New research uncovers pattern in global flu outbreaks
Credit: Center for Disease Control As cold winter weather approaches, millions of people look for remedies to avoid the flu. Yet influenza outbreaks equally affect...
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Questionnaire predicts likelihood of unprotected sex, binge drinking
ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers in the social sciences have been searching for a holy grail: an accurate way to predict who is likely to engage...
Global change, ecosystem services and human well being: An assessment for Europe
Credit: (Haines-Young and Potschin 2010, Maes et al. 2013) Highly dependent on the different aspects of global change, variations in ecosystem services supply can also...
Neurocognitive deficits may be a red flag for psychosis
BOSTON - While schizophrenia is best known for episodes of psychosis - a break with reality during which an individual may experience delusions and hallucinations...
Fuel from sewage is the future — and it’s closer than you think
Credit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. - It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage...
GW researcher receives $2.8M grant to continue study of corneal wound healing
Credit: Mary Ann Stepp, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and regenerative biology and of ophthalmology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences...
Report released on Affordable Care Act implementation in Louisville
Credit: UofL Findings from a recent study on health care utilization in Metro Louisville indicate the uninsured rate decreased by more than half in just...
Kids should be part of treatment for moms fighting substance use
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mothers in therapy for drug and alcohol use recover faster if their children take part in their treatment sessions, according to a...
New research will create a 21st-century tally of biodiversity in Southwest Pacific
Credit: Scott L. Travers LAWRENCE -- The Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific are best known as a locale for some of the most intense...
Technology brings new precision to study of circadian rhythm in individual cells
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a new technology that may help scientists better...
Engineers design a new weapon against bacteria
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Over the past few decades, many bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, and few new drugs have emerged. A recent study...
Heart disease, leukemia linked to dysfunction in nucleus
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--We put things into a container to keep them organized and safe. In cells, the nucleus has a similar role: keeping...
Mental health spending nets return by reducing jail population
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Each dollar a state spends on mental health care cuts roughly 25 cents off its jail expenditures by reducing its inmate population,...
Deer and elk farmers on the front lines of battle against chronic wasting disease
The effort to manage a fatal brain disease in deer and elk is taking significant steps forward thanks to a partnership between researchers, government experts,...
High-protein diets reduce liver fat
According to a new nutritional study conducted by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) on individuals with type 2 diabetes, high-protein diets reduced liver...
