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A drug policy researcher is proposing a suite of changes to overhaul the Multi-Criteria Drug Harm Scale (MCDHS), which informs drug policies across Europe. The...

Credit: CNIO Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. Particularly when, as in this case, they...

Cellphone use while driving has been estimated to increase crash risk by 2-9 times and texting while driving may be especially risky because it involves...

DALLAS, Aug. 20, 2018 -- Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic heart disease in about one...

Credit: University of Southern Denmark Researchers warn that a combination of nanoparticles and contaminants may form a cocktail that is harmful to our cells. In...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University A new study on adolescent friendships offers support for the belief that misery really does love company. Researchers from Florida Atlantic...

Credit: Aarti Sharma /Columbia University ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord,...

Credit: Anja Geitmann In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, the thrust produced by the microscopic organ delivering sperm...

(Monday, August 20, 2018 - Toronto) - A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely and effectively, while offering alternative...

DALLAS, August 20, 2018 -- Young, healthy people may still face a lifetime risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease if they cannot keep their...

DALLAS, Aug. 20, 2018 -- Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic heart disease in about one...

Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan. ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Seventy-eight percent of parents in a...

A new study provides insights into the degree to which socioeconomic status explains racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival. Published early online in...

Credit: Nedivi Lab/Picower Institute A new study provides fresh evidence that the decline in the capacity of brain cells to change, called "plasticity," rather than...

Credit: Northwest Passage Project Amid sweltering heatwaves and wildfires worldwide, a group of scientific experts supported by 22 students -- most of them young undergrads...