Flavors influence appeal and use of most tobacco products, especially for youth
CHAPEL HILL -- Tobacco products like cigarettes and e-cigarettes are more appealing and are considered less harmful, especially to younger ...
Frontline attack against HIV infection is closer to reality
Credit: The Hospital Research Foundation. Researchers have made significant progress in the development of a potential vaccine to protect against ...
How to monitor global ocean warming — without harming whales
Credit: Zhongxiang Zhao/University of Washington Most of the extra heat trapped by human-generated emissions is ending up in the oceans. ...
NEJM Group expands to engage with medical community in China via new digital platform
Credit: NEJM Group/JMRE NEJM Group, publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), today took important steps to strengthen ...
Among antidementia drugs, memantine is associated with the highest risk of pneumonia
A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that among users of antidementia drugs, persons using memantine have ...
Researchers reveal new test for cocaine in urine and oral fluid
Credit: Advion Academics in the University of Surrey's Department of Chemistry have developed a new diagnostic test for cocaine and ...
The end of biotechnology as we know it
Credit: acib If there were no biotechnology, the world would stand still. "Biotechnologically derived drugs dominate therapy with eight of ...
Family ties: Immune response size controlled by cell ‘inheritance’
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Australian and Irish researchers have gained previously unachievable insights into how the size ...
Using light to map the circuitry of the brain
Credit: Chao Zhou and Yevgeny Berdichevsky, Lehigh University Scientific progress has provided a solid understanding of the anatomy of the ...
Living fossil genome unveiled
Credit: Image Attribution: Fossil is from Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA, Eocene, Ypresian. Stonerose Interpretive Center Collection ...
Serving teens with special diets: A tricky Thanksgiving recipe
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Poll on Children's Health ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Planning a holiday meal can be hectic, ...
BGRF scientists publish seminal paper and announce project to develop biomarkers of aging
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, November 21, 2016, Oxford, United Kingdom: Today the Biogerontology Research Foundation announced the international collaboration on ...
Study finds key protein that binds to LDL cholesterol
New Haven, Conn.-- A Yale-led research team identified a protein that plays an important role in the buildup of LDL ...
Cancer in children adversely affects parents’ income and employment
Having a child with cancer led to income reductions for parents and job discontinuation among mothers in a recent study, ...
Survey: 1 in 4 vacations includes a trip to the ER
Credit: Orlando Health Orlando, Fla. - If you've ever had to seek medical attention for an illness or an injury ...
What impact do medication errors have on nursing home residents?
A new analysis points to surprisingly low rates of serious impacts from medication errors affecting nursing home residents, despite the ...
Wastewater research may help protect aquatic life
Credit: UBC New wastewater system design guidelines developed at UBC can help municipal governments better protect aquatic life and save ...
Ottawa confirmed as the biodiversity hotspot for a subfamily of wasps in North America
Credit: Dr. Jose Fernandez-Triana What usually comes to mind when speaking about biodiversity hotspots are tropical regions, pristine areas and ...
Rice farming in India much older than thought, used as ‘summer crop’ by Indus civilization
Credit: Cameron Petrie Latest research on archaeological sites of the ancient Indus Civilisation, which stretched across what is now Pakistan ...
Current climate date rescue activities in Australia
Credit: The State Library of Victoria Long-term weather data is the backbone of almost all research into climate change and ...
