Study raises concern of significant under-reporting of child abuse…
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Only 20 percent of medically diagnosed child abuse and neglect cases in U.S. Army dependent children between 2004 and 2007...
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Key research priorities for agricultural microbiomes identified
Credit: James Kremer A coordinated effort to understand plant microbiomes could boost plant health and agricultural productivity, according to a new Perspective publishing March 28...
Discovery of unsuspected flexibility offers new pathway to cancer drug…
Credit: Kathryn Faith Blood vessels are the supply lines of the human body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to cells and carrying away waste. Controlling the...
UMass Amherst study suggests father’s environmental exposure…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Early results from a larger, ongoing study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner at the University of Massachusetts...
HPV vaccine is effective, safe 10 years after it’s given
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 29, 2017) – A decade of data on hundreds of boys and girls who received...
‘Simple, but powerful’ model reveals mechanisms behind…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla. – Dec. 18, 2017 – All things must come to an end. This is particularly true for neurons,...
Breast cancer patients largely find radiation therapy experience better than expected
Credit: Narek Shaverdian, M.D. SAN DIEGO, September 25, 2017 — A new survey finds breast cancer patients' actual radiation therapy experiences largely exceeded their expectations....
Conservation not an effective tool for reducing infectious disease in people, study finds
Credit: Dan Salkeld Conservation projects that protect forests and encourage a diversity of plants and animals can provide many benefits to humans. But improved human...
Tailored sexual health messages urgently needed for young female…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer With both tourism and casual "hookup" sex on the rise among college-age adults, there's an urgent need for gender-sensitive...
Systems Medicine, a groundbreaking new open access journal launching…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017–Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of Systems Medicine: Journal of Medical...
State Medicaid expansions led to more prenatal care for low-income mothers
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS The Medicaid expansions for low-income parents that took place in 34 states between 1996 and 2011 led to a 2.3 percent...
Both accelerator and brake are required for normal movement
Credit: Angela Cenci Nilsson In order to drive a car, you need a good balance between accelerator and brake. The same applies to a part...
Team receives nearly $11 million COBRE grant to establish neuroscience…
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — The National Institutes of Health is awarding a Kansas State University-led team of psychological sciences researchers with a...
UC San Diego health researchers join pancreatic cancer ‘dream…
In an effort to advance research on one of the deadliest forms of cancer, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers Andrew Lowy,...
New medication significantly decreases involuntary movement
Credit: University of South Florida Tampa, FL (April 7, 2017) Antipsychotic treatment can cause involuntary movements such as lip smacking, tongue protrusions and excessive eye...
