Trimming the spare tire: Canola oil may cut belly fat
Including canola oil in a healthy diet may help reduce abdominal fat in as little as four weeks, according to health researchers. "Visceral, or abdominal,...
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Danforth Plant Science Center develops versatile field phenotyping to benefit farmers
Credit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human...
Final results from the RESPECT study reported at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 1, 2016 - Final results from the RESPECT trial found that percutaneously closing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) using the Amplatzer PFO...
New study pinpoints timing for decline in sexual function over the menopause transition
CLEVELAND, Ohio (November 2, 2016)--Although most medical professionals (and their patients) agree that sexual function declines with age, there remains debate about the contribution of...
New instrument could search for signatures of life on Mars
Credit: Credits: NASA A sensing technique that the U.S. military currently uses to remotely monitor the air to detect potentially life-threatening chemicals, toxins, and pathogens...
Nuclear CSI: Noninvasive procedure could identify criminal nuclear activity
Credit: MU News Bureau Determining if an individual has handled nuclear materials, such as uranium or plutonium, is a challenge national defense agencies currently face....
Have we found all the elements? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2016 -- Four elements have been added to the periodic table this year, completing the seventh row....
Two-year results of the COLOR trial presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 1, 2016 - Two-year results from COLOR, the first large-scale multicenter prospective study of its kind, found that PCI on coronary artery...
OPTIMISTIC study: Advance care planning in nursing homes challenging but critical
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS -- The goal of advance care planning is to ensure that the health care an individual receives...
Results from the PLATINUM DIVERSITY study presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 1, 2016 - A dedicated stent study conducted exclusively in women and minority patients evaluated clinical outcomes within the era of contemporary...
NIST unveils forensic technique to measure mechanical properties of evidence
Credit: Delrio/NIST You may have seen it on CSI: The star examines hair from a crime scene and concludes its color or texture looks like...
Tufts water diplomat awarded global prize for developing early warning system for cholera
Credit: Tufts University Shafiqul Islam, Sc.D., of Tufts University School of Engineering, has been awarded the 7th Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water...
Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck?
During downtime, some of us daydream while others might focus on a to-do list, or get stuck in a negative loop. Psychology has traditionally defined...
Results of ReACT Trial presented at TCT & published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
WASHINGTON - November 1, 2016 - A randomized evaluation of routine follow-up coronary angiography after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) found that there was no long-term...
Anesthesia sedation practices for patients in the pediatric congenital cardiac cath lab
WASHINGTON--The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS), today published recomm..
