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ARLINGTON, Va. - Driven by burgeoning ecotourism and military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, a parasitic infection called leishmaniasis is showing up in more U.S....

Global declines in adolescent childbearing related to national income, education expenditures

New York -- Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that an important explanation for declining rates of global adolescent fertility is...

Unhealthy weight management practices associated with non-medical use of prescription drugs among adolescents

Ann Arbor, MI, November 15, 2016 - Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is a serious public health concern in the U.S. Investigators from the...

Special brain activities while mother and autism spectrum disorder child gaze each other

Credit: Kanazawa University Special activities in the brains while mother and her child with autism spectrum disorder are gazing each other have been discovered by...

Asian-Americans are at high risk for diabetes but rarely get screened

Less than half of Asian Americans who ought to be screened for type 2 diabetes actually get tested, according to a study published Nov. 15,...

Researchers find association between gene mutation and rare heart disease

AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 15, 2015) - A strong association between a genetic mutation and a rare kind of heart muscle disease has been discovered by...

Why you may want to keep your Movember moustache out of the beer froth

Credit: Centre for Addictions Research of BC at the University of Victoria Alcohol is known to be a risk factor for breast cancer and at...

Testing for HPV types 16 and 18 may better inform referral to colposcopy

1. Testing for HPV types 16 and 18 in women with high risk HPV may better inform referral to colposcopy Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2735 URLs go live...

Forest fires in Sierra Nevada driven by past land use

Credit: Alan H. Taylor Forest fire activity in California's Sierra Nevada since 1600 has been influenced more by how humans used the land than by...

Kelp forests globally resilient, but may need local solutions to environmental threats

Credit: Photo courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration CORVALLIS, Ore. - The first global assessment of marine kelp ecosystems shows that these critically-important habitats...

Taking the pulse of underwater forests

Credit: Sonia Fernandez Like all marine ecosystems around the world, kelp forests are threatened by human activities. However, a new study reports that kelp ecosystems...

UT AgResearch Dean recognized for leadership excellence

Credit: Photo by G. Rowsey, courtesy UTIA. AUSTIN, Texas - Bill Brown, dean of University of Tennessee AgResearch, was honored for the leadership he has...

Cholesterol lowering drugs cut risk of a first heart attack or stroke

Credit: OHSU PORTLAND, Ore. - Cholesterol-lowering drugs help prevent heart attacks and strokes in adults with cardiovascular risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood...

NIH-led effort examines use of big data for infectious disease surveillance

Big data derived from electronic health records, social media, the internet and other digital sources have the potential to provide more timely and detailed information...

Survey finds patients with RA their doctors not always on the same page