Brown researcher first to describe rapid-onset gender dysphoria
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For individuals with gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed at birth produces significant emotional distress. Unt..
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Study reveals how enzyme detects ultraviolet light damage
Credit: Image collage courtesy of Dong Wang, UC San Diego Damage to DNA is a constant threat to cellular life, and so it is constantly...
Reimagining MRI contrast: Iron outperforms gadolinium
Credit: Luke Henderson/Rice University Rice University nanoscientists have demonstrated a method for loading iron inside nanoparticles to create MRI contrast agents that outperform gadolinium chela..
Animal research fails to help humans, squanders resources, new report reveals
Rio de Janeiro -- Animal research has failed to benefit human health, wasted limited public research funds, misled clinicians, and harmed countless animals unnecessarily, finds...
Getting high on worms
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Like mammals, parasitic worms have an endocannabinoid system that may help the worm and the hosts it...
Big data and technology in disasters: Better integration needed for effective response
Credit: Copyright: © 2018 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2018.73 In a recent review article published in the journal Disaster Medicine and...
2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting press registration open
ATLANTA - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the Association for Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP) welcome members of the press to write about research...
Improving health insurance literacy aids Missourians’ ACA enrollment
Community outreach and educational support for navigating health insurance options available in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace are crucial for helping people choose the...
A deep look at nasal polyps offers insights into allergic diseases
Nasal polyps - soft, grape-like outgrowths that can appear in the nasal passages and sinuses - can be chronic and relentless. Although noncancerous, these outgrowths...
Head and neck positioning affects concussion risk
Credit: Michael Fanton If you're about to run headfirst into something, your reflex might be to tense your neck and stabilize your noggin. But according...
D-Wave demonstrates first large-scale quantum simulation of topological state of matter
BURNABY, BC - (August 22, 2018) -- D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems and software, today published a milestone study demonstrating a...
Physical therapy after a fall may help reduce emergency department revisits
Falls are the leading cause of illness and death among Americans aged 65 and older. In 2014, some 2.8 million older adults visited the emergency...
Air pollution leads to cardiovascular diseases
Credit: photo/©: Peter Pulkowski, Mainz University Medical Center Air pollution, and fine dust in particular, is responsible for more than four million deaths each year....
Risk of heart attacks is double for daily e-cigarette users
Use of e-cigarettes every day can nearly double the odds of a heart attack, according to a new analysis of a survey of nearly 70,000...
Policy intended to curb opioid prescribing associated with increase in filled opioid prescriptions after surgery
Bottom Line: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2014 moved to limit prescribing of pain medications containing the opioid hydrocodone from schedule III (a class...
