Climate change misconceptions common among teachers, study finds
Recent studies have shown that misconceptions about climate change and the scientific studies that have addressed climate change are pervasive among the U.S. public. Now,...
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Home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70 percent of the time: Study
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Seventy per cent of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious implications for people who rely...
Russian Polytechnic University among organizers of Russian-Chinese biomedical forum
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University On June 6, Forum on Russian-Chinese Biomedical Cooperation was launched at the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai (Pudong...
Retailers charging women more than men for common hair loss medication
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Women pay an average of 40 percent more than men for minoxidil foams - a hair loss remedy most commonly...
Clinical efficacy & future development of continuous glucose monitoring highlighted in DTT
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2017--A growing body of data from clinical studies of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in...
New book on Chromatin Deregulation in Cancer from CSHLPress
Credit: Figure adapted by Meredith Cassuto, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, from the cover of The human genome is packaged into chromatin, which is composed of...
Researchers shed light on how our eyes process visual cues
The mystery of how human eyes compute the direction of moving light has been made clearer by scientists at The University of Queensland. Using advanced...
Hospitals that carry out more research are more efficient
Credit: UC3M To assess the cause and effect relationship between clinical and basic research and efficiency in public health centers, the researchers used a database...
Prebiotics reduce body fat in overweight children
Bethesda, MD (June 5, 2017) -- There may soon be a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity. Prebiotics reduce body fat in children...
Michigan heart surgery outcomes improved after Medicaid expansion, study finds
Expanding Medicaid coverage is associated with better outcomes for heart surgery patients, according to a study led by University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers....
Many good years after heart bypass surgery — but something happens after ten years
The probability of continuing your life following bypass surgery is close to being the same as for the population in general - once the patient...
Dining hall intervention helped college students choose healthier options
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, PA, June 7, 2017 - As students transition from high school to college, they enter a critical...
A more sustainable way to refine metals
Credit: Michael J. Krause (Western University) A team of chemists in Canada has developed a way to process metals without using toxic solvents and reagents....
Red onions pack a cancer-fighting punch, study reveals
The next time you walk down the produce aisle of your grocery store, you may want to reach for red onions if you are looking...
Study finds youth football players have significant differences in head impact exposure
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2017--A study of 97 youth football players ages 9-13 years who participated in different...
