"Polypharmacy" is the term used when someone takes many (usually five or more) different medications. Experts suggest that, for most older adults, taking that many...
Video assistant refereeing in football has to be used with caution. Researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, have shown that refs are more...
Credit: Prof. Michael Kovermann, University of Konstanz The adenylate kinase enzyme is crucial to managing the energy budget of cells, accelerating the biochemical process whereby...
Credit: UW-Madison In the fight against the viruses that invade everyday life, seeing and understanding the battleground is essential. Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for...
Building transient electronics is usually about doing something to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them with acid, dunk them in water....
Washington, DC - June 27, 2017 - Researchers have now discovered a new mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-3, in E. coli of pig origin. The...
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The heart is a dynamic muscle that grows and shrinks in response to stressors such as exercise...
SEATTLE -- June 27, 2017 -- A team of scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will lead an initiative launched today by the National...
Credit: Alex Nord/UC Davis While the definitive causes remain unclear, several genetic and environmental factors increase the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, a...
Credit: Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR), and John Glass and J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute....
Acupuncture, alone or with the medication clomiphene, does not appear to be effective in treating infertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to...
Credit: Kevin Kohl You'd think desert woodrats already had a lot of adversity. Besides the constant threat of coyotes and other predators and the scorching...
HANOVER, NH -- A new study by researchers at Dartmouth has found that adolescents living in medical marijuana states with a plethora of dispensaries are...
Credit: Ahlquist lab, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- In the fight against the viruses that invade everyday life, seeing and understanding the battleground is...
ANN ARBOR--Fifty-one percent of all opioid medications distributed in the U.S. each year are prescribed to adults with mood disorders such as depression and anxiety,...
