The top 25 medical lab tests around the world
A recent study can help governments understand which diagnostic laboratory tests are most important when developing universal health coverage systems. Researchers from five countries found...
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New method could shed light on workers’ historical radiation exposure
Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for evaluating plutonium workers' historical internal radiation exposure in a study funded by the National Institute...
First states to expand Medicaid saw larger screening rate increases
Extending rates to non-expansion states would have led to 355,184 additional screenings A new study examining Medicaid expansion and cancer screening finds that the five...
Global study of urban poor links childhood adversity to adolescent violence and depression
Tracing violence in young men to boyhood trauma buttresses conclusion of second, related global analysis of gender equality: that achieving equality requires focusing on boys...
Poor semen quality in Switzerland
Researchers at UNIGE have carried out the first nationwide study on semen quality of young Swiss men -- and their verdict? Only 38% of men...
A light matter: Understanding the Raman dance of solids
Quantum interferometry reveals the chosen pathway of coherent phonon generationCredit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Keio University investigated the...
Space travel and your joints
A novel study of joint cartilage and what it could mean for future astronautsCredit: Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow DETROIT - A novel Henry Ford...
Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later
In mouse study, neonatal exposure changed biochemistry of reward circuitry; researchers suggest same mechanism may be at work in humansCredit: Cell Image Library, NCMIR Neonatal...
NEOMED researcher designs therapeutic intervention to help preterm infants suck, swallow and breathe
Receives $624,518 award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: Courtesy of NEOMED ROOTSTOWN, OHIO-- Rebecca German, Ph.D., a...
World’s first wearable kidney goal of USask-led research team
$250,000 in Canadian federal funding for 'innovative' researchCredit: Daniel Hallen, University of Saskatchewan An artificial portable kidney that patients who have suffered renal failure could...
What makes a place a home?
New research reveals that ecological factors influences the distribution of lionfish on deep reefsCredit: Alex Chequer Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) are now...
Extreme draining of reservoir aids young salmon and eliminates invasive fish
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study finds that the low-cost, extreme draining of a reservoir in Oregon aided downstream migration of juvenile chinook salmon -...
Ammonium fertilized early life on earth
A team of international scientists--including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London--have demonstrated a new source of...
Interventions with paclitaxel drug-coated balloons
PCR statement on clinical outcomes after interventions with paclitaxel drug-coated balloons Paris, France, 21 May 2019. This PCR statement on paclitaxel drug-coated balloons (DCB) use...
Scientists discover potential breakthrough in the understanding of tumor dormancy
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center may have uncovered a primary method through which cancer cells exist undetected in an...