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Opioid misuse at record lows with marijuana use remaining stableCredit: University of Michigan America's teens report a dramatic increase in their use of vaping devices...

Medical emergency department visits can indicate increased suicide risk among teens and young adults

Identifying patterns in medical encounters prior to self-directed violence events can help shape screening and prevention strategies, according to a new study in the American...

Drones can detect protected nightjar nests

Thermal-sensing cameras mounted on drones may offer a safer and more cost-effective way to locate nests of the elusive European nightjar in forestry work and...

Warmer winters threaten UK blackcurrant farming

Research highlights potential of breeding new blackcurrant varieties Warmer winters may not provide sufficient chilling for blackcurrants in the UK, delaying the start of the...

Survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma face high long-term risk of solid cancers

New research refines existing evidence that survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma face an elevated risk of developing various types of solid tumors many years later....

Patients with heart failure have lower risk of death, hospital admission if seen by physician in first 7 days after emergency department discharge

For patients who receive emergency department care for heart failure, early follow-up by a physician within 7 days after emergency department discharge is associated with...

Front and center: Food labels have effects on consumption and product formulation

Review finds food labels have led to changes in consumers' intake of select nutrients and industry's use of key additives BOSTON (Dec. 17, 2018)--Over the...

School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity

New Haven, Conn. -- In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases in body mass index (BMI),...

'Treasure trove' of dinosaur footprints found in southern England

Credit: Neil Davies More than 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints - made by at least seven different species - have been uncovered in East Sussex, representing...

NJIT researchers shine new light on disease-spreading mosquitoes

Credit: NJIT When the West Nile virus (WNV) was initially isolated in two patients at a Queens, N.Y., hospital in the summer of 1999, it...

Researchers find clue to epidemics in 'bursty' social behavior

NYU Tandon researchers discover that feed back loop in human interactions can play a big role in how diseases spread BROOKLYN, New York, Weekday, December...

Whole-body PET/MRI provides one-stop shop for staging high-risk prostate cancer patients

Credit: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine New research on prostate cancer staging shows that PSMA-targeted PET/MRI performs equally as well as currently used predictive tools...

Janelle Ayres awarded $1.8 million by NOMIS Foundation for research on mechanisms to promote health

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 12, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded $1.8 million over two years by the NOMIS Foundation to study...

Loss of tight junction protein promotes development of precancerous cells

Tight junctions are multi-protein complexes that serve as barriers in epithelial tissues such as the skin or lining of the gut. Loss of a specific...

UMass Amherst biostatistician and national team assist CDC in influenza forecasting