Novel PET tracer detects small blood clots
Credit: Piramal Imaging GmbH, Berlin Germany RESTON, Va. ?- Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke, and pulmonary embolism, which...
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Data journalist, statistics and neuroscience professor, historical icon to speak at JSM 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 6, 2017) - Only weeks away, the world's largest annual gathering of statisticians and data scientists - the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings...
Keeping the beat
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (July 6, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed funding for the University of Pittsburgh Department...
UK’s Farman is co-author of important wheat disease study
Credit: Paul Bachi LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 7, 2017) - A University of Kentucky plant pathologist is part of an international team of researchers who have...
Vitamin D may improve sunburn, according to new clinical trial
High doses of vitamin D taken one hour after sunburn significantly reduce skin redness, swelling, and inflammation, according to double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial out of...
Conversation cards© a useful tool in pediatric weight management
(Elsevier) Conversation Cards© were developed to help families think about and prioritize key challenges regarding pediatric weight management. They also create points of reference for...
Terminal cancer patients can be unwilling to face prognosis
In a recent study, published in The Oncologist, just under 10% of patients diagnosed with terminal cancer did not know their prognosis and had no...
Narcotics diversion results in outbreak of serratia marcescens bacteria
NEW YORK (July 6, 2017) - An illegal diversion of opioids by a hospital nurse tampering with syringes was responsible for a cluster outbreak of...
Kinky biology
Credit: Christopher G. Myers, B. Montgomery Pettitt, University of Texas Medical Branch A biological mystery lies at the center of each of our cells, namely:...
ASHG honors Edward McCabe with 2017 Advocacy Award
Credit: courtesy March of Dimes BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Edward R.B. McCabe, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus...
How plants grow like human brains
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (July 6, 2017) Plants and brains are more alike than you might think: Salk scientists discovered that the mathematical...
Changes in conservation planning can benefit vulnerable mammals
Credit: Ana Davidson Right now, a prairie dog in Colorado is busy increasing soil carbon retention, increasing water infiltration, and clipping vegetation that will help...
Controlling memory by triggering specific brain waves during sleep
Credit: (background image modified from freepik.com) Have you ever tried to recall something just before going to sleep and then wake up with the memory...
New study identifies gene that could play key role in depression
Globally, depression affects more than 300 million people annually. Nearly 800,000 die from suicide every year -- it is the second-leading cause of death among...
Nearly half of China cancer deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors
A new report finds more than half of all cancer deaths in men in 2013 in China and more than a third of those in...
