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...
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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...
Drop your weapons!
Credit: Ana Endara, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Animal weapons such as antlers, tusks and limbs specialized for fighting require a large energy expenditure to produce...
UMN researchers discover important connection between cells in the liver
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- November 15, 2018 - University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have made a discovery which could lead to a new way of thinking...
Reporters invited to attend leading IBD meeting: Crohn’s & Colitis Congress®
Nov. 15, 2018 -- The Crohn's & Colitis Congress, the premier conference for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) health care providers and researchers, invites media to...
No link between ‘hypoallergenic’ dogs and lower risk of childhood asthma
Growing up with dogs is linked to a lower risk of asthma, especially if the dogs are female, a new study from Karolinska Institutet and...
Why women rarely reach top positions in government
Gender stereotypes are the main reason why women rarely take up senior positions in the civil service, according to researchers from the Higher School of...
Juice displaces milk and fruit in high school lunches
Hartford, Conn. - High school students participating in school meal programs are less likely to select milk, whole fruit, and water when fruit juice is...
Toxins override key immune system check
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria can cause numerous diseases, such as skin infections, pneumonia and blood poisoning (sepsis). The strong immune response triggered by the bacteria is...
Should you eat a low-gluten diet?
Credit: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences An increasing number of people choose a low-gluten diet, even though they are not allergic...
Insomniac prisoners sleeping better after one-hour therapy session
Three-quarters of prisoners struggling to sleep have reported major improvements to their sleep and wellbeing after receiving cognitive behavioural therapy to treat their insomnia. Experts...
Agile Implementation reduced central line-associated blood stream infections by 30 percent
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - A new study has found that Agile Implementation, an easy to localize and apply change methodology that enables fast, efficient,...
New inflammation inhibitor discovered
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new mechanism of action. By inhibiting...
