A missed app-ortunity: Study finds few mobile health apps help patients who need them most
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The smartphones that nearly all Americans carry could transform how people manage their health, especially for the tens of millions who...
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Political left, right both inspired by utopian hopes
Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago Despite the ideological differences separating liberals and conservatives, they share similar motivations for their political engagement, according to a...
Article: Clinicians should address needs of family caregivers of persons with dementia
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Dec. 5, 2016 - More than 15 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provide care to persons living with dementia...
Cedars-Sinai receives $10 million for pioneering studies of debilitating digestive tract disease
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 5, 2016) - Cedars-Sinai investigators in gastroenterology have been awarded $10 million by the National Institutes of Health to conclude a groundbreaking,...
Simple processing technique could cut cost of organic PV and wearable electronics
Credit: Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech A simple solution-based electrical doping technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices,...
Everglades Foundation starts algae bloom solution search with 4-year, $10-million Prize
Palmetto Bay, Fla. - In a bold effort to find a solution to one of the world's most challenging environmental problems, The Everglades Foundation (The...
How one minute could prevent unnecessary hospitalization, tests for patients with low-risk chest pai
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Using a shared decision-making aid to involve patients more in their own care decisions can prevent unnecessary hospitalization or advanced cardiac tests...
Using the force
Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, cells use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming a...
Brains of people with autism spectrum disorder share similar molecular abnormalities
Autism spectrum disorder is caused by a variety of factors, both genetic and environmental. But a new study led by UCLA scientists provides further evidence...
Prehistoric plant remains highlight diverse origins of cereal domestication
Credit: Juan José Ibañez A study from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and the University of Copenhagen shows that the process of cultivation...
Plant ‘chemical factory’ could produce variety of commercial products
A 'chemical factory' on the surface of plant leaves could help produce more commercially useful products, researchers at the University of York have found. The...
Secrets of the paleo diet: Discovery reveals plant-based menu of prehistoric man
Credit: Yaakov Langsam A tiny grape pip (scale 1mm), left on the ground some 780,000 years ago, is one of more than 9,000 remains of...
Neolithic Syrians were first to domesticate cereals
Loading video... Credit: CSIC Communications 11,000 years ago, a Syrian community began a practice which would change man's relationship with his surroundings forever: the initiation...
Game changer for organic solar cells
With a new technique for manufacturing single-layer organic polymer solar cells, scientists at UC Santa Barbara and three other universities might very well move organic...
Trust issues: Users more gullible when they customize their technology
Technology may have helped turn users into their own information gatekeepers, but they may not necessarily make better, more informed decisions with that data, according...
