Mortality of surgery vs. targeted radiation in early lung cancer…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology explores mortality in the...
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Medications underutilized when treating young people with opioid use…
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON– Only one in four young adults and teens with opioid use disorder (OUD) are receiving potentially life-saving medications for addiction...
International trial confirms safety, effectiveness of HDR brachytherapy for cervical…
Credit: May Abdel-Wahab, MD, PhD, FASTRO SAN DIEGO, September 24, 2017 – Findings from a new multicenter, international clinical trial confirm the effectiveness of high-dose...
Obesity in Hispanic adolescents linked to nearly sixfold increase in high blood pressure
Credit: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) HOUSTON – (April 10, 2017) – Obesity raises the prevalence of high blood pressure...
Altering the ‘flavor’ of humans could help fight malaria
Credit: Olena Riabinina and Courtney Akitake, Johns Hopkins Medicine A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests that a specialized area of the mosquito brain...
Wrens’ calls reveal subtle differences between subspecies
Credit: S. Luttrell Birds' songs and the ways they vary between places have been well studied–but what can the simpler vocalizations known as calls tell...
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and John Theurer Cancer Center receive $6.4 million…
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine November 28, 2017–(BRONX, NY)–Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, and Hackensack Meridian Health John Theurer...
New study examines the effect of ecstasy on the brain
Researchers from the University of Liverpool have conducted a study examining the effect ecstasy has on different parts of the brain. Dr Carl Roberts and...
Best regions for growing bioenergy crops identified
New research has identified regions in the United States where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing effects on water quantity and quality. Researchers at...
Get to know them faster: Alternative time-efficient way to describe new moth species
Having collected thousands of moth and butterfly species from across Costa Rica, famous ecologist Daniel Janzen, University of Pennsylvania, and his team were yet to...
New ‘needle-pulse’ beam pattern packs a punch
Credit: Photo by J. Adam Fenster/University of Rochester A new beam pattern devised by University of Rochester researchers could bring unprecedented sharpness to ultrasound and...
Fine-tuning for intestinal immune cells
Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/University of Bonn An international team of researchers under the leadership of the LIMES Institute and the excellence cluster ImmunoSensation of...
In wide range of species, longevity proteins affect dozens of the same…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Whether a creature is a worm, a fly, a mouse, or a human, death inevitably awaits. And not only do these organisms...
Take advantage of evolution in malaria fight, scientists say
Credit: Penelope Lynch Scientists could harness the power of evolution to stop mosquitoes spreading malaria, according to new research by the University of Exeter and...
Scientists make a major breakthrough to treat fibrotic diseases that…
Credit: Prof Stuart Cook and Asst. Prof Sebastian Schaefer Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) and the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) have discovered that...
