Multinational veterinary pharm firm selects Rowan University for N. American HQ
Credit: Photo courtesy HIPRA Rowan University, in conjunction with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Senate President Steve Sweeney, is pleased to announce that the Spanish...
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Death by insulin — management of self-harm and suicide in diabetes management
Diabetes affects roughly 30 million Americans, and is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality. As a result, organizations such as the American...
SWOG publishes key statistics on 18 years of physician-aid-in-dying in Oregon
PORTLAND, OR - Researchers have analyzed and reported on a sweeping data set on the Death with Dignity Act, Oregon's first-in-the-nation law that allows physicians...
Clinical trial shows benefit of yoga for side effects of prostate cancer treatment
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Men who attended a structured yoga class twice a week during prostate cancer radiation treatment reported less fatigue and better...
Scientists further understanding of a process that causes heat loss in fusion devices
Credit: Elle Starkman Everyone knows that the game of billiards involves balls careening off the sides of a pool table -- but few people may...
LA BioMed honors innovators at its 2017 Spirit of Innovation Gala
LOS ANGELES - (April 6, 2017) - LA BioMed will honor the pioneering work of distinguished researchers Ruey-Kang Chang, MD; Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD, and...
NASA infrared imagery shows wind shear blowing Cyclone 14P apart
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone 14P gathering data in infrared light and observed that westerly wind shear...
Gold-plated crystals set new standard for natural gas detectors
Credit: Willie Padilla, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Materials scientists and engineers have developed a sensor that is fast, sensitive and efficient enough to detect...
Control pest fungi in an environmentally friendly way
n Europe, some 30 million wooden poles are used by telecommunications companies and electricity utilities. Every year, hundreds of thousands of these poles have to...
Feeding fat to fungi: Evidence for lipid transfer in arbuscular mycorrhiza
Credit: Dr. Maria J. Harrison, BTI ITHACA, NY-- Nearly all organisms live in symbiosis with a vast, diverse array of microbes. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis...
Physicists develop ultrathin superconducting film
Credit: Oliver Dietze Experimental physicists in the research group led by Professor Uwe Hartmann at Saarland University have developed a thin nanomaterial with superconducting properties....
ASH awards $750k to preserve promising biomedical research
(WASHINGTON, April 6, 2017) -- In 2012, the American Society of Hematology (ASH) committed to preserving blood disease research threatened by federal budget cuts to...
Are men with a family history of prostate cancer eligible for active surveillance?
Active surveillance--careful monitoring to determine if or when a cancer warrants treatment--is an increasingly prevalent choice for prostate cancer, but it's unclear if the strategy...
Cancer commandeers immature immune cells to aid its successful spread
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Augusta University Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 6, 2017) - More typically, these immature immune cells might help us fight cancer, but...
UH receives USDA grant to fight obesity in nearby neighborhoods
The University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP) has received a $281,475 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute...
