Using clinical features to identify patients at high risk for melanoma
Can an individual's risk factors for melanoma be used to tailor skin self-examinations and surveillance programs? A new study published online by JAMA Dermatology suggests...
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Researchers find that even mild pulmonary complications after surgery can pose major risks
AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 9, 2016) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, along with seven other major institutions, have found that even...
Knowing risk factors could help catch melanomas
The new study, published online today by JAMA Dermatology, identifies high risk patients who may benefit from tailored surveillance. The incidence of melanoma that occurs...
Researchers describe bone marrow stem cell population with potential for repeat transplantation
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Nov. 9, 2016 - A new study demonstrates that non-blood cell forming stem cells present in...
New findings on physical activity could shape treatment for mild Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- For older adults, physical activity is apt to shield against cognitive decline and forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's...
Study links shorter sleep and sugar-sweetened drink consumption
People who sleep five or fewer hours a night are likely to also drink significantly more sugary caffeinated drinks, such as sodas and energy drinks,...
New pathway towards treatments for inflammatory diseases
A molecule thought to play a key role in some inflammatory diseases can be switched off by two widely used medicines, new research has shown....
NYU Meyers nursing research identifies predictors of depression among women with diabetes
Study shows almost 1 in 5 women with diabetes also suffer from depression; younger age, poor health, not completing high school, inactivity due to pain...
Toward a hand-held ‘breathalyzer’ for diagnosing diabetes
For several years, scientists have been working toward "breathalyzers" that can diagnose various diseases without painful pinpricks, needles or other unpleasant methods. Now, one team...
Novel method to identify illicit designer drugs developed
(Boston)-- A new technique has been identified that quickly and cheaply recognizes illegal designer drugs that normally evade detection. The findings, described online in the...
Empa Innovation Award for new flame retardant
We frequently encounter polyurethane (PU) foams in everyday life: they are in the insulation in house façades and refrigerators, in car seats, in living room...
Environment-friendly hydrophobic coating made with salt particles
Credit: Photo provided by POSTECH Superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted global attention due to their water-repellant characteristics and myriad number and variety of applications. A team...
Personality tests for fish could help boost reproduction rates
Aquaculture experts from the University of Stirling and the Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA) in Catalonia, have found the way fish,...
Simulation brings global 100 percent renewable electricity system alive for the first time
A new model developed by Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) shows how an electricity system mainly based on solar and wind works in all regions...
Brazilian free-tailed bat is the fastest flyer in the animal kingdom
Up to now, the speed record for horizontal flight was held by birds from the swift family: the common swift, for example, can reach speeds...
