Flavored capsule cigarettes pose a threat to smokefree goals
Credit: University of Otago New research from ASPIRE2025, a University of Otago research theme, challenges tobacco companies' claims they are working towards a smokefree world...
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Managing high blood pressure in diabetics may prevent life-threatening organ damage
Credit: Rutgers School of Nursing The most effective way to prevent life-threatening complications of extreme hypertension in African-Americans with diabetes is to better control their...
To see what’s right in front of you, your brain may need some rewiring
Credit: Laboratory of Neurobiology at The Rockefeller University Life-changing moments are also brain-changing moments: everything from a first kiss to a last goodbye modifies cells...
American Academy of Pediatrics announces 2018 National Conference & Exhibition in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. - More than 11,000 pediatricians and healthcare professionals are expected to arrive in Orlando Nov. 2-6 for the 2018 American Academy of Pediatrics...
CU researchers: Home care for knee replacement patients aids in recovery
AURORA, Colo. (Oct. 23, 2018) - A team of physical therapy researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have conducted one of the...
Family acceptance of LGBT identity linked to reduced stress
ATHENS, Ohio (Oct. 23, 2018) - Ohio University Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Peggy Zoccola has determined that those who identify as LGBT and have...
Football players’ concussions linked to dyslexia gene
Gene predicts concussion history in a collegiate national champion football team Gene has been linked to dyslexia in other studies Hypothesis: wiring of dyslexic brain...
Houston Methodist scientists create device to deliver immunotherapy without side effects
Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(Oct. 23, 2018) - Houston Methodist scientists have developed a nanodevice to deliver immunotherapy without side effects to treat triple-negative breast cancer....
Scientists capture images of antibodies working together against malaria
Credit: Wilson/Ward labs, Scripps Research Scientists investigating how the human immune system defends against malaria have uncovered a rare phenomenon: antibodies working together to bind...
PureCircle to present latest updates on stevia in India at IUFoST 2018
October 23, 2018 Mumbai, India - PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and innovator of great tasting sweeteners for the global beverage and food...
Kessler Foundation fellow wins grant to study behavioral motivations in children with ADHD
Credit: Kessler Foundation Joman Y. Natsheh, MD, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in Pediatric Neuroscience and Neuropsychology Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a $13,500 pilot award...
What are the determinants associated with fasting hyperglucagonemia in type 2 diabetes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 23, 2018--A new study examined the relationship between fasting hyperglucagonemia -- which can negatively affect...
‘Himalayan gold’ on the brink
Credit: Kelly Hopping A parasitic fungus that grows wild throughout the Himalayas and sells for more than its weight in gold could vanish if current...
Sockeye carcasses tossed on shore over two decades spur tree growth
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Hansen Creek, a small stream in southwest Alaska, is hard to pick out on a map. It's just over a...
New study finds harmful pesticides lurking in NYS homes
Credit: Clive Howard/Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Despite the existence of chemical-free methods to eradicate pests, Americans use more than a billion pounds of pesticides...
