In the battle of cats vs. rats, the rats are winning
The first study to document interactions between feral cats and a wild rat colony finds that contrary to popular opinion, cats are not good predators...
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Scientists show polar ‘polynya’ supported marine life during last Ice Age
Credit: Matthias Forwick However, there was a small ice-free 'polynya' between the frozen continents and the open ocean where microscopic marine life prevailed, which would...
Despite restaurant pledges, most kids receive unhealthy items with fast-food kids’ meals
Credit: Bill Kelly, Kelly Design Company Hartford, Conn. - A new study of parents' fast-food restaurant purchases for their children finds that 74 percent of...
Big increase in economic costs if cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are delayed
Stronger efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases should be undertaken if global warming of more than 1.5 Celsius degrees is to be avoided without...
Child Mind Institute researchers, colleagues release non-human primate brain imaging data
NEW YORK, NY (September 27, 2018) -An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Child Mind Institute has released the first open-source data...
Join us for the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
Join us in Atlanta, GA for the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, October 7-10, 2018. Thousands of ear, nose, and throat physicians and...
As Alzheimer’s numbers grow among Latinos, need for research grows too, say experts
Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and San...
Center for BrainHealth gets $225K NIH grant to study cannabis use impact on motor learning
Credit: Center for BrainHealth The research lab at the Center for BrainHealth® led by Dr. Francesca M. Filbey, the Bert Moore Chair in BrainHealth, Professor...
Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation donation unites funders for £1.35 million program
(Academy of Medical Sciences (UK)) The Academy of Medical Sciences is delighted to announce a pledge of £600,000 from the Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation...
Deaths of despair in the era of Donald Trump: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem
September 27, 2018 -- Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines in life expectancy relative to...
Hospital privacy curtains may harbor dangerous germs: New study
Arlington, Va., September 27, 2018 - Without timely intervention, privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for resistant bacteria, posing a threat to patient...
Deaths of despair: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem
September 27, 2018 -- Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines in life expectancy relative to...
University of Rochester receives grant for center for child maltreatment studies
The University of Rochester's Mt. Hope Family Center (MHFC), in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health (ITR),...
Loyola to become first Chicago center to produce cancer-fighting CAR-T cells
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola University Chicago and Loyola Medicine have announced plans to become the first Chicago center to produce cancer-fighting CAR-T cells to treat...
Managing congenital adrenal hyperplasia requires shared decisions among patients, families, and heal
WASHINGTON--The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline that offers best practices for healthcare providers on how to promptly diagnose, treat, and manage patients...
