Anti-inflammatory plant-based diet helps reduce gingivitis
A plant-based whole food diet reduced gingivitis in a recent randomized trial published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology. For the trial, 30 patients with...
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Artificial intelligence helps to better assess treatment response of brain tumors
A team from Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Centre has developed a new method for the automated image analysis of brain tumors....
Programmable ‘Legos’ of DNA and protein building blocks create novel 3D cages
Credit: Nicholas Stephanopoulos The central goal of nanotechnology is the manipulation of materials on an atomic or molecular scale, especially to build microscopic devices or...
Are healthcare providers ‘second victims’ of medical errors?
Editorial argues that term promotes the belief that patient harm is not preventable LEXINGTON, Ky. (Apr. 3, 2019) -- When you type the phrase "victim...
Is your melanoma hot enough for immunotherapy?
Melanomas tend to be "hot" or "cold" - if they're hot, immunotherapy lights melanoma tumors like beacons for elimination by the immune system; but 40-50...
‘NarcoLogic’ computer model shows unintended consequences of cocaine interdiction
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Efforts to curtail the flow of cocaine into the United States from South America have made drug trafficking operations more widespread and...
Breast cancer study by UCR medical student could help patients live longer
Surgery is associated with increased survival for patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancerCredit: AACR A student at the University of California, Riverside, presented research...
$2 million NIH grant for treating disease linked to APOL1
Credit: Children's National Children's researcher Zhe Han, Ph.D., has received a $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study new approaches...
Digital device overload linked to obesity risk
If your attention gets diverted in different directions by smartphones and other digital devices, take note: Media multitasking has now been linked to obesity. New...
Plant pathologist leads research to stop spread of citrus-destroying disease
UC Riverside's Hailing Jin is principal investigator of USDA grant that also supports vaccine development to fight huanglongbing, or citrus greening diseaseCredit: Jing lab, UC...
Brightly-colored fairy wrens not attacked by predators more than their dull counterparts
In "Conspicuous Plumage Does Not Increase Predation Risk: A Continent-Wide Test Using Model Songbirds," published in the American Naturalist, Kristal E. Cain examines the factors...
Study identifies potential fix for hospital star rating program
Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Allowing for more quality measures in the federal government's Quality Star Rating program would create a fairer and...
Team models cocaine trafficking response to counternarcotic efforts
Credit: Sara Santiago For five decades, the U.S. government's mission to intercept or seize cocaine and other drugs entering the United States originating from South...
New role for a driver of metastatic cancers
Salk scientists uncover the mechanism of a gene to better target cancer therapyCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 2, 2019) Metastatic ovarian, prostate and breast cancers...
Study debunks ‘depression genes’ hypotheses
Research finds no substantial association between risk, 18 highly-studied genes Over the past quarter-century, researchers have published hundreds of studies suggesting a small set of...
