Volunteering might prevent substance abuse for female student-athletes
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – More than 180,000 student-athletes from 450 colleges and universities compete in Division III sports, the largest NCAA division;...
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IBD patients may stay healthier when doctors monitor medications before they lose efficacy
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON – In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the body attacks the lining of the digestive tract. Up to half of patients...
Microscope using UV instead of visible light emerging as diagnostic tool
Credit: Richard Levenson, UC Davis December 4, 2017 MUSE image of sebaceous glandA microscope using ultraviolet light to illuminate samples enables pathologists to assess high-resolution...
NIH, Scientific American, Science salute UVA brain discovery
IMAGE: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and director of UVA's Center for Brain Immunology...
Discovered: Gene associated with schizophrenia risk regulates early…
Credit: Yingwei Mao lab, Penn State University University Park, PA — A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates critical components of early brain...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed in close cooperation with the...
Kent State professor works with NASA Glenn & others to improve Lake Erie’s water quality
Credit: Photo credit: Sunny Dickerson, Bowling Green State University The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks to Ohioans in coastal communities,...
Article: Clinicians should address needs of family caregivers of…
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Dec. 5, 2016 – More than 15 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provide care to persons living with dementia...
Is Europe ready to eliminate viral hepatitis?
The goal for 2030: a world free of hepatitis. Currently, Europe records around 57 000 newly diagnosed acute and chronic cases of hepatitis B and...
Girls will be boys: Sex reversal in dragon lizards
Credit: Professor Arthur Georges One of Australia's iconic lizard species is hiding a secret – female central bearded dragon embryos temporarily grow the lizard equivalent...
Living color: Rainbow-hued blood stem cells shed new light on cancer,…
Credit: Nature Cell Biology 2016, Henninger et al A new color-coding tool is enabling scientists to better track live blood stem cells over time, a...
UNIST receives funding for $4.5 million ITRC project
Credit: UNIST The farm-based outbreaks of AI are still occurring constantly in a number of countries around the world, including South Korea. Some argue that...
Living downwind of coal-fired power plant could increase risk of low birth weight
Credit: (Source: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/petition/Exh%201%20New%20Picture.png). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has studied the effects of coal-fired power plant emissions on p..
Dust mite allergens share rare combo of qualities
Credit: Holly Leddy, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A combination of stability and abundance may be what gives allergy-triggering dust mite proteins their sneeze-inducing power,...
Pregnant women at risk of getting the flu are not getting vaccinated
Credit: UBC Health-care professionals are hesitant to administer the flu vaccine to pregnant women, despite the potential life-saving benefits, according to a UBC study. The...
