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Loading video... Credit: Melinda L. Angus-Hill Living in a stimulating environment has a wide range of health benefits in humans and has even been shown...

PHILADELPHIA--Humans, like virtually all other complex organisms on Earth, have adapted to their planet's 24-hour cycle of sunlight and darkness. That circadian rhythm is reflected...

HOUSTON - (April 25, 2017) - Higher costs for complex cancer surgery may be an indicator for worse -- rather than better -- quality of...

Credit: (Courtesy Ms. Holman) BETHESDA, MD - In commemoration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted the 2017 DNA Day...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - April 25, 2017 - Adding cisplatin to the standard gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel drug treatment provided a very high rate of tumor shrinkage for patients...

The risk of colorectal cancer increased significantly when colonoscopy was delayed by more than nine months following a positive fecal screening test, according to a...

Credit: Nate Steiner Plants need nitrogen to grow, and intensive agriculture requires the input of nitrogen compounds. However, classical, nitrate-based fertilization is responsible for considerabl..

Feeling down is a common side effect of being diagnosed with cancer. Anxiety, guilt, and distress often come hand-in-hand with diagnosis and treatment. But a...

A new Position Statement, jointly published by seven international and European organizations, identifies fracture-related risk factors in patients treated by aromatase-inhibitors (AI) and outlines ke..

A unique womb-like environment designed by pediatric researchers could transform care for extremely premature babies, by mimicking the prenatal fluid-filled environment to give the tiniest...

The traditional interface for remotely operating robots works just fine for roboticists. They use a computer screen and mouse to independently control six degrees of...

Credit: Wang, Yu and Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25, 2017 -- One key goal for renewable energy in the United States is to promote the...

Credit: Chris Nelson from Zhao et al., 2016, Cell 166, 1016-1027. CHICAGO --- An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University Feinberg School of...

Efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels are advancing on various significant fronts. Such initiatives include research focused on more efficient production of gaseous...

Credit: Yi Shen / ETH Zurich Around 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from iron deficiency, with women worse affected than men. In Europe, one in...