Death rates from cancer will fall faster in men than in women in Europe in 2017
Death rates from cancer in the European Union (EU) are falling faster in men than in women, according to the latest predictions for European cancer...
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One-off bowel scope cuts cancer risk for at least 17 years
A one-off bowel screening test reduces the risk of developing bowel cancer by more than one third and could save thousands of lives, according to...
Gut bacteria associated with cancer immunotherapy response in melanoma
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Melanoma patients' response to a major form of immunotherapy is associated with the diversity and makeup of trillions of potential...
Hormonal maintenance therapy may improve survival in women with chemo-resistant rare ovarian or peri
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center For women with a rare subtype of epithelial ovarian or peritoneum cancer, known as low-grade serous carcinoma (LGSC), hormone maintenance...
Sophisticated optical secrets revealed in glossy buttercup flowers
Credit: Casper van der Kooi Buttercup flowers are known for their intense, shiny yellow colour. For over a century, biologists have sought to understand why...
Winners, losers among fish when landscape undergoes change
Credit: Julian Olden/University of Washington As humans build roads, construct buildings and develop land for agriculture, freshwater ecosystems respond ? but not always in the...
Successful insomnia treatment may require nothing more than a placebo
A new study published in Brain indicates that successful treatment for insomnia may not actually require complicated neurofeedback (direct training of brain functions). Rather, it...
Unlocking the heart-protective benefits of soy
Credit: Nicole Santo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22, 2017 - A product of digesting a micronutrient found in soy may hold the key to why some people...
Seizures tracked with apple watch app linked to stress, missed sleep
MINNEAPOLIS - New research using an Apple Watch app to track seizures in people with epilepsy finds triggers are often stress and missed sleep, according...
Chemist awarded Sloan research fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Ming Lee Tang, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded a Sloan...
Peptide reverses cardiac fibrosis in a preclinical model of congestive heart failure
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Cardiac fibrosis, an abnormal thickening of the heart wall leading to congestive heart failure, was not only halted but...
Brightest neutron star yet has a multipolar magnetic field
Scientists have identified a neutron star that is consuming material so fast it emits more x-rays than any other. Its extreme brightness can only be...
Columbia University Professor among 2017 Sloan Research Fellowship Recipients
Credit: Sebastian Will An assistant professor at Columbia since 2016, Will's research interests include ultracold molecules and dipolar quantum gases, quantum simulation and quantum magnetism,..
NASA’s fermi finds possible dark matter ties in andromeda galaxy
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger, producer NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy...
In great shape
In 2015 UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan Berger developed an idea that could change the way people think about high-performance structural...
