Cancer death rate higher for patients with mental health history
Cancer patients who have been hospitalised for mental health problems prior to their cancer diagnosis were 73% more likely to die from their cancer compared...
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How one small village in Germany reinvented itself to ensure its survival
Göttingen researchers provide insights to enable future-proofing for rural communitiesCredit: Kielhorn How can communities living together in rural areas be developed to ensure that they...
Diagnostic uncertainty in children with fever impacts health service resources
The management of febrile illness (fever) in children has a substantial impact on National Health Services resources, predominantly due to diagnostic uncertainty resulting from a...
Eating healthy on a limited budget is possible
Meal planning and store selection key to serving healthy meals to a family of four, according to a new study published in the Journal of...
In fiction young people choose traditional love and gender stereotypes
o reveals a study to identify real gender and love stereotypes compared to their favourite ones in TV series, conducted in three Iberian-American countries: Colombia,...
States with strict gun laws see more homicides when they border states with lax ones
Over a 5-year period, most guns found in states with strict gun laws were obtained from less restrictive states PHILADELPHIA-- Gun-related homicide rates in states...
Sensing disturbances in the force
UC Santa Barbara researchers receive US Department of Energy grant to build atom-defect hybrid quantum sensor It will be a feat of engineering and physics...
Breast cancer patients weigh in on addressing financial burdens
Patients offer approaches to counter financial challenges of breast cancer and lymphedema A qualitative study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...
Good news! Europe’s electric grid will still work even as the world crumbles
Credit: Kozarcanin et al./Joule Scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark studying the effects of climate change on weather-dependent electricity systems have found a silver lining...
Breast milk as drug-delivery device
Treating sick babies with engineered breast milk could someday be a reality, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine...
BU medical students win award for video on preventing falls from operating room tables
(Boston)--Two fourth-year medical students from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have been honored with the "Best Instructional Exhibit Award" for their scientific presentation, Falls...
SLU study: Mediterranean diet boosts endurance exercise within days
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Researchers at Saint Louis University have found that eating a Mediterranean diet can improve athletes' endurance exercise performance...
Spin devices rev up
UTokyo researchers aim for spintronic applications thanks to great leap forwardCredit: ©2019 The Institute for Solid State Physics Electric currents drive all our electronic devices....
‘Radiance Light Trends’ shows changes in Earth’s light emissions
New web application allows anyone to analyze lighting trends observed by satellites since 1992Credit: GFZ Many scientific datasets from satellites are in principle available for...
Graphene quantum dots for single electron transistors
Credit: Davit Ghazaryan Scientists from the Higher School of Economics, Manchester University, the Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology and the Korea Institute of...
