Social media is affecting the way we view our bodies — and not in a good way
Credit: York University News TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2018 - Young women who actively engage with social media images of friends who they think are more...
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Purdue cancer identity technology makes it easier to find a tumor’s ‘address’
Credit: Yoon Yeo/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed a technology aimed at making it easier to deliver cancer treatment to...
The smart factory
Credit: Swansea University The next generation of "smart" factories, which use advanced digital technology to improve efficiency, are the focus of a new collaboration between...
FDA restrictions on e-cigarettes important step to protect the health of youth
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center applauds new actions announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to limit the sale...
Vietnam veterans and agent orange exposure — new report
Hypertension Upgraded in Latest Biennial Review of Research on Health Problems in Veterans That May Be Linked to Agent Orange Exposure During Vietnam War WASHINGTON...
NASA finds a cloud-filled eye in Tropical Cyclone Gaja
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Gaja continued to organize in the Bay of Bengal as it made...
Can you repurpose this unique Navy drone?
Credit: Kaleb R. Staples/Navy Meet the Nomad. It travels in a launch tube, a pair of rotors folded neatly along its long chassis, waiting to...
Ulcers from diabetes? New shoe insole could provide healing on-the-go
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Diabetes can lead to ulcers that patients don't even feel or notice until the sight of blood....
Five nanosecond decision-making
Credit: Dietmar Becker Computer scientists develop algorithms that control everything from unmanned aerial vehicles to desktop computers to the cellphones in our pockets. But it...
Cotton-based hybrid biofuel cell could power implantable medical devices
Credit: Georgia Tech/Korea University A glucose-powered biofuel cell that uses electrodes made from cotton fiber could someday help power implantable medical devices such as pacemakers...
College of Medicine at NEOMED takes first place at Directors of Clinical Skills Conference
Credit: © 2018 NEOMED | Northeast Ohio Medical University ROOTSTOWN, OHIO - Members of Northeast Ohio Medical University's College of Medicine and the University's Wasson...
New website maps California power plants, emissions, people
Credit: PSE Healthy Energy OAKLAND, CA - Which power plant in your region is the worst polluter and who lives nearby? A new interactive, map-based...
Sex Ed before college can prevent student experiences of sexual assault
November 15, 2018 - Students who receive sexuality education, including refusal skills training, before college matriculation are at lower risk of experiencing sexual assault during...
Husband-and-wife doctors receive $1.8 million to test new breast cancer approach
Credit: Harry Moxley | University of Virginia School of Medicine Husband-and-wife doctors at the University of Virginia Cancer Center have been awarded more than $1.8...
New UA/Banner Health Valley fever clinical guidelines to help avoid delays in diagnosis
TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona physicians often come to a delayed or incorrect diagnosis when seeing patients with newly acquired Valley fever infections -- even though...
