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Following surgery, some patients experience a broken bone around the implants of a total hip replacement--called a periprosthetic femoral fracture. In a study of such...

A study published in Family Practice indicates that healthcare providers outside of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department are uncertain how to address veterans' needs. The...

Researchers have discovered a new use for an old drug as a potential treatment for prostate cancer. The findings are published in the journal The...

Cardiovascular calcification is a major health concern in patients with kidney failure undergoing haemodialysis. A first-time-in-human clinical trial of an investigational calcification inhibitor has ..

By analysing survey data from 1999-2001 and 2010-2012, researchers have estimated the demand for commercial sex among British men. The Scottish Journal of Political Economy...

Credit: Virgin Atlantic RICHLAND, Wash. -- Carbon-rich pollution converted to a jet fuel will power a commercial flight for the first time today. The Virgin...

A team of biologists has discovered that the distinctive genetic processes of early development help explain patterns of animal development in nature and across the...

Credit: Lynn Mazzoleni Rising 2,225 meters into the air on an island in the Azores archipelago, Pico Mountain Observatory is an ideal place to study...

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Kathryn Whitehead, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has been awarded a 2018 National Institutes...

Credit: USC Dornsife, Center for Economic and Social Research What a difference a year of high school can make -- for long-term health. In 1972,...

Credit: Deanna Dent "No. 1 in innovation" is an accolade ASU proclaims proudly in all realms of university life. Today, ASU proved once again that...

Credit: Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Twenty years ago, Zijian Xie, Ph.D., director of the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and professor in the department...

Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape and Julia Sosa Ramona Neunuebel, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Delaware, has won a prestigious...

While many cancer therapies initially can be very successful, tumors often return and spread when remaining cancer cells develop resistance to treatment. To combat this...

Credit: Steve Southon U of T scientists use nanoparticles to improve chemotherapy response and boost anti-tumor immunity in breast cancer Scientists at the University of...