Inducing labor can help prevent cesarean births
GALVESTON, Texas -- A new national study has found that inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help prevent cesarean births and high...
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Best of both worlds: Combining two skeleton-building chemical reactions
Scripps Research scientists have developed a powerful new strategy for synthesizing molecular skeletons of chemicals used in drugs and other important products, a technique that...
Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction, study finds
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction, according to new research led by the University at Buffalo's Panayotis (Peter) Thanos, PhD....
Researchers link residential characteristics with productivity one year after brain injury
Credit: Kessler Foundation Model system researchers have examined the factors that influence productive activity one year after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Their article, Lequerica AH,Botticello...
Penn Biomedical Graduate Studies program receives gift for scientists in training
(PHILADELPHIA) - The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received a $2 million gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation to establish...
Support increases when opioid ‘safe consumption sites’ called ‘overdose prevention sites’
"Safe consumption sites," where people can use pre-obtained drugs with medically trained personnel on hand to treat overdoses, garner higher public support when they are...
Inaugural class of Michael Brown Penn-GSK Postdoctoral Award commences
PHILADELPHIA - Four Penn Medicine postdoctoral trainees have been awarded three-year fellowships through a newly established program, the Michael Brown Penn-GSK Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Program...
Genetic mutations of appendix cancer identified, may impact treatment
The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and the lack of scientific data...
Harrington Discovery Institute announces new scholars
CLEVELAND - The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio--part of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development--has announced three new scholars in...
New antibody analysis accelerates rational vaccine design
Credit: Image courtesy Hangartner, Ward labs, Scripps Research LA JOLLA, Calif. - Aug. 8, 2018 - A team at Scripps Research has come up with...
Pennsylvania’s youth more accepting of marijuana, but not using it more, report shows
With Pennsylvania now among the majority of states in legalizing medical marijuana, a new report shows that young people's attitudes toward pot have become more...
Research tip: Caregivers lack medications, knowledge to manage Baltimore children’s asthma
In a new study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that fewer than half of interviewed caregivers for Baltimore preschool children with asthma were prepared to administer...
Learning to ask older adults better questions about their memory
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Healthcare providers and researchers rely on screening questions to detect patients who may be at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and...
A new earless pygmy toad discovered on one of Angola’s most underexplored mountains
Credit: Dr. Ishan Agarwal A new species of African pygmy toad was discovered during an expedition in 2016 to Angola's second highest peak, the Serra...
Drug identified that could reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension
Scientists at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago took a major step toward developing a new...
