named Editor in Chief of Practical Radiation Oncology
Credit: UF Health via Robert Amdur ARLINGTON, Va., January 15, 2020 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced today that Robert Amdur, MD,...
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Dr. Sallie Permar receives the SPR Award in honor of E. Mead Johnson
Credit: Dr. Sallie Permar HOUSTON, Jan. 15, 2020 - The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce Sallie Permar, MD, PhD, as the...
Managing cannabis use in breastfeeding women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 15, 2020--As more states legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis use and increasingly decriminalize cannabis, the...
Chemicals between us: Surprising effects of oxytocin on cocaine addiction
Medical University of South Carolina researchers use the colloquially known 'love hormone' oxytocin as potential therapeutic for cocaine addicts with childhood trauma, discovering key gender...
MDI Biological Laboratory will use new animal model to study aging
Grant will support addition of African turquoise killifish to model animal rosterCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The study of therapies and interventions...
Researchers gain control over internal structure of self-assembled composite materials
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Composites made from self-assembling inorganic materials are valued for their unique strength and thermal, optical and magnetic...
Voluntary limit-setting can keep intense online gamblers in check
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 15, 2020--A new study has shown that, among online gamblers, setting voluntary monetary limits can...
Immigration and transition: Emerging trends in spina bifida care
In this collection of studies published in the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine experts document the shifts in age and ethnicity of spina bifida patients...
First randomized clinical trial found no harms from dementia screening in primary care
Dementia screening did not induce depression or anxiety in older adultsCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Research scientists at Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of...
Drinking 1% rather than 2% milk accounts for 4.5 years of less aging in adults
High-fat milk consumption is connected to significantly shorter telomeresCredit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo A new study shows drinking low-fat milk -- both nonfat and 1% milk...
Reinventing the computer: Brain-inspired computing for a post-Moore’s Law era
As Moore's Law comes to an end with a limit to the number of transistors that fit on a chip, a paradigm of brain-inspired neuromorphic...
Study challenges concerns over hospital readmission reduction practices
UT Southwestern determines heart failure patients not at increased riskCredit: UTSW DALLAS - Jan. 15, 2020 - A UT Southwestern study is challenging concerns that...
First TU Graz-SAL Research Labs push top-level research in electronics-based systems
Credit: © Oliver Wolf Whether car, smartphone or tablet, today microelectronics is found in almost every electronic device and forms the basis of the Internet...
A new ‘cool’ blue
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03255 Throughout history, people have sought vibrant blue pigments. The Egyptians and Babylonians used lapis lazuli 6,000 years...
Dresden biologists make living sperm glow
Credit: Cornelia Wetzker How do female insects manage to keep the sperm fresh for months after mating? This is a central question of the sperm...
