One year’s losses for child sexual abuse in US top $9 billion, new study suggests
A new study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the annual economic impact of child sexual abuse in the U.S....
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Cancer registry managed by Keck School of Medicine of USC receives $43.7 million award
The National Cancer Institute has awarded Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center $43.7 million to continue tracking all incidences...
New form of local anesthetic does not reduce opioid use or complications after knee surgery
CHICAGO - Contrary to what some studies may suggest, the local anesthetic drug, liposomal bupivacaine, did not reduce in-hospital opioid prescriptions or opioid-related complications in...
Age-related racial disparity in suicide rates among US youth
Credit: Image courtesy of the JAMA Network, Copyright 2018 American Medical Association New research suggests the suicide rate is roughly two times higher for black...
Age-related racial disparity in childhood suicide
Bottom Line: Age-related racial disparity exists in suicide rates among U.S. youths. Why The Research Is Interesting: Previous research doesn't adequately describe the extent of...
Discovery for grouping atoms invokes Pasteur
Credit: University of Sydney Scientists have found a new way of joining groups of atoms together into shape-changing molecules - opening up the possibility of...
Mice regrow brain tissue after stroke with bioengineered gel
Credit: UCLA Health In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains, UCLA researchers report...
New hope for women with fistula injuries
Credit: University of Michigan The health care systems in the United States and other industrialized countries have outgrown many of the childbirth-related injuries that are...
Reading the minds of pilots on the fly
Credit: ISAE-SUPAERO After a plane engine blew apart at 32,000 feet in the air last month, the pilot flying Southwest Flight 1380 safely brought the...
Study finds snap-lock mechanism in bacterial riboswitch
Credit: E. Nikonowicz/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 21, 2018) -- In a discovery that points to potential new antibiotic medicines, scientists from Rice University and...
Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance
Credit: Fawn Gracey/Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA (May 21, 2018) - Bacteria have long been thought to develop antibiotic resistance largely due to repeated exposure...
Profiling the genome hundreds of variations at a time
(BOSTON) -- Geneticists have been using model organisms ranging from the house mouse to the single-cell bakers' yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to study basic biological processes...
Why are the elderly increasingly more inclined to live alone?
Credit: José Javier For decades, the elderly in Spain have shown a preference for living at home, either alone or with their partners, instead of...
Interview with CAR T cell expert Dr. Michel Sadelain in Human Gene Therapy
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 18, 2018--Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in...
Autism is not linked to eating fish in pregnacy
A major study examining the fish-eating habits of pregnant women has found that they are not linked to autism or autistic traits in their children....
