New 2019 guidelines for patients with atrial fibrillation
UMN Medical School expert is part of the writing committee that drafted the 2019 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) MINNEAPOLIS,...
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Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements
Credit: Nathan Shaiyen/Michigan Tech Until now, carbon dioxide has been dumped in oceans or buried underground. Industry has been reluctant to implement carbon dioxide scrubbers...
Researchers engineer a tougher fiber
Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength...
A quantum magnet with a topological twist
Materials with a kagome lattice pattern exhibit 'negative magnetism' and long-sought 'flat-band' electronsCredit: Hasan, et. al, Princeton University Taking their name from an intricate Japanese...
Scientists unravel genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Finns
One third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases in Finland are caused by one of the four major mutations, a new study from the University of Eastern...
NASA-NOAA satellite provides wide view of Tropical Cyclone Oma
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) When you look at a Tropical Cyclone Oma from space, you'll get a sense...
Good dog? Bad dog? Their personalities can change
New findings from MSU went where few researchers have gone before to reveal that, like humans, dogs' personalities likely change over time. When dog-parents spend...
Medicaid expansion led to increase in screening for colorectal cancer patients in Kentucky
Credit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (February 22, 2019): Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the U.S.1 However, the state has been one...
Clinical trial: Prenatal DHA prevents blood-pressure increase from obesity during childhood
Credit: KU News Service / University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- Research published today in JAMA Network Open by investigators at the University of Kansas and...
UCF study finds high IQs won’t be enough to prevent ecological disasters
Credit: UCF: Karen Norum High IQs aren't going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It's going to take social intelligence, too. That's the...
Extinct weasel relative with confounding skull likely ate meat with a side of veggies
New biomechanical study finds that the strangely shaped skull of Leptarctus is most similar to the American badgerCredit: © AMNH/N. Wong New research on an...
US patient advocacy groups received majority of pharma donations in multi-country study
Study also finds inconsistent reporting and disclosure across countries, impeding transparency of pharma contributions to patient advocacy groups A new study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
NASA-NOAA satellite analyzes Typhoon Wutip
Credit: NASA/NOAA/Williams Straka III/UWM/CIMSS Typhoon Wutip was impacting the Federated States of Micronesia in the Southern Pacific Ocean when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead...
Geographic distribution of opioid-related deaths
Bottom Line: Identifying changes in the geographic distribution of opioid-related deaths is important, and this study analyzed data for more than 351,000 U.S. residents who died of...
Study links Celebrex, heart valve calcification after earlier research declared drug safe
Big-data analysis finds link specifically between Celebrex and heart valve calcificationCredit: Vanderbilt University A well-known, four-year study found popular arthritis drug Celebrex no more dangerous...
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